Valeriy Pidluzhnyy

Valeriy Pidluzhnyy
Personal information
Native name Підлужний Валерій Васильович
National team USSR
Born (1952-08-22) August 22, 1952
Donetsk, Ukraine
Years active 1972-1980
Achievements and titles
Regional finals
Updated on 14 August 2016.

Valeriy Vasylyovich Pidluzhnyy (Ukrainian: Підлужний Валерій Васильович) (born 22 August 1952 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Donetsk. A three-time Olympian he won two silver medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a gold medal at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics and a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 9th
1973 Universiade Moscow, USSR 1st
1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st
1976 European Indoor Championships Munich, West Germany 2nd
Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 7th
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 6th
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 2nd
Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 1st
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, USSR 3rd

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