Aleksandrs Obižajevs
Aleksandrs Obižajevs (born 16 September 1959) is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR and later Latvia. His personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in July 1987 in Bryansk. His result of 5.74 metres in 1983 placed him second on the top performers list during the indoor season that year, behind American Billy Olson.
He competed for Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 1983 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | |
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 9th |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandrs Obižajevs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Aleksandrs Obižajevs at World Athletics
- Aleksandrs Obižajevs at the Latvijas Vieglatlētikas Savienība (in Latvian)
- Aleksandrs Obižajevs at Olympedia (archive)
- Aleksandrs Obižajevs at Olympics.com
- Aleksandrs Obižajevs at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksandrs Obižajevs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Latvian male pole vaulters
- Soviet male pole vaulters
- Olympic athletes for Latvia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Soviet Athletics Championships winners
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
- Latvian athletics biography stubs