Mykola Alekseyevich Vynnychenko (russian: Николай Алексеевич Винниченко; born 12 November 1958)
is a former Soviet Ukrainian
race walk
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er.
Vinnichenko won bronze in men's 10,000 m walk at the
1975 European Junior Championships as a 16-year-old.
He was still eligible to compete as a junior in the
1977 championships in
Donetsk
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, and won in the meeting record time of 41:31.6.
In 1979 Vinnichenko won the
20 kilometres race walk at the
Soviet Spartakiad, ahead of
Anatoliy Solomin
Anatoliy Vasilyevich Solomin (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Соломин; born 2 July 1952) is a former Soviet Ukrainian race walker. Solomin competed in men's 20 km walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics and contended for the gold ...
and
Boris Yakovlev; his time of 1:22:29.0 was a new championship record.
Later that year he placed third behind Mexico's
Daniel Bautista
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In his relatively short career, Bautista dominated t ...
and Yakovlev in the
IAAF Race Walking Cup; his time of 1:20:05 would have been his personal best and well under the previous world record of
Reima Salonen
Reima Untamo Salonen (born November 19, 1955 in Taivassalo, Southwest Finland) is a retired race walker from Finland, known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. A forme ...
,
but the measurement of the course was questionable.
''
Track & Field News
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Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running ...
'' ranked him fourth in the world at 20 km that year, behind Bautista, Mexico's
Domingo Colín
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and Yakovlev.
Vinnichenko repeated as Soviet champion in 1980 (as his victory at the 1979 Spartakiad also counted as a national title);
his time of 1:21:47 was again a meeting record,
and he was ranked seventh in the world despite not competing at the
Olympics
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.
Vinnichenko won his third Soviet national title at the 1983 Spartakiad.
National titles
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Soviet Athletics Championships
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**20 km walk:
1979
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1980
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1983
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References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
Soviet male racewalkers
Ukrainian male racewalkers
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