Roman Shchurenko
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Roman Anatoliyovych Shchurenko (Роман Анатолійович Щуренко; born September 14, 1976 in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk
) is a male athlete from Ukraine
specializing in long jump
. His personal best jump, which he achieved in July 2000, is 8.30 metres. The same year he became, surprisingly, the bronze medallist at the Olympic Games
.
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
) is a male athlete from Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
specializing in long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
. His personal best jump, which he achieved in July 2000, is 8.30 metres. The same year he became, surprisingly, the bronze medallist at the Olympic Games
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...
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