Sergey Yung
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1983 Helsinki | 50 km walk |
| IAAF World Race Walking Cup | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1983 Bergen | 50 km walk |
Sergey Yung (Russian: Серге́й Юнг; born 10 August 1955) is a Russian former race walker who competed for the Soviet Union. He specialised in the 50 kilometres race walk.
Yung set his personal best of 3:47:16 hours for the event in Moscow in 1982.[1] He competed at the 1982 European Athletics Championships and placed tenth overall.[2]
The 1983 season saw his greatest successes. He began with the silver medal at the 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, finishing behind Mexico's Raúl González.[3] He followed this with a win at the Spartakiad, becoming the Soviet champion.[4] The first World Championships in Athletics was held in Helsinki later that year and Yung was the bronze medallist there, beaten only by Ronald Weigel and José Marín.[5]
References
- ↑ Sergey Yung. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
- ↑ Sergey Yung. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
- ↑ World Race Walking Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
- ↑ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
- ↑ World Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
External links
- Sergey Yung profile at IAAF
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