Vasil Yakusha

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Vasil Yakusha
Personal information
Birth nameVasily Fyodorovich Yakusha
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 62)
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight93 kg (205 lb)[2]
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Double sculls
Friendship Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow Single sculls
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Lucerne Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Nottingham Single sculls

Vasil Fyodaravich Yakusha (Belarusian: Васіль Фёдаравіч Якуша, 30 June 1958 – 24 November 2020) was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During most of his career, he was a single sculler.

He was born in

Kyiv, Ukraine.[1] At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the single sculls event.[1] At the 1981 World Rowing Championships, he came eighth.[3] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships, he won the silver medal.[4] At the 1983 World Rowing Championships, he came fourth.[5] He did not attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in California, USA, due to the Eastern Bloc boycott. At the 1985 World Rowing Championships, he came fourth.[6] At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he won the bronze medal.[7]

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he and his partner Oleksandr Marchenko won the bronze medal in the double sculls competition.[8]

Yakusha died on 24 November 2020 at the age of 62.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasily Yakusha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Vasily Yakusha". FISA. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. International Rowing Federation
    . Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. International Rowing Federation
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  5. International Rowing Federation
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  6. International Rowing Federation
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  7. International Rowing Federation
    . Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. ^ На 63-м году жизни ушел из жизни Василий Фёдорович Якуша (in Russian)


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