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. He was stripped of his bronze medal won at the 1990 European Championships in Split due to a doping offence.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the  Soviet Union
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| 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
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| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | Shot put | 20.94 m |
Representing  Russia
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| 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
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
- 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.
- "OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992: Athletics: A clean sweep for former drug takers". 1 August 1992.
External links
| Russian Athletics Championships men's shot put champions | |
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- 1967 births
- Living people
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- Soviet male shot putters
- Olympic male shot putters
- Olympic athletes for the Unified Team
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- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
- Russian Athletics Championships winners
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- Doping cases in athletics
- Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast
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- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
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