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| Native name | Матвей Якушев | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 2003 [1] Krasnoyarsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T20 | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mikhail Petryk [2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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