Rustam Akhmetov (, born 17 May 1950) is a retired

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er who represented the

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Biography

He was born in Berdychiv,

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, and was affiliated with the VSS Avangard in

Berdychiv Berdychiv (, ) is a historic city in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Berdychiv Raion within the oblast. It is south of the administrative center of the oblast, Zhytomyr. Its population is approximat ...

. He won bronze medals at the 1968 European Junior Championships and the 1971 European Championships, and finished eighth in the high jump final at the 1972 Olympic Games. He became Soviet high jump champion in 1971, rivalling with Sergey Budalov and Kestutis Šapka. His personal best jump was 2.23 metres, achieved in 1971. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1979 and Doctor of Science degree in 2007.

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Soviet male high jumpers Ukrainian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union 1950 births Living people European Athletics Championships medalists Laureates of the Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Sportspeople from Zhytomyr Oblast Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub