Vasil Yakusha
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| Birth name | Vasily Fyodorovich Yakusha | |||||||||||||||||||||
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30 June 1958 (age 58) Kyiv, Ukraine |
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| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasily Fyodaravich Yakusha (Belarusian: Васіль Фёдаравіч Якуша, born 30 June 1958) is a Belarusian former 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. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the single sculls event. At the 1981 World Rowing Championships, he came eights. At the 1982 World Rowing Championships, he won the silver medal. At the 1983 World Rowing Championships, he came fourth. 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. At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he won the bronze medal.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he and his partner Oleksandr Marchenko won the bronze medal in the double sculls competition.
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