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Native name | Підлужний Валерій Васильович | ||||||||||||
National team | USSR | ||||||||||||
Born |
Donetsk, Ukraine |
August 22, 1952 ||||||||||||
Years active | 1972-1980 | ||||||||||||
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Olympic Medal
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Updated on 14 August 2016. |
Valeriy Vasylyovich Pidluzhnyy (Ukrainian: Підлужний Валерій Васильович) (born 22 August 1952 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired long jumper who represented the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy in Donetsk. A three-time Olympian he won two silver medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a gold medal at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics and a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.