Yuriy Kutenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet-Ukrainian decathlete
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Place of Birth: Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
About Yuriy Kutenko
- Yuriy Kostiantynovych Kutenko (Ukrainian: ???? ????????????? ???????, 8 July 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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