Vyacheslav Lykho

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Lykho (Russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Лыхо; born 16 January 1967, Mikhnevo, Moscow Oblast) is a retired Russian shot putter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.[1] He was stripped of his bronze medal won at the 1990 European Championships in Split due to a doping offence.[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	Shot put	18.71 m
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	9th	Shot put	19.98 m
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	3rd	Shot put	20.70 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	—	Shot put	DQ
Representing the  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	Shot put	20.94 m
Representing  Russia
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	10th	Shot put	18.80 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	27th (q)	Shot put	18.04 m

National titles

• Russian Athletics Championships
  • Shot put: 1992, 1997

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
• List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners
• Shot put at the Olympics

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vyacheslav Lykho". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
2. "OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Athletics: A clean sweep for former drug takers". 1 August 1992.

External links

• Vyacheslav Lykho at World Athletics