Grigoriy Degtyaryov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet Russian decathlete
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Place of Birth: Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia
About Grigoriy Degtyaryov
- Grigoriy Grigoryevich Degtyaryov (Russian: ???????? ??????????? ????????; 16 August 1958 – 7 March 2011) was a Soviet Russian decathlete.
- Degtyaryov won gold medals at the 1984 Friendship Games and the 1986 Goodwill Games and was ranked in the world's top 10 in every year from 1982 to 1986.
- As of 2015, his personal best of 8698 points remains the Russian national record.
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