Wassyl Yershov
Wassyl Jeremejowytsch Jerschow ( Ukrainian Василь Єремейович Єршов ; born August 15, 1949 in Saky , † November 6, 2000 in Zaporizhia ) was a Soviet javelin thrower.
Jershov took part in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. In the Olympic Stadium he was able to qualify for the final, where he came in sixth behind the Poles Piotr Bielczyk and the American Sam Colson .
In 1978 he took part in the European Athletics Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he was fifth behind Detlef Michel . After the European Championships, however, Jerschow, like three of his compatriots, was suspended for violating the doping regulations and banned for 18 months.
Web links
- Wassyl Jerschow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979 , IAAF 1979, p. 354
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Yershov, Wassyl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jerschow, Wassyl Jeremejowytsch; Василь Єремейович Єршов |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saky |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 2000 |
| Place of death | Zaporizhia |