Mykola Avilov

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold	1972 Munich	Decathlon
Bronze	1976 Montreal	Decathlon
Universiade
Gold	1970 Torino	Decathlon

Mykola Avilov (Ukrainian: Микола Авілов, Russian: Николай Викторович Авилов, Nikolay Viktorovich Avilov; born 6 August 1948, Odessa) is a former Ukrainian Soviet decathlete.

Avilov trained at Dynamo in Odessa. He won a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics decathlon with a new world record of 8454 points. He returned to win a bronze medal (8369 points) in the 1976 Summer Olympics. A near seven foot high jumper, he was one of the few great Soviet athletes of Jewish heritage.^{[original research?]}

In 1972 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. He is Jewish.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". Sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-decathlon.html. Retrieved November 7, 2011. 
2. ^ Segal, Erich (September 24, 1972). "Munich was the last Olympiad-until the next one". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10911F6395E127A93C6AB1782D85F468785F9. Retrieved November 7, 2011. 

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Records
Preceded by Bill Toomey	Men's decathlon world record holder 8 September 1972 – 10 August 1975	Succeeded by Bruce Jenner

Persondata
Name	Avilov, Mykola
Alternative names	Авілов, Микола; Авилов, Николай Викторович; Avilov, Nikolai Viktorovich
Short description	Ukrainian decathlete
Date of birth	6 August 1948
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death