Aleksandr Potashov
Appearance
Aleksandr Potashov (Belarusian: Аляксандар Паташоў, Russian: Александр Поташёв; born March 12, 1962 in Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus. He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1991 World Championships. Potashov and his teammate Andrey Perlov attempted to cross the goal line simultaneously, resulting in a shared gold medal, but the officials declared Potashov the winner by 0.01 second.
Potashov finished fourth at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and was disqualified at the 1992 Olympics. His personal best time is 3:40:02, achieved in May 1990.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 7th | 50 km | 3:46:28 |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 4th | 50 km | 3:41:00 |
1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet, Spain | 5th | 50 km | 3:48:02 |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | — | 50 km | DSQ |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 50 km | 3:53:09 |
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | 50 km | DSQ |
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1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | 50 km | DSQ |
References
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Vitebsk
- Belarusian male racewalkers
- Soviet male racewalkers
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Olympic athletes of Belarus
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for the Soviet Union
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
- Belarusian athletics biography stubs