Vasyl Yurchenko

Not to be confused with Russian politician Vasily Yurchenko.

Vasyl Yurchenko (Russian: Василий Юрченко)(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 (C-1 1000 m: 1976) and one bronze (C-2 1000 m: 1980).

Vasyl Yurchenko

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	C-1 1000 m
	1980 Moscow	C-2 1000 m
World Championships
	1973 Tampere	C-1 10000 m
	1974 Mexico City	C-1 1000 m
	1975 Belgrade	C-1 1000 m
	1975 Belgrade	C-1 10000 m
	1977 Sofia	C-2 1000 m
	1979 Duisburg	C-2 1000 m
	1979 Duisburg	C-2 10000 m
	1971 Belgrade	C-1 10000 m
	1974 Mexico City	C-1 10000 m
	1977 Sofia	C-1 10000 m
	1978 Belgrade	C-1 10000 m
	1977 Sofia	C-2 500 m

Yurchenko had better success at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning 12 medals. This included seven golds (C-1 1000 m: 1974, 1975; C-1 10000 m: 1973, 1975; C-2 1000 m: 1977, 1979; C-2 10000 m: 1979), four silvers (C-1 10000 m: 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978), and one bronze (C-2 500 m: 1977).

His daughter Kateryna competed for Ukraine in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)

External links

• Vasyl Yurchenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)