Vladimir Yashchenko
Template:Infobox athlete Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (Template:Langx) or Volodymyr Yashchenko (Template:Langx) (born 12 January 1959) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former world record holder in the high jump.
Yashchenko first began competing in the high jump at age 12.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In June 1977, he jumped Template:T&Fcalc at the USA-USSR junior dual meet in Richmond, Virginia, breaking the previous world record of Template:T&Fcalc set by Dwight Stones in August 1976.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1978, he finished in first place at the European Athletics Championships and the European Athletics Indoor Championships with heights of Template:T&Fcalc and Template:T&Fcalc, respectively, while using the straddle technique.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1979, he suffered a severe knee injury, effectively ending his career. He died in 1999 from cirrhosis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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