Mykola Musiyenko (, – Nikolay Musiyenko; born 16 December 1959) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. He won four medals for the Soviet Union at the European Indoor Championships, being the champion in both 1983 and 1989.European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-01-22. He competed at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but failed to record a valid mark in the final. He was also a finalist at the 1986 European Athletics Championships. He was a bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games, held on home soil in Moscow.Athletics results. Goodwill Games. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
He set his personal best mark of at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial in Leningrad in 1986.Nikolay Musiyenko. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-22. 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). The European mark was beaten later that year by Bulgarian Khristo Markov and it remained the Soviet national record until 1990, when it was beaten by Vladimir Inozemtsev. As of January 2017, Musiyenko remains second on the Ukrainian lists after Inozemtsev and within the twenty best outdoor triple jumpers on the all-time lists.senior outdoor Triple Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
He was twice national champion at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships, taking the title in 1982 and 1986 – both with meet record performances.Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-01-22. At the Soviet Athletics Championships outdoors, his best finish was third, which he achieved at the 1981 and 1987 meets.
International competitions 1982European Indoor Championships Athens, Greece 3rd16.82 m1983European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st17.12 m1986European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany6th16.86 mGoodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union3rd17.33 m1987European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 3rd17.00 m1989European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 1st17.29 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary16.40 m (q)
See also List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men)
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