Great Olympians

Biographies - YAK

Ibrahim Yakan

B. 1900, from Al-Jizah, represented Egypt
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football QF 287
287

Boris Yakimov

B. 1933, St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating
1956 HP
Men's 5000 metres 19th 1.6
Men's 10000 metres 7th 400
401.6

Dimitar Nikolov Yakimov

B. 1941-08-12, &Scaron:tegovo, North Macedonia, represented Bulgaria
Football
1960 HP
Men's Team R1:2nd 287
287

Yury Aleksandrovich Yakimov

B. 1953-02-08, Shakhtyorsk, Sakhalin, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Men's Quadruple Sculls silver 3000
3000

Nikolay Yakovenko

B. 1941-11-05, Rostov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2006-12-22
Greco-Roman Wrestling (2 silver)
1968 1972 HP
Light heavyweight (-97 kg) silver 12000
Heavyweight (-100 kg) silver
12000

Aleksandr Yakovlev

B. 1887-06-25, St. Petersburg, Russia; D. 1938-05-12
Art Competitions
1924 HP
Painting AC 63.04
63.04

There were three "Russian" participants in Paris 1924. They are not listed in the Official Report, so it seems appropriate to consider them part of a team of "Independent Olympic Athletes". The three had French citizenship in 1924 or would get it soon after, but I class them as Russians even so.

Boris Aleksandrovich Yakovlev

B. 1945-07-16, Saratov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2014-06-23
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's 50 km Walk dnf 0.04
0.04

Mikhail Yakovlev

Olympic Competitor nr 5361

Pavel Kuzmich Yakovlev

B. 1958-01-16, Ulan-Ude, Buryatiya, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1980 HP
Men's 1500 metres R1:21st 0.64
0.64

Vladimir Yakovlev

B. 1930-03-14, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2009-09-29
Sailing
1972 HP
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon) 14th 16
16

Valentyna Yakovleva

B. 1947-01-18, from Lviv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming
1964 HP
Women's 100 metres Butterfly R1:18th 3.2
3.2

Yaku Yuji

B. 1961-01-03, Fujioka, Japan
Bobsleigh
1984 1988 HP
Men's Two 20th 20th 2.5
Men's Four 24th 18th 2.04
4.54

Andrey Aleksandrovich Yakubik

B. 1950-08-24, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Football (1 bronze)
1972 HP
Men's Team bronze 1280
1280

Nadezhda Vasilyevna Yakubovich

B. 1954-02-24, Narutovich, Belarus, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track and Field
1976 HP
Women's Javelin Throw 7th 600
600

Vasily Yakusha

B. 1958-06-30, Kyiv, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1980 1984 1988 HP
Men's Single Sculls silver 10120
Men's Double Sculls bronze
10120

According to Russian sources, he competed internally for Azerbaijan in 1980, and for Belarus in 1988. Considering he also died in Minsk (in 2020), I shall indeed consider him Belarussian.

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakushev

B. 1947-01-02, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (2 gold)
1972 1976 HP
Men's Team gold gold 6400
6400

Viktor Prokhorovich Yakushev

B. 1937-11-16, Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 2001-07-06
Ice Hockey (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1960 1964 HP
Men's Team bronze gold 4480
4480

Valery Yakushin

B. 1954-10-12, from Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Luge
1980 HP
Doubles 17th 5
5

Written 2012-03-06 - last modified 2023-10-17

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