Grigoriy Yemets

Grigoriy Yemets (Russian: Григорий Емец; born 8 October 1957) is a Ukrainian former track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump for the Soviet Union.

His greatest achievement came at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where he won the gold medal in the final with a European indoor record jump of 17.33 m (56 ft 10 1⁄4 in). This was the best indoor performance that year.[1] It stood as the championship for only two years, as fellow Soviet Māris Bružiks cleared 17.54 m (57 ft 6 1⁄2 in) to win the title in 1986.[2]

Later in 1984 he set an outdoor career best of 17.30 m (56 ft 9 in) in Donetsk.[3] He was chosen to represent the Soviet Union at the Friendship Games, but managed only eighth place.[4] His highest global ranking was ninth, in the 1983 season, and after 1985 he dropped out of the global top 25.[5]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st Triple jump 17.33 m AR
Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 8th Triple jump 16.77 m

See also

References
  1. World Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-28.
  2. European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2018-01-28.
  3. Grigoriy Yemets. IAAF. Retrieved on 2018-01-28.
  4. Żemantowski, Jacek (October 1984). "Moskwa '84". Lekkoatletyka 10 (84) (in Polish). p. 11.
  5. Grigoriy Yemets. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved on 2018-01-28.
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