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{{Short description|Israeli pole vaulter}}
{{for|similarly named Russian journalist|Alexander Averbukh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|nationality = Israeli
|image=Israel track and field championship 2011 Aleksandr Averbukh 01.JPG
|caption=Averbukh in 2011
|native_name=Александр Валерьевич Авербух
|birth_date={{birth-date and age|1 October 1974}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dmitri Markov Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/dmitri-markov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025718/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/dmitri-markov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| country = {{ubl|{{RUS}} (–1998)|{{ISR}} (1999–2009)}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = [[Pole vault]]
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| worlds           = {{World2}} <small>([[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|2001]])</small>
| regionals        = {{Eur1}} <small>([[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|2000]], [[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|2002]], [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|2006]])</small>
| nationals        = 
| olympics         = 8th <small>([[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|2004]])</small>
| highestranking   = 
| pb = 5.93 m (2003)
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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Silver| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] |[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]  |[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2002 European Athletics Championships|2002 Munich]]|[[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 European Athletics Championships|2006 Gothenburg]]|[[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2000 Ghent]]|[[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Maccabiah Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold  | [[2013 Maccabiah Games|2013 Tel Aviv]] |Pole vault}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[2009 Maccabiah Games|2009 Tel Aviv]] |[[Athletics at the 2009 Maccabiah Games|Pole vault]]}}
}}
'''Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh''' ({{langx|he|אלכס אברבוך}}, {{langx|ru|Александр Валерьевич Авербух}}; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and [[Israel]]i Olympic athlete, who competed in the [[pole vault]].

He won silver and bronze medals at the [[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]], won a gold medal as the European champion in both [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|2002]] and [[2006 European Championships in Athletics|2006]], and won a gold medal at the [[2013 Maccabiah Games]]. His personal best is 5.93 metres.

==Biography==
He was born in the [[Russian SSR]], [[USSR]], and is [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |publisher=Jewishinstlouis.org |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 }}</ref>  He was formerly a [[decathlon|decathlete]] competing for [[Russia]], but he later became an [[Israel]]i citizen and rose to top level in pole vault. He competed in the [[2001 Maccabiah Games]], winning a gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34128|title=Averbukh wins Maccabiah Games - PoleVaultPower.com|website=www.polevaultpower.com|accessdate=2 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/alex-averbukh | title=Alex Averbukh }}</ref>

He won silver and bronze medals at the [[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] and won a gold medal twice as the European champion in [[2002 European Championships in Athletics|2002]] and [[2006 European Championships in Athletics|2006]]. His personal best is 5.93 metres, achieved in 2003 in Madrid. He retired from competition in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csjl.org/articles/article75-AleksandrAverbukh.htm |title=Aleksandr Averbukh |publisher=Csjl.org |access-date=November 15, 2011}}</ref>

He competed on behalf of [[Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games |publisher=Sports-reference.com  |access-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref>

He competed in the pole vault at the [[2009 Maccabiah Games]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jta.org/2009/07/15/israel/recent-ukrainian-oleh-wins-maccabiah-gold | title=Recent Ukrainian oleh wins Maccabiah gold | date=15 July 2009 }}</ref>

In 2013 he briefly returned from retirement to compete in the [[2013 Maccabiah Games]], where he won a gold medal for first place.<ref>{{cite web|title=July 24 (2) |url=http://www.maccabiah.com/news-item/maccabiah-news-update---24-7-2- |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130920192043/http://www.maccabiah.com/news-item/maccabiah-news-update---24-7-2- |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2013 |publisher=[[Maccabiah]] |access-date=25 February 2014 |date=July 24, 2013 }}</ref>

One of his daughters is the model Anastasya Averbukh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The school froze in admiration: the most beautiful girl in the world went to the first class. The most beautiful girl in the world is a beautiful girl 8 10 years old|url=https://wikibath.ru/en/shkola-zamerla-v-voshishchenii-samaya-krasivaya-devochka-v-mire-poshla-v.html|access-date=2021-08-14|website=wikibath.ru}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
! colspan=6| Representing {{RUS}}
|-
! 1993
| [[1993 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
| [[San Sebastián, Spain]]
| 13th (q)
| Pole vault
| 4.90 m
|-
! rowspan=2| 1998
| [[1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
| [[Valencia, Spain]]
| 6th
| Heptathlon
| [[1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon|6144 pts]]
|-
| [[Hypo-Meeting]]
| [[Götzis]], Austria
| 16th
| Decathlon
| [[1998 Hypo-Meeting|7658 pts]]
|-
! colspan=6| Representing {{ISR}}
|-
! 1999
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Sevilla]], Spain
| bgcolor=#c96| 3rd
| rowspan=21| Pole vault
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.80 m]]
|-
! rowspan=2| 2000
| [[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
| [[Ghent]], Belgium
| bgcolor=gold| 1st
| [[2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.75 m]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| Sydney, Australia
| 10th
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
! rowspan=5| 2001
| [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| 4th
| [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.70 m]]
|-
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Edmonton, Canada]]
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.85 m]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
| Beijing, [[PR China|China]]
| bgcolor=gold| 1st
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault|5.80 m]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
| [[Brisbane, Australia]]
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| [[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games – Results#Pole vault|5.80 m]]
|-
| [[2001 Maccabiah Games|Maccabiah Games]]
|
| bgcolor=gold| 1st
|
|-
! rowspan=2| 2002
| [[2002 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Munich, Germany]]
| bgcolor=gold| 1st
| [[2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.85 m]]
|-
| [[2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Paris, France]]
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| 5.75 m
|-
! rowspan=2| 2003
| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Birmingham, United Kingdom]]
| 14th (q)
| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.40 m]]
|-
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Paris, France]]
| –
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|NM]]
|-
! rowspan=3| 2004
| [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Budapest, Hungary]]
| 14th (q)
| [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|-
| [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Athens, Greece]]
| 8th
| [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]
|-
| [[2004 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
| [[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]
| 4th
| 5.60 m
|-
! rowspan=2| 2006
| [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Moscow, Russia]]
| 4th
| [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
| [[2006 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| bgcolor=gold| 1st
| [[2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.70 m]]
|-
! 2007
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Osaka, Japan]]
| 7th
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.81 m]]
|-
! 2008
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| [[Beijing, China]]
| 28th (q)
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.45 m]]
|-
! 2009
| [[2009 Maccabiah Games|Maccabiah Games]]
| [[Tel Aviv, Israel]]
| bgcolor=silver| 2nd
| 4.95 m
|-
! 2013
| [[2013 Maccabiah Games|Maccabiah Games]]
| [[Caesarea Golf & Country Club|Caesarea, Israel]]
| bgcolor=gold| 1st
| 5.15 m
|}

==See also==
*[[List of eligibility transfers in athletics]]
*[[List of Jews in sports#Track and field|List of Jewish track and field athletes]]
*[[List of Israeli records in athletics]]
*[[List of Maccabiah records in athletics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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