Vasiliy Dmitryevich Sokov (russian: Василий Дмитриевич Соков; born 7 April 1968 in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...

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) is a

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er who represented the

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and later

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. He is best known for his two

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s at the European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.59 metres, achieved in June 1993 in

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. His wife,

Mariya Sokova Mariya Sokova (russian: Мария Сокова; born 2 September 1970) is a Russian-Uzbekistani triple jumper. She originally represented Russia. She finished fifth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. Her personal best jump was 14.50 metres, ...

, is also an athlete. Sokov represented

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

at the

2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event ...

Anti-doping rule violation

Sokov received a three months doping ban for the use of

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in 1995.IAAF
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/ref> He has continued to jump, winning the bronze medal in a Russian sweep of the M45 division at the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships. His wife did one place better in the W40 division.

International competitions

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Anti-doping rule violation

International competitions

See also

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