Valeriy Pidluzhnyy

Valeriy Vasylyovych Pidluzhnyy (; 22 August 1952 – 4 October 2021) was a Ukrainian long jumper. He  represented the Soviet Union. He was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.Valeriy Pidluzhnyy. sports-reference. Retrieved 1 April 2018. He won two silver medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as a gold medal at the 1974 European Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.Olympic Games Medalists (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

Pidluzhnyy died on 4 October 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine at the age of 69.Трагедія в українському спорті. Помер бронзовий призер Олімпіади 

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Category:1952 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Soviet athletes
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Ukrainian athletes
Category:Long jumpers