Oleg Sakirkin
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| Full name | Oleg Evgyenevich Sakirkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 1966 Shymkent, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 2015 (aged 49) Shymkent, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oleg Evgyenevich Sakirkin (Kazakh: Олег Евгеневич Сакиркин; 23 January 1966 – 18 March 2015) was a triple jumper from Shymkent, Ongutsik Qazaqstan,[1] who represented the USSR and later Kazakhstan. His greatest achievement came in 1987 when he won the World Championship bronze medal with a personal best jump of 17.43 metres. He went on to win the 1988 European Indoor Championships (17.30 m) and the 1994 Asian Games (17.21 m).
Sakirkin was twice a silver medallist at the Summer Universiade (1989 and 1993) and was runner-up at the 1993 Asian Athletics Championships. He also had victories at the 1988 IAAF Grand Prix (17.50 m), the 1989 European Cup (17.17 m), the 1993 IAAF Grand Prix (17.49 m), the 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final (17.49 m).
In 1989 he improved his personal best to 17.58 metres and set the USSR outdoor record. He held the Asian indoor record (17.09 m), set at the 1993 USSR Championships, for twenty years and was eventually beaten by Dong Bin in 2013.[2] Sakirkin's Asian outdoor record (17.35 m, set at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial) stood from 1994 to 2009. He set 17 Kazakh national records starting from 17.02 m up to the current record of 17.58 m. He also competed at the 2000 Olympics without reaching the final.
Sakirkin died on 18 March 2015. He was 49.[3]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Soviet Union | ||||
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 3rd | |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | |
| 1989 | European Cup | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | |
| Summer Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 2nd | ||
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2nd | |
Representing  Kazakhstan | ||||
| 1993 | Summer Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 2nd | |
| Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 2nd | ||
| 1994 | Goodwill Games | St. Petersburg, Russia | 2nd | |
| Grand Prix Final | Paris, France | 1st | ||
| World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | ||
| Asian Games | Hiroshima, Japan | 1st | ||
| 1995 | Central Asian Games | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | |
| 1999 | Central Asian Games | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 1st | |
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleg Sakirkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ Jalava, Mirko (7 March 2013). "Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing". IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Ушел из жизни звезда советского и казахстанского спорта Олег Сакиркин" [Oleg Sakirkin, star of Soviet and Kazakh sports, passed away]. otyrar.kz (in Kazakh). 19 March 2015.
External links
- Oleg Sakirkin at World Athletics
- Oleg Sakirkin at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Oleg Sakirkin at Olympics.com
- Oleg Sakirkin at the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan
- Oleg Sakirkin at Olympedia
- Oleg Sakirkin at InterSportStats
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- 1966 births
- 2015 deaths
- Kazakhstani men triple jumpers
- Soviet men triple jumpers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Asian Athletics Championships medalists
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Asian Games athletes for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
- Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Shymkent
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
- Kazakhstani athletics biography stubs