Vasyl Yurchenko ()(alternate spellings: Vasily Yurchenko, Vasiliy Jurtzhenko, born 26 May 1950) is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals. This included one silver (C-1 1000 m: 1976) and one bronze (C-2 1000 m: 1980).

Yurchenko had better success at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning 12 medals. This included seven golds (C-1 1000 m: 1974, 1975; C-1 10000 m: 1973, 1975; C-2 1000 m: 1977, 1979; C-2 10000 m: 1979), four silvers (C-1 10000 m: 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978), and one bronze (C-2 500 m: 1977).

Vasyl Yurchenko

His daughter Kateryna competed for Ukraine in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

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1950 births

Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Living people

Soviet male canoeists

Ukrainian male canoeists

Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union

Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic medalists in canoeing

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian

Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Vasyl Yurchenko