Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (Russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, (7 April 1927 – 19 May 2004[4]) was a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953[5] and won the European title in 1950 and 1954. Domestically he won eight consecutive Soviet titles in 1949–56.
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