Borys Yakovlev

Borys Yakovlev (Ukrainian: Борис Яковлев, Russian: Борис Александрович Яковлев,Boris Aleksandrovich Yakovlev; 16 July 1945 – 23 June 2014)^[1][2] was a Soviet-Ukrainian race walker.

Borys Yakovlev

Personal information
Born	(1945-07-16)16 July 1945 Petrovsk, Russian SFSR
Died	23 June 2014(2014-06-23) (aged 68)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1979 Eschborn 20 km walk

Career

Yakovlev competed in both the 20 km walk and the 50 km walk. He represented the Soviet Union at 20 km in the European Athletics Championships of 1969, 1971 and 1978, always placing in the top eight with a best result of fourth place in 1978.^[3] At the 1980 Summer Olympics he competed at the longer distance, but failed to finish.^[4]

Track & Field News ranked Yakovlev in the world's top 10 at 20 kilometres four times between 1970 (the first year walkers were ranked) and 1979, when his ranking peaked at #3.^[5] In 1979 he placed third behind fellow Ukrainians Mykola Vynnychenko and Anatoliy Solomin at the Soviet Spartakiad^[6] and second behind Mexico's Daniel Bautista at the 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup;^[7] he was ranked behind Bautista and another Mexican, Domingo Colín, and ahead of the other top Soviets.^[5]

Yakovlev later became a coach in Ukraine.^[1][8]

References

1. "Пішов з життя Борис Яковлев" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Athletics Federation. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
2. "Светлая память" (in Russian). tsop-rm.ru. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
3. Jalava, Mirko (2014). "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014: Statistics Handbook" (PDF). European Athletics. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
4. "Boris Yakovlev Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
5. "World Rankings — Men's 20K Walk" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved 6 December 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Siukonen, Markku; et al. (1980). Urheilutieto 5 (in Finnish). Oy Scandia Kirjat Ab. p. 314. ISBN 951-9466-20-7.
7. 25th IAAF World Race Walking Cup - Saransk 2012 - Facts & Figures, IAAF, 2012
8. Radchenko, Lyudmyla. "Наблизитися до "зірки, що не тьмяніє"". Олімпійська Арена (in Ukrainian). No. 10/2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.