- Valeriy Skvortsov
Valeriy Sergeyevich Skvortsov (Russian: Валерий Скворцов), (b.
May 31 1945 ,Berdychiv ,Ukraine , formerUSSR ) is a former high jumper who represented theUSSR in the 1964 and 1968Summer Olympics .Skvortsov was first noticed by Soviet high jump coach Viktor Lonsky, who offered him training in a converted sports gym located within the walls of an old Catholic cathedral. His sports career began to accelerate as he won various local high jump competitions and later was invited to Moscow to train for the Soviet Olympic team.
Skvortsov had subsequently participated in the
Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964, where he took the 14th place in the high-jump final with a jump height of 2.06 meters. [ [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/srathmhj.html#1964 High jump results: Olympics 1964] ]Valeriy Brumel from the Soviet Union), andJohn Thomas from the United States won the gold and silver medals, respectively.At the
1966 European Indoor Games championship inDortmund ,West Germany , Skvortsov won first place with a career best jump of 2.17 meters. At the1968 European Indoor Games he successfully defended his title as the European high jump champion winning first place again with 2.17 meters.Skvortsov participated in the
1968 Summer Olympics inMexico city , where he competed withDick Fosbury andValentin Gavrilov . His 2.16 meter jump secured him a fourth place finish. [High jump results: Olympics 1968 [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ssathmhj.html#1968] ]After a leg injury forced him to stop competing, Skortsov continued as a high jump trainer in Moscow (Dinamo) and then went to work as the head of
Duma security. Skvortsov is currently retired and resides inMoscow, Russia .References
* [http://www.zn.ua/3000/3900/10668/ Berdichev and Viktor Lonsky]
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