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Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, born 7 April 1927) is a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953 and won the European title in 1950 and 1954. Domestically he won eight consecutive Soviet titles in 1949–56. After retiring from competitions, Shcherbakov worked at the
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE) (russian: Российский государственный университет физической культуры, спорта, молодёжи и тур ...
, and later coached triple jumpers in
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and
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. His trainees included Pedro Pérez. In 1987 he was named an
IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body fo ...
top 10 performer of all time in the triple jump.


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1927 births Possibly living people People from Yaroslavl Oblast Soviet male triple jumpers Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Dynamo sports society athletes World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub