Vladimir Yashchenko

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|name = Vladimir Yashchenko

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|fullname = Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko

|birth_date = 12 January 1959

|birth_place = Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

|death_date = {{death date and age|1999|11|30|1959|1|12|df=yes}}

|death_place = Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

|height = 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

|sport = Track and field

|event = High jump

|pb = 2.34 m
2.35 m (indoors)

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{{Medal|Country|the {{URS}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1978 Prague|High jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1978 Milan|High jump}}

{{Medal|Gold|1979 Vienna|High jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1977 Donetsk|High jump}}

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Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko ({{langx|ru|Владимир Ильич Ященко}}) or Volodymyr Yashchenko ({{langx|uk|Володимир Ященко}}) (12 January 1959 – 30 November 1999) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former world record holder in the high jump (2.33 m, 2.34 m, and {{height|m=2.35|frac=8}}.

Yashchenko first broke the record at age 18 with a jump of {{height|m=2.33|frac=8}}, at the USA-USSR junior dual meet in June 1977 at Richmond, Virginia.Reineri, Giorgio (1999-12-01) [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/volodomir-yashchenko-the-last-king-of-the-str Yashchenko, the last King of the Straddle]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2019-10-11.Clark, Marsh (1977-07-25) [https://www.si.com/vault/1977/07/25/621910/just-an-oldfashioned-lad Just An Old-fashioned Lad]. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2019-10-11. He won the 1978 European Championships high jump competition with a jump of 230 cm. On 12 March 1978, he achieved the highest mark using the straddle technique.

In 1979, Yashchenko suffered a severe knee injury and his career was effectively over at age twenty;Downes, Steven (1999-12-08) [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-vladimir-yashchenko-1130993.html Obituary: Vladimir Yashchenko]. The Independent. Retrieved 2019-10-11. he died from cirrhosis in 1999 at age forty.