Yuriy Kutenko

Yuriy Kutenko
Personal information
Born8 July 1932[1]
Fastiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died13 December 2003(2003-12-13) (aged 71)
Lviv, Ukraine
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
Coached byDmitry Obbarius[2]

Yuriy Kostiantynovych Kutenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Костянтинович Кутенко, 8 July 1932 – 13 December 2003) was a Ukrainian decathlete. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and placed fourth in 1960;[3] he also finished fourth at the 1954 European Championships. Kutenko was seriously injured during a 1963 Soviet-American meetup in San Francisco, breaking several ribs and spending 40 days in a hospital. The accident left him with a failed kidney and forced him to retire. He later had a two-decade-long career as an athletics coach with the Soviet Army Sports Club.[2]

References

  1. ^ Profile of Yuriy Kutenko (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ a b Yaremko, Ivan (30 December 2011) Юрій Кутенко – рекордсмен-бешкетник і майстер на всі руки. zaxid.net
  3. ^ Yuriy Kutenko. sports-reference.com


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