Great Olympians

Biographies - YUR


Vasyl Petrovych Yurchenko

B. 1950-05-26, Grushkivka, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Canoeing - Canadian Sprint (1 silver, 1 bronze)
1972 1976 1980 HP
Men's Canadian Singles 1000 m fifth silver 5500
Men's Canadian Doubles 1000 m bronze 1920
7420


Maryna Volodymyrivna Yurchenya

B. 1959-11-09, Odessa, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Aquatics - Swimming (1 silver)
1976 HP
Women's 100 m Breaststroke sixth 640
Women's 200 m Breaststroke silver 4000
Women's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay fourth 400
5040


Mehmet Yurdadön

B. 1954-06-02, Sarıkamış, Türkiye
Athletics - Track & Field
1984 HP
Men's Marathon dnf -17.60
-17.60


Adnan Nuri Yurdaer

B. 1908-08-07, represented Turkey
Wrestling - Greco-Roman
1936 HP
Men's Middleweight (-79 kg) 12th 60
60


Thomas Michael "Tom" Yurkovich

B. 1935-09-29, Eveleth, Minn., USA
Ice Hockey
1964 HP
Men's Team fifth 500
500


Snezhana Marinova Yurukova

B. 1944-10-20, Gulyantsi, Bulgaria
Athletics
1968 HP
Women's 80 m Hurdles R1:22nd 0.6
Women's Pentathlon 14th 24
24.6


Sergey Yuryevich

B. 1876, Paris, France, represented "Russia"; D. 1969
Art Competitions
1924 HP
Sculpture AC 29.24
29.24

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.


Written 2017-02-08 - last modified 2024-01-09

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