death_date birth_place pb birth_date article_title
07 march 2011 vorkuta , russian sfsr , soviet union '' 1984 -rrb- ` decathlon '' ' : 8698 pts -lrb- 16 august 1958 grigoriy degtyaryov

grigoriy degtyaryov

grigoriy grigoryevich degtyaryov -lrb- ; 16 august 1958 -- 7 march 2011 -rrb- was a soviet russian decathlete .
degtyaryov won gold medals at the 1984 friendship games and the 1986 goodwill games and was ranked in the world 's top 10 in every year from 1982 to 1986 .
, his personal best of 8698 points remains the russian national record .
