 Averbukh in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Александр Валерьевич Авербух |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Born | 1 October 1974 (1974-10) (age 50) |
| Sport | |
| Country | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Pole vault |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 8th (2004) |
| World finals |  (2001) |
| Regional finals |  (2000, 2002, 2006) |
| Personal best | 5.93 m (2003) |
| Medal record | |
Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh (Hebrew: אלכס אברבוך, Russian: Александр Валерьевич Авербух; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and Israeli Olympic athlete, who competed in the pole vault.
He won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships, won a gold medal as the European champion in both 2002 and 2006, 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, USSR, and is Jewish. He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but he later became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault. He competed in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.
He won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships and won a gold medal twice as the European champion in 2002 and 2006. 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.
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.
Achievements
See also
- List of eligibility transfers in athletics
- List of Jewish track and field athletes
- List of Israeli records in athletics
- List of Maccabiah records in athletics
References
- "Dmitri Markov Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- "Averbukh wins Maccabiah Games - PoleVaultPower.com". www.polevaultpower.com. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- "Alex Averbukh".
- "Aleksandr Averbukh". Csjl.org. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- "Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- "Recent Ukrainian oleh wins Maccabiah gold". 15 July 2009.
- "July 24 (2)". Maccabiah. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- "The school froze in admiration: the most beautiful girl in the world went to the first class. The most beautiful girl in the world is a beautiful girl 8 10 years old". wikibath.ru. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
External links
- Aleksandr Averbukh at World Athletics
- Aleksandr Averbukh at Olympics.com
- Aleksandr Averbukh at Olympedia
- Aleksandr Averbukh on Facebook
| European Athletics Championships champions in men's pole vault | |
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| World University Games champions in men's pole vault | |
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| Russian Athletics Championships men's decathlon champions | |
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople 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