Anatoly Nikolayevich Yarkin (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Яркин; born 11 November 1958) is a retired Soviet cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that won the time trial event at the

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. Individually, he finished in sixth place in the road race, helping Sergei Sukhoruchenkov and Yuri Barinov to win the race. Next year, he won a silver medal in the team time trial at the 1981 UCI Road World Championships. He retired from the Soviet team in 1984, but a few years later competed for a club in Chile. After that he worked as a cycling coach in

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and later as a popularizer of mountain biking in

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1958 births Living people Soviet male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Zaporizhzhia Oblast {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub