ATHLETE

Vladimir Yashchenko

1959 - 1999

Photo of Vladimir Yashchenko

Icon of person Vladimir Yashchenko

Vladimir Ilyich Yashchenko (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ященко) or Volodymyr Yashchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Ященко) (12 January 1959 – 30 November 1999) was a Ukrainian member of the Soviet national team and former world record holder in the high jump (2.33 m, 2.34 m, and 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in). Yashchenko first broke the record at age 18 with a jump of 2.33 m (7 ft 7+3⁄4 in), at the USA-USSR junior dual meet in June 1977 at Richmond, Virginia. He won the 1978 European Championships high jump competition with a jump of 230 cm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Yashchenko has received more than 56,226 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Yashchenko is the 857th most popular athlete (down from 855th in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 721st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 857 out of 6,025. Before him are Mark Midler, Halina Górecka, Diana Yorgova, Rita Kühne, Inga Gentzel, and Oscar Goßler. After him are Giuseppina Leone, Franco Bertinetti, Ugo Pignotti, Barbora Špotáková, Ödön Földessy, and Leonid Taranenko.

Most Popular Athletes in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 285. Before him are Hennadiy Kernes, Hallgrímur Helgason, Jim Kerr, Beth Broderick, Juan José Campanella, and Peter Doig. After him are Thomas Allofs, Rineke Dijkstra, Jadranko Prlić, Barbara Krause, Shawn Weatherly, and Marcelo Ebrard. Among people deceased in 1999, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 216. Before him are Celso Torrelio, Samiha Khalil, Sufia Kamal, Maigonis Valdmanis, Charlie Byrd, and Eric Wolf. After him are Yvette Cauchois, Leonid Sedov, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Néstor Togneri, Frank Lubin, and Georges Miez.

Others Born in 1959

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1999

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 810 out of 1,365. Before him are Gregory Breit (1899), Nikolai Chebotaryov (1894), Yevhen Arzhanov (1948), Alfreda Markowska (1926), Natasha Korolyova (1973), and Leonid Buryak (1953). After him are Dmytro Chygrynskiy (1986), Serhiy Zhadan (1974), Lyubov Panchenko (1938), Viktor Kanevskyi (1936), Nina Ruslanova (1945), and Edward Abramowski (1868).

Others born in Ukraine

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Vladimir Yashchenko ranks 18. Before him are Viktor Tsybulenko (1930), Faina Melnik (1945), Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946), Mykola Avilov (1948), Nina Dumbadze (1919), and Yevhen Arzhanov (1948). After him are Tatyana Prorochenko (1952), Vladimír Syrovátka (1908), Irina Kirichenko (1937), Rudolf Plyukfelder (1928), Leonid Bartenyev (1933), and Nadezhda Tkachenko (1948).

Ukrainian born Athletes

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous