Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Yegorov (russian: Григорий Александрович Егоров, born January 12, 1967, in

Shymkent Shymkent (; Шымкент, Şymkent), known until 1993 as Chimkent ( uz, Çımkent, چىمكېنت; Yañalif: Çimkent ()); russian: Чимкент, translit=Chimkent (), is a city in Kazakhstan. It is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is one ...

) is a

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athlete from the former USSR. After the dissolution of the

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, he became citizen of

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. In 1996 he moved to the Alicante province in

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. He got the Spanish nationality in 2012. He is currently representing Spain in World Master Championships.

Biography

Yegorov trained at

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Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

. He won the

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Olympic bronze medal (competing for the

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), two World Indoor silver medals, and finished second at the

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with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres. His last international medal came at the 2003 Asian Championships, jumping 5.40 metres.

Competition record

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* 1967 births Living people People from Shymkent Soviet male pole vaulters Kazakhstani male pole vaulters Dynamo sports society athletes Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic athletes of Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub