Aleksandr Averbukh
Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh (Hebrew: אלכס אברבוך, Russian: Александр Валерьевич Авербух; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and Israeli Olympic athlete, who competed in the pole vault.[2] He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but he later became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault.He competed in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.[5] He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[7] In 2013 he briefly returned from retirement to compete in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, where he won a gold medal for first place.
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