Age, Biography and Wiki
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan was born on 19 May, 1938 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, is a Soviet and Ukrainian long jumper and coach. Discover Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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85 years old |
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Taurus |
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19 May, 1938 |
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19 May |
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Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Russia
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He is a member of famous jumper with the age 85 years old group.
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 85 years old, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan height is 1.86 m and Weight 78 kg.
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1.86 m |
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78 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Igor Ter-Ovanesyan worth at the age of 85 years old? Igor Ter-Ovanesyan’s income source is mostly from being a successful jumper. He is from Russia. We have estimated Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan (І́гор Ара́мович Тер-Ованеся́н, Игорь Арамович Тер-Ованесян; born 19 May 1938) is a Soviet and Ukrainian former long jumper and coach.
Competing for the Soviet Union, he was a five-time European and two-time Olympic medalist in this event.
He also competed at the 1956, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished fourth in 1968.
At the European Championships he won outdoor gold medals in 1958, 1962 and 1969, and an indoor silver medal in 1971.
Ter-Ovanesyan became the first European long jumper to break the 8 meter barrier.
He broke the European long jump record eight times and the world long jump record twice.
Ter-Ovanesyan won Olympic bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome – with a jump of 8.04 meters – and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo – with a jump of 7.99 meters.
Ter-Ovanesyan had the annual world's best long jumps in 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969.
After retiring from competitions, Ter-Ovanesyan became a national coach.
His pupils included Ineta Radēviča, Valery Podluzhny, Vilma Bardauskienė and Tatyana Kolpakova.
In 1963, he won the United States Indoor Championships.
They had a son, Igor (b. 1963), and a daughter, Karen (b. 1967).
His second marriage was to Olga Arturovna Klein.
In 1982, they had a daughter, Jana Igorevna Klein.
In 1983–1989 he headed the Soviet track and field team.
In 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour.
Ter-Ovanesyan was born in Kyiv to an Armenian discus thrower, Aram Avetisovich Ter-Ovanesyan, and a Ukrainian volleyball player, Valentina Ilinskaya.
His parents met at the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education, where they both taught sports-related topics.
Ter-Ovanesyan took up athletics when he was 15, and within two years was included to the Soviet national team.
Ter-Ovanesyan trained at Burevestnik, first in Kiev, later in Lviv, and then in Moscow.
He holds a PhD and a title of Professor at the Department of Athletics, Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture.
He published several sports-related books in Russian.
In February 2017, Ter-Ovanesyan held a press conference in Moscow, during which he said that East German successes due to state-sponsored doping are legitimate results of "good pharmacology" and should not be condemned.
On the eve of the Rome Olympics, athlete Dave Sime of the USA was approached by the Central Intelligence Agency and recruited to help secure Ter-Ovanesyan's defection.
Sime approached Ter-Ovanesyan and introduced him to a CIA agent in Rome, but that agent's manner frightened Ter-Ovanesyan off and he did not defect.
Ter-Ovanesyan has been married twice.
His first marriage was to Margarita Yurievna Yemelyanova.
