Vadim Bavikin ( rus, Вадим Бавыкин; born 4 October 1970) is a USSR-born

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er. He was originally a

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citizen, and went to a boarding school for talented athletes there. He emigrated to Israel in 1990. He finished tenth for Israel at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He later competed at the World Championships in 1993, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He competed as well for Israel at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona without reaching the final round. In 1994, Bavikin tested positive for

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s in a

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. He was banned for almost four years. His personal best throw is 81.94 metres, achieved in June 2004 in

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, Spain. This is the Israeli record.

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

*1988 - 63.80 *1989 - 69.70 *1990 - 70.80 *1991 - 81.56 *1992 - 77.30 *1993 - 78.48 *1994 - 67.16 *1998 - 76.45 *1999 - 76.80 *2000 - 80.48 *2001 - 80.54 *2002 - 81.68 *2003 - 80.95 *2004 - 81.94 *2005 - 77.57 *2006 - 77.13 *2007 - 73.51

IAAF controversy

Vadim Bavikin emigrated to Israel in 1990. International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) requires an emigrating citizen to live for three years in a new country before competing. However, the president of the Soviet track and field federation,

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan (russian: Игорь Арамович Тер-Ованесян, born 19 May 1938) is a Ukrainian former competitor and coach in the long jump. Competing for the Soviet Union, he was a five-time European and two-time O ...

, signed an agreement that allowed recent Soviet emigres to Israel to compete after just one year of residence. The agreement enabled Israel to add three athletes — Igor Avrunin in the shot-put and discus, Vadim Bavikin in the javelin and Vladimir Ostrovskiy in the 20-kilometer walk — to its team of

Rogel Nachum Rogel Nachum (or Nahum, he, רוגל נחום; born 21 May 1967) is a retired Israeli triple jumper, whose personal best was 17.20 meters, achieved in June 1992 in Seville. Nachum participated in three Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 19 ...

(men's triple jump) and Orit Kolodni (women's 200 and 400 meters). Thanks to this agreement Vadim Bavikin was able to participate at the 1991 World Championship in Tokyo and the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bavikin, Vadim 1970 births Living people Israeli male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Israel Doping cases in athletics Israeli sportspeople in doping cases Ukrainian Jews Soviet emigrants to Israel

Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

IAAF controversy

See also

References

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