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}} Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel ((ロシア語:Валерий Николаевич Брумель); 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003)〔Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 4, p. 243〕 was a Soviet high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle accident in 1965.〔 ==Biography== Brumel was born in a far eastern Siberian village to a family of geologists exploring the region.〔(Obituary: Valery Brumel ). The Guardian. 6 February 2003.〕 They later moved to Lugansk and taught at a local university. Brumel took up the high jump at 12 in Lugansk, coached by P. S. Shtein. Aged 16 he cleared using the then dominant straight-leg straddle technique. He improved his skills under the coaching of V. M. Dyachkov in Moscow. In 1960 he broke the USSR record, , and was selected to the Olympic team. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he cleared the same height as the winner Robert Shavlakadze, but made more attempts and thus was awarded a silver medal.〔 In 1961–1963 he broke the world record in the high jump six times, improving it from to .〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=International Olympic Committee )〕 He also won the high jump at the 1961 and 1963 Universiade, 1962 European Championships, the 1964 Summer Olympics and the USSR Championships of 1961–1963.〔〔 After going undefeated during the 1965 season, Brumel suffered a multiple fracture in his right foot in a motorcycle accident, and faced an amputation. He was operated on successfully by professor Gavriil Ilizarov with a new leg-lengthening procedure using his external fixator. Yet even after 29 surgeries he could not fully recover. He retired in 1970 after jumping at local competitions.〔〔 In retirement Brumel turned to acting and writing. He starred in the films ''Sport, Sport, Sport'' (1970) and ''The Right to Jump'' (1971) and wrote numerous novels and plays, including the novel ''Don't Change Yourself'' (1979), which was translated into seven languages, and the libretto to Rauf Hajiyev's operetta ''Golden Caravel'' (Золотая каравелла).〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valeriy Brumel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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