Vladimir Ostrovskiy ( rus, Владимир Островский, born 12 December 1966) is a retired USSR-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

race walk Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

er. He represented the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

before changing nationality to Israel. In the 20 kilometres walk he finished 23rd at the 1991 World Championships and 33rd at the 1993 World Championships. At the 1995 World Championships he did not finish. He stands tall, and weighed about during his active career.

IAAF controversy

Vladimir Ostrovskiy 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 Vadim Bavikin ( rus, Вадим Бавыкин; born 4 October 1970) is a USSR-born Israeli javelin thrower. He was originally a Soviet citizen, and went to a boarding school for talented athletes there. He emigrated to Israel in 1990. He finish ...

in the javelin and Vladimir Ostrovskiy in the 20-kilometer walk — to its team of Rogel Nachum (men's triple jump) and

Orit Kolodni Orit is a Hebrew language feminine given name (). Notable people with this given name include: *Orit Gadiesh *Orit Noked *Orit Strook *Orit Wolf *Orit Adato *Orit Rozin *Orit Bar-On *Orit Ishay *Orit Zuaretz *Orit Galili-Zucker Other uses * The Be ...

(women's 200 and 400 meters). Thanks to this agreement Vladimir Ostrovskiy was able to participate at the 1991 World Championship in Tokyo and the 1993 World Championship in Stuttgart, Germany.

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1966 births Living people Israeli male racewalkers Soviet emigrants to Israel Soviet male racewalkers World Athletics Championships athletes for Israel {{Israel-athletics-bio-stub

IAAF controversy

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