Mykola Viktorovych Avilov (Ukrainian: Микола Вікторович Авілов, Russian: Николай Викторович Авилов, born 6 August 1948) is a retired Ukrainian Sovietdecathlete (Odesa) who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1972, setting a new world record, a bronze in 1976, and finished fourth in 1968.[1]
Unusually tall for his time Avilov first played basketball, then changed to high jump in 1962, and only in 1966 turned to decathlon. He won that event at the 1970 Universiade and finished second in 1973. In 1971 he married Valentyna Kozyr, an Olympic high jumper. Avilov retired in 1980 after finishing fifth at the Soviet Championships. He then coached athletics in Ukraine, Iraq, China, Egypt and the Seychelles.[1]
mykola, avilov, mykola, viktorovych, avilov, ukrainian, Микола, Вікторович, Авілов, russian, Николай, Викторович, Авилов, born, august, 1948, retired, ukrainian, soviet, decathlete, odesa, competed, 1968, 1972, 1976, olympics, gold, medal, 1972, setting, world. Mykola Viktorovych Avilov Ukrainian Mikola Viktorovich Avilov Russian Nikolaj Viktorovich Avilov born 6 August 1948 is a retired Ukrainian Soviet decathlete Odesa who competed at the 1968 1972 and 1976 Olympics He won a gold medal in 1972 setting a new world record a bronze in 1976 and finished fourth in 1968 1 Mykola AvilovMykola Avilov in 1972Personal informationBorn6 August 1948 1948 08 06 age 74 Odesa Ukrainian SSR Soviet UnionHeight1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Weight89 kg 196 lb SportSportAthleticsEvent s DecathlonClubDynamo OdesaAchievements and titlesPersonal best s 8 466 1972 Medal record Representing Soviet UnionOlympic Games1972 Munich Decathlon1976 Montreal DecathlonUniversiade1970 Turin Decathlon1973 Moscow DecathlonUnusually tall for his time Avilov first played basketball then changed to high jump in 1962 and only in 1966 turned to decathlon He won that event at the 1970 Universiade and finished second in 1973 In 1971 he married Valentyna Kozyr an Olympic high jumper Avilov retired in 1980 after finishing fifth at the Soviet Championships He then coached athletics in Ukraine Iraq China Egypt and the Seychelles 1 In the 2015 Odesa regional election Avilov was elected into the Odesa Oblast parliament as the first of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc s election ballot 2 3 References Edit a b Mykola Avilov sports reference com Novosti Ukrainy Poslednie novosti za segodnya onlajn Vse svezhie novosti LIGA net Gaidar Resigns in Ukraine s Odesa RecordsPreceded by Bill Toomey Men s decathlon world record holder8 September 1972 10 August 1975 Succeeded by Bruce Jenner This biographical article relating to Soviet athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to Ukrainian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mykola Avilov amp oldid 1152010796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
