What is Valeriy Pidluzhnyy?
'''Valeriy Vasylyovych Pidluzhnyy''' ({{lang-uk|Підлужний Валерій Васильович}}; 22 August 1952 – 4 October 2021) was a Ukrainian [[long jump]]er. He represented the [[Soviet Union]]. He was born in [[Donetsk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/valeriy-pidluzhniy-1.html Valeriy Pidluzhnyy]. sports-reference. Retrieved 1 April 2018.</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ogm.htm Olympic Games Medalists (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm European Championships (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ei.htm European Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.</ref> Pidluzhnyy died on 4 October 2021 in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] at the age of 69.<ref>[https://sport.segodnya.ua/ua/sport/others/tragediya-v-ukrainskom-sporte-umer-bronzovyy-prizer-olimpiady-1577477.html Трагедія в українському спорті. Помер бронзовий призер Олімпіади] {{in lang|uk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pidluzhnyy, Valeriy}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Soviet athletes]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Ukrainian athletes]] [[Category:Long jumpers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}