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Vasil Yakusha
Personal information
Birth name Vasily Fyodorovich Yakusha
Born (1958-06-30)30 June 1958
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died 24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 62)
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Silver 1980 Moscow Single sculls
Bronze 1988 Seoul Double sculls
Friendship Games
Gold 1984 Moscow Single sculls
World Championships
Silver 1982 Lucerne Single sculls
Bronze 1986 Nottingham Single sculls

Vasil Fyodaravich Yakusha (Belarusian: Васіль Фёдаравіч Якуша, 30 June 1958 – 24 November 2020) was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During most of his career, he was a single sculler.

He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the single sculls event. At the 1981 World Rowing Championships, he came eighth. At the 1982 World Rowing Championships, he won the silver medal. At the 1983 World Rowing Championships, he came fourth. He did not attend the 1984 Summer Olympics in California, USA, due to the Eastern Bloc boycott. At the 1985 World Rowing Championships, he came fourth. At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he won the bronze medal.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he and his partner Oleksandr Marchenko won the bronze medal in the double sculls competition.

Yakusha died on 24 November 2020 at the age of 62.

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