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| Born | (1945-07-16)16 July 1945 | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 June 2014(2014-06-23) (aged 68) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Race walking | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Borys Yakovlev (Ukrainian:Борис Яковлев,Russian:Борис Александрович Яковлев,Boris Aleksandrovich Yakovlev; 16 July 1945 – 23 June 2014)[1][2] was aSoviet-Ukrainianrace walker.
Yakovlev competed in both the20 km walk and the50 km walk. He represented the Soviet Union at 20 km in theEuropean Athletics Championships of1969,1971 and1978, always placing in the top eight with a best result of fourth place in 1978.[3] At the1980 Summer Olympics he competed at the longer distance, but failed to finish.[4]
Track & Field News ranked Yakovlev in the world's top 10 at 20 kilometres four times between 1970 (the first year walkers were ranked) and 1979, when his ranking peaked at #3.[5] In 1979 he placed third behind fellow UkrainiansMykola Vynnychenko andAnatoliy Solomin at theSoviet Spartakiad[6] and second behind Mexico'sDaniel Bautista at the1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup;[7] he was ranked behind Bautista and another Mexican,Domingo Colín, and ahead of the other top Soviets.[5]
Yakovlev later became acoach in Ukraine.[1][8]
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