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Shymkent

Shymkent , formerly known as Chimkent , is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 . A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the...

, Ongutsik Qazaqstan

South Kazakhstan Province

South Kazakhstan Province is the southernmost province of Kazakhstan, with a population of 2,282,500 people. Its capital is Shymkent, with 539,600 people. Other cities in South Kazakhstan include Turkestan, Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Jetysu, Saryag'ash and Lenger...

) is a retired triple jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

er who represented the USSR and later Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. His greatest achievement came in 1987, when he won the World Championship bronze medal with a personal best jump of 17.43 metres. He went on to win the 1988 European Indoor Championships

1988 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1988.- Track :- Field :- Medal table :- External links :* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

 (17.30 m), the 1988 Grand Prix Championships (17.50 m), the 1989 European Cup (17.17 m), the 1993 Grand Prix (17.49 m), the 1994 Grand Prix Final (17.49 m), and the 1994 Asian Games (17.21 m). In 1989 he improved his personal best to 17.58 metres and set the current USSR Outdoor Record. He holds the Asian Indoor Record (17.09) which he set at the 1993 USSR Championships and the Asian Outdoor Record (17.35 m) which he set at the 1994 Znamenski Memorial. He set 17 Kazakh national records starting from 17.02 m up to the current record of 17.58 m. He also competed at the 2000 Olympics without reaching the final.

Achievements

Representing
1987	World Championships 1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...	Rome, Italy	3rd
1988	European Indoor Championships 1988 European Indoor Championships in Athletics The 19th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1988.- Track :- Field :- Medal table :- External links :* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...	Budapest, Hungary	1st
	Grand Prix Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st
1989	European Cup	Budapest, Hungary	1st
	USSR Championships	Gorky, Russia	2nd
	World Student Games 1989 Summer Universiade The 1989 Summer Universiade, also known as the XV Summer Universiade, took place in Duisburg, West Germany.-Athletics:*Andre Cason - 100 yard dash *Kamy Keshmiri - Discus throw 214 feet 7 inches-Medal table:...	Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	2nd
1990	European Indoor Championships 1990 European Indoor Championships in Athletics The 21st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1990.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd
1991	Znamenski Memorial	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st
Representing
1993	World Student Games 1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as the XVII Summer Universiade, took place in Buffalo, New York, United States of America.-Medal table:-External links:*...	Buffalo, USA	2nd
	USSR Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	2nd
	Asian Championships 1993 Asian Championships in Athletics The 10th Asian Championships in Athletics were held in early December 1993 in Manila, Philippines.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:*...	Manila, Philippines	2nd
	Grand Prix	Dijon, France	1st
1994	Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	1st
	World Cup	London, England	3rd
	Asian Games 1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in...	Hiroshima, Japan	1st
	Znamenski Memorial	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st
1995	Central Asian Games 1995 Central Asian Games The 1995 Central Asian Games also known as I Central Asian Games were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1995.-Participating nations: Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan...	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st
1999	Central Asian Games 1999 Central Asian Games The 1999 Central Asian Games also known as the 3rd Central Asian Games were held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 1999.Chinese Taipei was invited to the 1999 Central Asian Games....	Bishkek Bishkek Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to... , Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...	1st

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