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Ukrainian canoeist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vasyl Yurchenko (Russian: Василий Юрченко)(alternate spellings: Vasily Yurchenko, Vasiliy Jurtzhenko; born 26 May 1950) is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals. This included one silver (C-1 1000 m: 1976) and one bronze (C-2 1000 m: 1980).
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1976 Montreal | C-1 1000 m |
![]() | 1980 Moscow | C-2 1000 m |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 1973 Tampere | C-1 10000 m |
![]() | 1974 Mexico City | C-1 1000 m |
![]() | 1975 Belgrade | C-1 1000 m |
![]() | 1975 Belgrade | C-1 10000 m |
![]() | 1977 Sofia | C-2 1000 m |
![]() | 1979 Duisburg | C-2 1000 m |
![]() | 1979 Duisburg | C-2 10000 m |
![]() | 1971 Belgrade | C-1 10000 m |
![]() | 1974 Mexico City | C-1 10000 m |
![]() | 1977 Sofia | C-1 10000 m |
![]() | 1978 Belgrade | C-1 10000 m |
![]() | 1977 Sofia | C-2 500 m |
Yurchenko had better success at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning 12 medals. This included seven golds (C-1 1000 m: 1974, 1975; C-1 10000 m: 1973, 1975; C-2 1000 m: 1977, 1979; C-2 10000 m: 1979), four silvers (C-1 10000 m: 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978), and one bronze (C-2 500 m: 1977).
His daughter Kateryna competed for Ukraine in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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