- Leonid Shcherbakov
Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov ( _ru. Леонид Щербаков) (born
7 April ,1927 inOlebino ,Yaroslavl ) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. He trained at Dynamo inMoscow .He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in
Helsinki ,Finland in the triple jump where he won the silver medal. In 1953 he broke the World Record in the triple jump. [cite web|title=Athletics - World Record progression|work=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_95.pdf&id=95|accessdate=November 29|accessyear=2006] In 1987 he made theIAAF top 10 performers in the triple jump of all time.References
External links
*ru icon [http://www.peoples.ru/sport/atlete/sherbakov/ Biography]
*en icon [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/leonid-shcherbakov-1.html sports-reference]
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