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| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1970 Donetsk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuriy Yermakov (born 3 September 1970) is a Ukrainian gymnast. He competed in seven events at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the men's artistic team all-around event. [1]
Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh was a track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991 in the hammer throw. He was a European, World and Olympic Champion, and holds the world record with a throw of 86.74 m in 1986.
Yuriy Volodymyrovych Cheban is a retired Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in C-1 200 metres.
Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports.
The men's hammer throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964, with the qualification on the first day and the final the next. 25 athletes from 14 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Romuald Klim of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's hammer throw. Gyula Zsivótzky of Hungary repeated as silver medalist, the fifth man to win multiple medals in the event. Uwe Beyer took bronze, the first medal for the United Team of Germany and the first medal for any German hammer thrower since 1952.
Yuriy Bilonoh is a Ukrainian shot putter.
Yuriy Nikolaevich Lituyev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad and later in Moscow at the Armed Forces sports society.
Yuri Viktorovich Nikitin is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Jury Sukhorukov is an Olympic shooter from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the Men's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Yuri Nikolayevich Filatov is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals in the K-4 1000 m event, earning them in 1972 and 1976.
Yuri Stetsenko is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Munich in 1972.
Yuriy Evgenevich Lorentsson was a Russian rowing coxswain. He was the second rower, after Briton Jack Beresford, to compete at five Olympics. In 1960 he was the coxswain of the Soviet boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the eight event. Four years later he finished fifth with the Soviet boat in the eight competition. At the 1968 Games in Mexico City he won the bronze medal as cox of the Soviet boat in the eights event. In 1972 he coxed the Soviet boat which finished fifth in the coxed pair competition. His last Olympic appearance was in Montreal at the 1976 Olympics when he won the silver medal as part of the Soviet boat in the coxed pairs event.
The men's hammer throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 17 competitors from 13 nations, with one qualifying group before the final (12) took place on 31 July 1980. Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 72.00 metres advanced to the final. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Yuriy Sedykh of the Soviet Union, repeating as Olympic champion. He was the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event and third to have at least two gold medals. Just as in 1976, Sedykh led the Soviet team to a medal sweep, with Sergey Litvinov taking silver and Jüri Tamm. The gold medal was the Soviet Union's third consecutive and fifth overall in the men's hammer throw, second all-time to the United States's seven.
Yuriy Vlasov is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Ukraine. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 11th place in the men's 50 m freestyle event.
Yuriy Yegoshyn is a Ukrainian swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Yuriy Prokhorenko is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
The men's hammer throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada took place on 26–28 July. There were 20 competitors from 13 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Yuriy Sedykh of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive and fourth overall victory in the men's hammer throw. The Soviets swept the medals, with Aleksey Spiridonov taking silver and defending champion Anatoliy Bondarchuk earning bronze. It was the third medal sweep in the men's hammer throw. Bondarchuk was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event.
Yuriy Yurkov is a Kazakhstani sport shooter. Yurkov represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for all three rifle shooting events.
Yuriy Panchuk is a Ukrainian bobsledder. He competed in the two man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Yuriy Zhuravskyi or Yurii Zhuravskyi, sometimes Yuriy Zhuravskiy is a Ukrainian former bobsledder and decathlete. He competed in the four man bobsleigh event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. In decathlon, he won a national title at the Ukrainian Athletics Championships in 1999.
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