Averbukh in 2011
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| Personal information | |
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| Native name | Александр Валерьевич Авербух |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Born | 1 October 1974 (1974-10) (age 49)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Israel (1999–2009) |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Pole vault |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 8th (2004) |
| World finals |  (2001) |
| Regional finals |  (2000, 2002, 2006) |
| Personal best | 5.93 m (2003) |
Medal record | |
Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh (Hebrew: אלכס אברבוך, Russian: Александр Валерьевич Авербух; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and Israeli Olympic athlete, who competed in the pole vault.
He won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships, won a gold medal as the European champion in both 2002 and 2006, and won a gold medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. His personal best is 5.93 metres.
He was born in the Russian SSR, USSR, and is Jewish.[2] He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but he later became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault. He competed in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.[3][4]
He won silver and bronze medals at the World Championships and won a gold medal twice as the European champion in 2002 and 2006. His personal best is 5.93 metres, achieved in 2003 in Madrid. He retired from competition in 2009.[5]
He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[6]
He competed in the pole vault at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[7]
In 2013 he briefly returned from retirement to compete in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, where he won a gold medal for first place.[8]
One of his daughters is the model Anastasya Averbukh.[9]
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's pole vault
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 Karl Sutter (GER) Allan Lindberg (SWE) Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) Eeles Landström (FIN) Eeles Landström (FIN) Pentti Nikula (FIN) Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) Vladimir Kishkun (URS) Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) Sergey Bubka (URS) Radion Gataullin (RUS) Radion Gataullin (RUS) Maksim Tarasov (RUS) Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Robert Sobera (POL) Armand Duplantis (SWE) Armand Duplantis (SWE) Armand Duplantis (SWE) |
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Summer Universiade champions in men's pole vault
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Russian Athletics Championships men's decathlon champions
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