Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh (Hebrew: אלכס אברבוך, Russian: Александр Валерьевич Авербух; born October 1, 1974) is a retired Russian decathlete and Israeli Olympic athlete, who competed in the pole vault.

[2] He was formerly a decathlete competing for Russia, but he later became an Israeli citizen and rose to top level in pole vault.

He competed in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, winning a gold medal.

[5] He competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

[7] In 2013 he briefly returned from retirement to compete in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, where he won a gold medal for first place.