Valeriy Brumel
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Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Брумель; 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003)[2] was a Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965.[1]
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Birth name | Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 April 1942 Razvedki, Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 January 2003 (aged 60) Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burevestnik Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 2.28 m (1963)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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