Vasil Yakusha

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.

Vasil Yakusha

Personal information
Birth name	Vasily Fyodorovich Yakusha[1]
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)[2]
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Single sculls 1988 Seoul Double sculls Friendship Games 1984 Moscow Single sculls World Championships 1982 Lucerne Single sculls 1986 Nottingham Single sculls

He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1] At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the single sculls event.[1] At the 1981 World Rowing Championships, he came eighth.[3] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships, he won the silver medal.[4] At the 1983 World Rowing Championships, he came fourth.[5] 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.[6] At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he won the bronze medal.[7]

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he and his partner Oleksandr Marchenko won the bronze medal in the double sculls competition.[8]

Yakusha died on 24 November 2020 at the age of 62.[9]