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{{Short description|Soviet high jumper (1942–2003)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Valeriy Brumel
| image = Valeriy Brumel 1963.jpg
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| caption = Brumel in [[California]] in 1963
| birth_name = Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel
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| birth_date = 14 April 1942
| birth_place = [[Tyndinsky District|Razvedki]], [[Amur Oblast]], [[Russian&nbsp;SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date = 26 January 2003 (aged 60)
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 79 kg
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| sport = Athletics
| event = High jump
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| club = Burevestnik Moscow
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| retired = 1970
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| pb = {{cvt|2.28|m |ftin|1}} (1963)<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/valery-brumel-1.html |title=Valery Brumel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172752/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/valery-brumel-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|High jump]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|High jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 European Athletics Championships|1962 Belgrade]] | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1961 Summer Universiade|1961 Sofia]] | High jump}}
{{MedalGold| [[1963 Summer Universiade|1963 Porto Alegre]] | High jump}}
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'''Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel''' ({{langx|ru|Валерий Николаевич Брумель}}; 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003)<ref name="GRE">[[Great Russian Encyclopedia]] (2006), [[Moscow]]: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 4, p. 243</ref> was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the [[high jump]]. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965.<ref name=sr/>

==Early life and education==
Brumel was born in a far eastern [[Siberia]]n village to a family of geologists exploring the region.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |title= Obituary: Valery Brumel| work= [[The Guardian]]| date= 6 February 2003}}</ref> His father was of German descent. They later moved to [[Luhansk]] and taught at a local university.

==Athletic career==
Brumel took up the high jump at age 12 in Lugansk, coached by P. S. Shtein. Aged 16 he cleared {{convert|2|m}} using the then dominant straight-leg [[straddle technique]]. He improved his skills under the coaching of V. M. Dyachkov in Moscow. In 1960 he broke the USSR record, {{convert|2.17|m}}, and was selected to the Olympic team. At the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], he cleared the same height as the winner [[Robert Shavlakadze]], but made more attempts and thus was awarded a silver medal.<ref name="GRE"/>

[[File:Valeriy Brumel plaque National stadium Sofia.jpg|left|thumb|A plaque in Bulgarian on [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], Sofia, commemorating Brumel's world record of 2.25 m set on 31 August 1961]]
In 1961–1963 he broke his own [[Men's high jump world record progression|world record in the high jump]] six times, improving it from {{convert|2.23|m}} to {{convert|2.28|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Athletics – World Record progression|work=[[International Olympic Committee]]| url= http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_88.pdf&id=88|access-date=8 January 2006}}</ref> He also won the high jump at the 1961 and 1963 Universiade, 1962 European Championships, the USSR Championships of 1961–1963, and the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sr/><ref name=bio/>

After going undefeated during the 1965 season, Brumel suffered a multiple fracture in his right foot in a motorcycle crash, and faced an amputation. He was operated on successfully by professor [[Gavriil Ilizarov]] with a new leg-lengthening procedure using his [[Ilizarov apparatus|external fixator]]. Yet even after 29 surgeries, he could not fully recover. He retired in 1970 after jumping {{convert|2.06|m}} at local competitions.<ref name=sr/><ref name=bio/>

==Retirement from athletics==
In retirement Brumel turned to acting and writing. He starred in the film ''[[Sport, Sport, Sport]]'' (1970) and wrote the script for ''[[:ru:Право на прыжок|Pravo na pryzhok]]'' (''The Right to Jump'', 1973). He also wrote numerous novels and plays, including the novel ''Don't Change Yourself'' (1979), which was translated into seven languages, and the [[libretto]] to [[Rauf Hajiyev]]'s operetta ''Golden Caravel'' (Золотая каравелла).<ref name=sr/><ref name=bio/>

==Personal life==
Brumel had two brothers, Oleg (1944–2005) and Igor, a Russian politician born in 1952 in [[Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast|Rostov]].<ref>[http://www.zamos.ru/dossier/b/12313/ Брумель Игорь Николаевич, депутат Совета депутатов Замоскворечья]. zamos.ru</ref> Brumel was married three times. His first wife, Marina, was a gymnastics instructor.<ref>[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/3/3c/20200818103952%21Valeriy_Brumel_with_wife_1963.jpg United Press International]. 31 October 1963</ref> She left him with a son in 1965, when Brumel was recovering from his motorcycle crash. In 1973 Brumel married [[Yelena Petushkova]], an equestrian and 1972 Olympic champion in dressage. The couple divorced 18 months later, citing irreconcilable differences. They had a daughter, Vlada Petushkova, born in 1974, who was raised by her mother.<ref>Valiev, Boris (3 March 2007) [http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/252344 «Конь – на скаку и птица – влет... По чьей вине?». Сопротивляясь страшной болезни, Елена Петушкова до последних дней мечтала вернуться к работе]. sovsport.ru</ref> In 1992 Brumel married Svetlana Belousova, who later founded and managed the Valeriy Brumel Fund. They had a son Viktor.<ref name=bio>[http://rsport.ru/official/20120514/596954056.html Брумель Валерий Николаевич. Биографическая справка]. rsport.ru. 14 May 2012</ref><ref>Geguchadze, Aleksandr (15 June 2007) [http://www.rg.ru/2007/06/15/brymel.html Высота Валерия Брумеля]. rg.ru</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="160">
Valeriy Brumel with wife 1963.jpg|Brumel with his first wife in 1963
Valeriy Brumel 3.jpg|Brumel jumping at a meet
Valeriy Brumel 2.jpg|Brumel after his leg injury
Valeriy Brumel 1968.jpg|Brumel in 1968 and [[Ilizarov apparatus]] that restored his crushed leg
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115922/ Valeri Brumel]. IMDb
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/high-jump-legend-brumel-dies-after-long-illne High Jump legend Brumel, dies after long illness]. [[IAAF]]. 26 January 2003. Retrieved on 14 January 2011.
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/iaaf-mourns-loss-of-legendary-high-jumper IAAF Mourns Loss of Legendary High Jumper]. [[IAAF]]. 28 January 2003. Retrieved on 14 January 2011.
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/28/sports/valery-brumel-is-dead-at-60-russian-set-high-jump-marks.html Frank Litsky, Valery Brumel Is Dead at 60; Russian Set High-Jump Marks]. [[NYT]] 28 January 2003. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
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