Arkadiy Vasilyev (born 19 January 1987) is a Russian
decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...
. Vasilyev won the decathlon at the
2006 World Junior Championships in
Beijing
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.
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1987 births
Living people
Russian decathletes
Russian male athletes
21st-century Russian sportsmen
Place of birth missing (living people)
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