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Yuri Kutenko

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Height
  
187 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Sport
  
Athletics

Died
  
13 December 2003

Weight
  
90 kg (198 lb)

Coached by
  
Dmitry Obbarius

Event
  
Decathlon

Yuri Kutenko

Born
  
8 June 1932
Luhansk, Ukraine

Yuriy Kostiantynovych Kutenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Костянтинович Кутенко, 8 June 1932 – 13 December 2003) was a Ukrainian decathlete. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and placed fourth in 1960; he also finished fourth at the 1954 European Championships. Kutenko was seriously injured during a 1963 Soviet-American meetup in San Francisco, breaking several ribs and spending 40 days in a hospital. The accident left him with a failed kidney and forced him to retire. He later had a two-decade-long career as an athletics coach with the Soviet Army Sports Club.

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Yuri Kutenko Wikipedia