Read the bio below and try to give details on valeriy skvortsov 's: - name - medaltemplates - birth date Bio: valeriy sergeyevich skvortsov -lrb- ; born may 31 , 1945 , berdychiv , ukraine , former ussr -rrb- is a retired high jumper who represented the ussr in the 1964 and 1968 summer olympics . 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 of 1964 , where he took the 14th place in the high-jump final with a jump height of 2.06 meters . valeriy brumel from the soviet union -rrb- , and john thomas from the united states won the gold and silver medals , respectively . at the 1966 european indoor games championship in dortmund , west germany , skvortsov won first place with a career best jump of 2.17 meters . at the 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 in mexico city , where he competed with dick fosbury and valentin gavrilov . his 2.16 meter jump secured him a fourth place finish . after a leg injury forced him to stop competing , skortsov continued as a high jump trainer in moscow -lrb- dinamo -rrb- and then went to work as the head of duma security . skvortsov is currently retired and resides in moscow , russia .
- name is valeriy skvortsov- medaltemplates is men 's athletics- birth date is may 31 , 1945