[1] He competed at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but failed to record a valid mark in the final.
He was a bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games, held on home soil in Moscow.
[2] He set his personal best mark of 17.78 m (58 ft 4 in) at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial in Leningrad in 1986.
[3] This mark is a former European record and made him the fourth best jumper ever at the time (after Willie Banks, João Carlos de Oliveira and Charles Simpkins).
[4] He was twice national champion at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships, taking the title in 1982 and 1986 – both with meet record performances.