Ukrainian hurdler (1975–2025)
Hennadiy Anatoliyovych Horbenko [ 1] (Ukrainian : Геннадій Анатолійович Горбенко ; 22 September 1975 – 28 March 2025) was a Ukrainian hurdler .
Horbenko won the gold medal at the 1994 World Junior Championships , and in other age-specific events he finished fourth at the 1995 Summer Universiade , failed to finish the race at the 1997 European U23 Championships , and finished fifth at the 2003 Summer Universiade .[ 2]
On global level, his main achievement individually was the 8th place at the 2000 Olympic Games . In the Olympic semi-final, he set his lifetime best of 48.40 seconds. He also competed at the 1995 and 2001 World Championships without reaching the final.[ 2]
Horbenko also saw success in relay races. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1999 Military World Games .[citation needed ] In the 4 × 400 metres relay he won a gold medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade .[ 1] At the 2000 Olympic Games , the Ukrainian 4 × 400 team did not reach the final.[ 2]
Horbenko died on 28 March 2025, at the age of 49.[ 3]
1959 : West Germany (Grawitz , Quantz , Klappert , Oberste )
1961 : West Germany (Hoppe , Schöll , Graßhoff , Grawitz )
1963 : Great Britain (Metcalfe , Boulter , Campbell , Steane )
1965 : Italy (Bianchi , Iraldo , Frinolli , Bello )
1967 : West Germany (Müller , Röper , Krüsmann , Thiemann )
1970 : United States (Ulan , Colglazier , Turner , James )
1973 : United States (Bond , Schultz , Lutz , Jenkins )
1975 : Poland (Hewelt , Pietrzyk , Gondek , Szlendak )
1977 : United States (Jennings , Smith , Dale , Andrews )
1979 : United States (Taylor , Kerr , Harris , McCoy )
1981 : Soviet Union (Zolotaryev , Fedotov , Burakov , Markin )
1983 : United States (Nix , Tabron , Babers , Wiley )
1985 : Cuba (Martínez , Peñalver , Ramos , Hernández )
1987 : United States (Pierre , Daniel , Patrick , Robinzine )
1989 : Jamaica (O'Connor , Morris , Davis , Burnett )
1991 : United States (Wilson , Cannon , Irvin , Luke )
1993 : United States (Jones , Payne , Lyles , Turner )
1995 : United States (Hayden , Byrd , Morris , Maybank )
1997 : United States (Terry , Wheeler , Davis , Woodward )
1999 : United States (Berrian , Couts , Brew , Davis )
2001 : United States (White , Gerding , Couts , Pierce )
2003 : Ukraine (Demchenko , Zyukov , Horbenko , Tverdostup )
2005 : Poland (Wieruszewski , Dąbrowski , Kędzia , Klimczak )
2007 : Poland (Bańka , Klimczak , Kędzia , Dąbrowski )
2009 : Australia (Troode , Cole , Thomas , Wroe , Watkins , Burstow )
2011 : Russia (Sigalovsky , Buryak , Vazhov , Kruglyakov )
2013 : Russia (Dyldin , Buryak , Kashefrazov , Krasnov )
2015 : Dominican Republic (J. Santos , Cuesta , Mercedes , L. Santos )
2017 : Dominican Republic (J. Santos , L. Charles , A. Charles , L. Santos )
2019 : Mexico (Vega , Jiménez , Ramírez , Mendoza )
2021 : Turkey (Çanakçi , Ençü , Akçam , Nezir )