Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh (, ; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and

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i Olympic athlete, who competed in the

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. He won silver and bronze medals at the

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, won a gold medal as the European champion in both

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and

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, and won a gold medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. His personal best is 5.93 metres.

Biography

He was born in the Russian SSR,

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, and is

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. He was formerly a decathlete competing for

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, but he later became an

i citizen and rose to top level in pole vault. He competed in the

2001 Maccabiah Games The 16th Maccabiah Games (), the Opening Ceremony was held in Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium, while the re-building process of the Maccabiah bridge collapse, collapsed bridge and investigations into the collapse continued. The 16th Maccabiah attracted ...

, winning a gold medal. He won silver and bronze medals at the

and won a gold medal twice as the European champion in

and

. His personal best is 5.93 metres, achieved in 2003 in Madrid. He retired from competition in 2009. He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He competed in the pole vault at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games (), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Poli ...

. In 2013 he briefly returned from retirement to compete in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, where he won a gold medal for first place. One of his daughters is the model Anastasya Averbukh.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Averbukh, Aleksandr 1974 births Living people Athletes from Irkutsk Israeli male pole vaulters Russian male pole vaulters Russian decathletes Olympic male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Israel Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Israel Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Israel World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Jewish Russian sportspeople Soviet Jews Jewish track and field athletes Russian emigrants to Israel 20th-century Russian sportsmen

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