Gennadiy Belkov
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Gennadiy Belkov is a retired Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

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High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

er who represented the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

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He won the silver medal at the 1979 European Indoor Championships
1979 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 10th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Vienna, the capital city in Austria, in 1979. It was the second time the championships had been held in Vienna.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com...

 and finished eighteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships
1980 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 11th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Sindelfingen, a city in West Germany, in 1980. The championships were boycotted by East Germany.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

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His personal best jump was 2.32 metres, achieved May 1982 in Tashkent
Tashkent
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:...

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