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Hennadiy Avdyeyenko
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Avdyeyenko entered the <a href="/facts/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics/3D6IPJ00">1983 World Championships</a> as an unknown. His personal best was only 2.25 m and he had placed 6th at the main tryout meeting, the 1983 <a href="/facts/Spartakiad_of_the_Peoples_of_the_USSR/FrbXwQ8T">Spartakiad</a>; however, high jump coach <a href="/facts/K%25C4%2599stutis_%25C5%25A0apka/2eDgQyFS">Kęstutis Šapka</a> and team coach <a href="/facts/Igor_Ter-Ovanesyan/7yKInW5c">Igor Ter-Ovanesyan</a> lobbied to have him included in the team.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In the <a href="/facts/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_high_jump/svrwXVgV">World Championship final</a>, up against thirteen athletes with bests of 2.30 m or better, Avdyeyenko improved his personal best by 7 centimetres to win an unexpected gold medal, beating the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>' <a href="/facts/Tyke_Peacock/eR5hm8DJ">Tyke Peacock</a> on countback.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>Avdyeyenko placed second at the <a href="/facts/1987_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_high_jump/0wVhynyh">1987 World Indoor Championships</a> in <a href="/facts/Indianapolis/r8BQof9G">Indianapolis</a>, jumping a new personal best (and Soviet indoor record) of 2.38 m but losing to teammate <a href="/facts/Igor_Paklin/3cYSK2VC">Igor Paklin</a> in a jump-off.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> He won another silver medal at the <a href="/facts/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_high_jump/q1UaA3AW">outdoor championships</a> that year, again jumping 2.38 m and tying with Paklin; this time the tie did not have to be broken, as <a href="/facts/Patrik_Sj%25C3%25B6berg/a8aNItTE">Patrik Sjöberg</a> won on countback and the gold medal was thus not at stake.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Avdyeyenko then won another gold at the <a href="/facts/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Men%2527s_high_jump/RNoXGBUV">1988 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/facts/Seoul/H0Xloz9o">Seoul</a>, in the absence of <a href="/facts/Cuba/vHjTXLPW">Cuba</a>'s <a href="/facts/List_of_world_records_in_athletics/rEX8C3QW">world record</a> holder <a href="/facts/Javier_Sotomayor/MUlDRnac">Javier Sotomayor</a>, whose country <a href="/facts/1988_Summer_Olympics/r6u3J8vo">boycotted the Olympics</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> He jumped 2.38 m yet again, and this time he was the only jumper to clear that height.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>Avdyeyenko graduated from Odessa Polytechnic Institute and worked as an expert in <a href="/facts/Refrigerator/TGb5ozLY">refrigerating equipment</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="major-achievements">Major achievements</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Tournament</th><th>Venue</th><th>Result</th><th>Extra</th></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td><a href="/facts/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics/3D6IPJ00">World Championships</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Helsinki/9za9r3jS">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td>1st</td><td>2.32 PB</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">1987</td><td><a href="/facts/1987_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics/9nA7NoFx">European Indoor Championships</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Li%25C3%25A9vin/Igf66ztA">Liévin</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>3rd</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1987_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships/cBYhl2H2">World Indoor Championships</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Indianapolis/r8BQof9G">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>2nd</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics/p7VUUqt7">World Championships</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a>, <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a></td><td>2nd</td><td>2.38 PB</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics/NoH63e4n">Summer Olympics</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Seoul/H0Xloz9o">Seoul</a>, <a href="/facts/South_Korea/pCobAaVw">South Korea</a></td><td>1st</td><td>2.38 equal PB</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14350519">Gennadiy Avdeyenko</a> at <a href="/facts/World_Athletics/A6QS4NWJ">World Athletics</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>(in Russian) Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Авдеенко", available online[permanent dead link] <a href="http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-0026.htm" target="_blank">http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-0026.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Pekola, Tapio; et al. (1983). Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 (in Finnish). Juoksija. ISBN 951-9465-05-7. <a href="951-9465-05-7" target="_blank">951-9465-05-7</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pekola, Tapio; et al. (1983). Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 (in Finnish). Juoksija. ISBN 951-9465-05-7. <a href="951-9465-05-7" target="_blank">951-9465-05-7</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Butler, Mark (2008), IAAF Statistics Handbook Valencia 2008, IAAF <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Athletics_Federations" target="_blank">/wiki/International_Association_of_Athletics_Federations</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"High Jump Result - 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships". IAAF. Retrieved May 25, 2013. <a href="http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/1st-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-13/results/men/high-jump/final/result" target="_blank">http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/1st-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-13/results/men/high-jump/final/result</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Butler, Mark; IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2011), IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011, IAAF <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's High Jump". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121108154756/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-high-jump.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121108154756/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-high-jump.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's High Jump". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121108154756/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-high-jump.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121108154756/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/mens-high-jump.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>(in Russian) Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Авдеенко", available online[permanent dead link] <a href="http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-0026.htm" target="_blank">http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-0026.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>