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Vasyl Yakovlev (born 3 July 1972) is a Ukrainian former cyclist. He competed four Olympic Games. [1]
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Vasyl Yakovlev (born 3 July 1972) is a Ukrainian former cyclist. He competed four Olympic Games. [1]
Yakovlev is an East Slavic surname derived from the masculine given name Yakov. Yakovleva is the feminine form.
The men's points race in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a 160 lap points race with 16 sprints where points were awarded. The event was held on 24 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Velodrome. There were 23 competitors from 23 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist in the event. The event was won by Mikhail Ignatiev of Russia, the nation's first victory in the men's points race. Spain's Joan Llaneras, the defending champion, took silver; he was the first and only person to win multiple medals in the relatively short-lived points race, and ended with three medals after another gold in 2008. Guido Fulst of Germany took bronze, the first medal in the event for that nation since 1900.
Vasyl Albertovych Arkhypenko was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.
Khédafi Djelkhir, or sometimes Khesafi Djelkhir, is a French featherweight amateur boxer of Algerian origin. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2004 European Championships.
The men's points race was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 28 participants from 28 nations, with 24 cyclists completing the final, which was held on July 28, 1996. Each nation was limited to one cyclist in the event. The event was won by Silvio Martinello of Italy, the nation's second consecutive and third overall victory in the men's points race. Silver went to Brian Walton of Canada and bronze to Stuart O'Grady of Australia; it was the first medal in the event for both nations.
The men's points race was an event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There were 23 participants from 23 nations competing in the final, which was held on 20 September 2000. Each nation was limited to one cyclist in the event. The event was won by Joan Llaneras of Spain, the nation's first medal in the men's points race. Silver went to Milton Wynants of Uruguay and bronze to Aleksei Markov of Russia; those nations also earned their first medals in the event.
Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev is a former volleyball player born in Ukraine, who played for Russia. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years later he won the Volleyball World League (2002) with Russia.
Vasyl Petrovych Fedoryshyn is a male wrestler from Ukraine, who competes in the men's -60 kg freestyle division.
Vasyl Yurchenko (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 and one bronze.
Vasyl Stankovych is a retired Ukrainian fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won team silver medals in the foil in 1968 and 1972; in 1976 he placed fourth both individually and with the Soviet team. At the world championships Stankovych won five gold medals in the foil between 1969 and 1974.
Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybin is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist, who has achieved most success on both the track, where he was 2005 world champion in the points race. Rybin won a silver medal as well in the Madison in 2006 and has represented Ukraine at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Vasyl Matviychuk or Vasyl Oleksandrovych Matviichuk is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.
Vasyl Dmyrovych Rachyba is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category. He defeated Russia's Alan Khugayev for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany. Rachyba is also a member of the wrestling team for CSKA Kyiv, and is coached and trained by Yury Tsikolenko.
Vladislav Pavlovich Yakovlev is a Kazakhstani rower, who competed in single sculls at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Vasyl Anisimov is a former Soviet-Ukrainian hurdler and sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles and the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Vasyl Lantukh is a Ukrainian bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Vasyl Rybalko was a Soviet wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle welterweight at the 1952 Summer Olympics and was affiliated with Dynamo Kiev.
Vasyl Hrybovych is a Ukrainian ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Mikhail Iakovlev, also known as Mikhail Yakovlev is a Russian-born Israeli unofficial world-record-holding racing cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the keirin event at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships representing Russia, and bronze medals in Sprint in the 2021 European Championship representing Russia, and in the 2024 European Championship representing Israel. In 2022 Yakovlev set a new unofficial world record in the 200m flying trial in 9.099 seconds. Iakovlev will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in cycling in the Men's sprint on August 7-9, and the Men's keirin on August 10-11, 2024.
The 1989 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the 15th annual Junior World Championships for track cycling held in Moscow, Soviet Union in August 1989.
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