Vasyl Yurchenko
Vasyl Yurchenko (Russian: Василий Юрченко)(alternate spellings: Vasily Yurchenko, Vasiliy Jurtzhenko, born May 26, 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1976 Montreal | C-1 1000 m |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1980 Moscow | C-2 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 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.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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