Mykola Musiyenko

Mykola Musiyenko (Ukrainian: Микола Мусієнко, Russian: Николай Мусиенко – Nikolay Musiyenko; born 16 December 1959) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. He won four medals for the Soviet Union at the European Indoor Championships, being the champion in both 1983 and 1989.[1] He competed at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but failed to record a valid mark in the final. He was also a finalist at the 1986 European Athletics Championships. He was a bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games, held on home soil in Moscow.[2]

He set his personal best mark of 17.78 m (58 ft 4 in) at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial in Leningrad in 1986.[3] This mark is a former European record and made him the fourth best jumper ever at the time (after Willie Banks, João Carlos de Oliveira and Charles Simpkins). The European mark was beaten later that year by Bulgarian Khristo Markov and it remained the Soviet national record until 1990, when it was beaten by Vladimir Inozemtsev. As of January 2017, Musiyenko remains second on the Ukrainian lists after Inozemtsev and within the twenty best outdoor triple jumpers on the all-time lists.[4]

He was twice national champion at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships, taking the title in 1982 and 1986 – both with meet record performances.[5] At the Soviet Athletics Championships outdoors, his best finish was third, which he achieved at the 1981 and 1987 meets.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
1982 European Indoor Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 16.82 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 17.12 m
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 6th 16.86 m
Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union 3rd 17.33 m
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 3rd 17.00 m
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 1st 17.29 m
World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary NM 16.40 m (q)

See also

References

  1. European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
  2. Athletics results. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
  3. Nikolay Musiyenko. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.
  4. senior outdoor Triple Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
  5. Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
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