Leonid Shcherbakov

Leonid Shcherbakov

Personal information
Born	1927-04-07
Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for the  Soviet Union Olympic Games Silver 1952 Helsinki Triple Jump European Championships Gold 1950 Brussels Triple Jump Gold 1954 Bern Triple Jump

Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (Russian: Леонид Щербаков) (born 7 April 1927) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. Born in Olebino, Yaroslavl Oblast, he trained at Dynamo in Moscow.

He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the triple jump where he won the silver medal. In 1953 he broke the World Record in the triple jump.^[1] In 1987 he made the IAAF top 10 performers in the triple jump of all time.

References

External links

• (Russian) Biography
• (English) sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Adhemar da Silva	Men's Triple Jump World Record Holder 1953-07-19 – 1955-03-26	Succeeded by Adhemar da Silva