Viktor Aleksandrovich Yevsyukov (russian: Виктор Апександрович Евсюков, born October 6, 1956, in

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, in the

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of the

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) is a retired

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er who represented the Soviet Union and later

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during his active career. He won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in

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. His personal best throw is 85.16 metres, achieved in June 1987 in

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(today

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). It is also the standing Kazakhstani record. His personal best with the old javelin design, in use prior to April 1986, was 93.70 metres, thrown in

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on July 17, 1985. This was the third best mark ever by a Soviet thrower, behind only Heino Puuste and Jānis Lūsis.

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* 1956 births Living people Ukrainian male javelin throwers Kazakhstani male javelin throwers Soviet male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Donetsk World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Kazakhstan Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Soviet Athletics Championships winners {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub