Igor Ter-Ovanesyan

Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan ( _ru. Игорь Арамович Тер-Ованесян, born May 19, 1938 in Kiev) is a Russian athlete of Armenian and Ukranian ethnicity, and Olympic medalist in the long jump for the USSR. [ [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25571662/ ‘Rome 1960': Politics at play in Olympic Games - TODAY in Beijing - Today.msnbc.com ] ]

Ter-Ovanesyan trained at Burevestnik, first in Kiev, later in Lviv and then in Moscow. He participated in the Olympic Games five times (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972) and twice won a bronze medal (in 1960 and 1964). He also repeatedly took medals at the European Championships: golden in 1958, 1962 and 1969, silver in 1966 and 1971.

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan beat the world record on two occasions:
*8.31 metres on 10 July 1962 in Yerevan
*8.35 metres on 19 October 1967 in Mexico City

At that time he was competing for the world champion title with the American long jumper Ralph Boston.

After retiring from his active career, he became a coach of the Soviet national long jumpers' squad. He currently coaches Ineta Radeviča among others. [cite news |first=Nickolai |last=Dolgopolov |coauthors=Rostislav Orlov |title=Jumpers fly high at Moscow ‘Christmas Cup’ |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37233.html |work= |publisher=IAAF |date=14 January 2007 |accessdate=2007-01-16 ]

Successes

Olympics

* 1960 Rome: Bronze with 8,04 m behind Ralph Boston with 8,12 m and Bo Roberson with 8,11 m.
* 1964 Tokyo: Bronze with 7,99 m behind Great Britain's Lynn Davies with 8,07 m and Ralph Boston with 8,03 m
* 1968 Mexico: Fourth with 8,12 m behind Bob Beamon with 8,90 m, Klaus Beer (GDR) with 8,19 m and Ralph Boston with 8,16 m.

European championships

* 1958 Stockholm: Gold with 7,81 m before Kazimierz Kropidłowski with 7,67 m and Henryk Grabowski with 7,51 m .
* 1962 Belgrade: Gold with 8,19 m before Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola, both with 7,85 m
* 1966 Budapest: Silver with 7,88 m behind Lynn Davies with 7,98 m and before Jean Cochard with 7,88 m
* 1969 Athens: Gold with 8,17 m before Lynn Davies with 8,07 m and Tõnu Lepik with 8,04 m
* 1971 Helsinki: Silver with 7,91 m behind Max Klauss with 7,92 m and before Stanisław Szundrowicz with 7,87 m

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