births
April 7, 1927
Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper (died 2004)
Leonid Shcherbakov
Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (Russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, was a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953 and won the European title in 1950 and 1954. Domestically he won eight consecutive Soviet titles in 1949–56.