# Valeriy Skvortsov

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Russian-Soviet high jumper (1945–2021)

Valeriy Skvortsov Personal information Born 31 May 1945 Berdychiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Died 24 September 2021(2021-09-24) (aged 76) Medal record Men's athletics Representing the Soviet Union European Championships 1966 Budapest High Jump Universiade 1965 Budapest High Jump

**Valeriy Sergeyevich Skvortsov** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Валерий Скворцов; (31 May 1945 – 24 September 2021) was a [high jumper](/source/High_jump) who represented the [USSR](/source/USSR) in the 1964 and 1968 [Summer Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympics).[1]

Skvortsov was first noticed by Soviet high jump coach Viktor Lonsky, who offered him training in a converted sports gym located within the walls of an old Catholic cathedral. His sports career began to accelerate as he won various local high jump competitions and later was invited to Moscow to train for the Soviet Olympic team.

Skvortsov had subsequently participated in the [Tokyo Olympic Games](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) of 1964, where he took the 14th place in the high-jump final with a jump height of 2.06 meters.[2] [Valeriy Brumel](/source/Valeriy_Brumel) from the Soviet Union), and [John Thomas](/source/John_Thomas_(athlete)) from the United States won the gold and silver medals, respectively.

At the [1966 European Indoor Games](/source/1966_European_Indoor_Games) championship in [Dortmund](/source/Dortmund), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany), Skvortsov won first place with a career best jump of 2.17 meters. At the [1968 European Indoor Games](/source/1968_European_Indoor_Games) he successfully defended his title as the European high jump champion winning first place again with 2.17 meters.

Skvortsov participated in the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), where he competed with [Dick Fosbury](/source/Dick_Fosbury) and [Valentin Gavrilov](/source/Valentin_Gavrilov). His 2.16 meter jump secured him a fourth-place finish.[3]

After a leg injury forced him to stop competing, Skortsov continued as a high jump trainer in Moscow (Dinamo) and then went to work as the head of [Duma](/source/Duma) security. Skvortsov was retired and lived in [Moscow, Russia](/source/Moscow%2C_Russia).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Valeriy Skvortsov"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77658). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [High jump results: Olympics 1964](http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/srathmhj.html#1964)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [High jump results: Olympics 1968](http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ssathmhj.html#1968)

## External links

- [Valeriy Skvortsov](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14357284) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

- [Valeriy Skvortsov](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/valeri-skvortsov) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Valeriy Skvortsov](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77658) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Valeriy Skvortsov](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000012773) at InterSportStats

- [Berdichev and Viktor Lonsky](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194250/http://www.zn.ua/3000/3900/10668/)

v t e World University Games champions in men's high jump 1959: Cornel Porumb (ROU) 1961: Valeriy Brumel (URS) 1963: Valeriy Brumel (URS) 1965: Valeriy Skvortsov (URS) 1967: Miodrag Todosijević (YUG) 1970: Valentin Gavrilov (URS) 1973: Vladimír Malý (TCH) 1975: Enzo Del Forno (ITA) 1977: Jacek Wszoła (POL) 1979: Gerd Nagel (FRG) 1981: Leo Williams (USA) 1983: Igor Paklin (URS) 1985: Igor Paklin (URS) 1987: James Lott (USA) 1989: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 1991: Hollis Conway (USA) 1993: Tony Barton (USA) 1995: Dragutin Topić (YUG) 1997: Lee Jin-taek (KOR) 1999: Ben Challenger (GBR) 2001: Aleksandr Kravtsov (RUS) 2003: Emilian Kaszczyk (POL) 2005: Aleksander Waleriańczyk (POL) 2007: Aleksandr Shustov (RUS) 2009: Eduard Malchenko (RUS) 2011: Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2013: Sergey Mudrov (RUS) 2015: Daniil Tsyplakov (RUS) 2017: Falk Wendrich (GER) 2019: Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) 2021: Vladyslav Lavskyy (UKR) 2025: Yonathan Kapitolnik (ISR)

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