Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Lykho (Russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Лыхо; born 16 January 1967, Mikhnevo, Moscow Oblast) is a retired Russian shot putter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.[1] He was stripped of his bronze medal won at the 1990 European Championships in Split due to a doping offence.[2]
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1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Shot put | 18.71 m | |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 9th | Shot put | 19.98 m | |
1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 3rd | Shot put | 20.70 m | |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | — | Shot put | bgcolor=pink | DQ | |
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | Shot put | 20.94 m | |
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1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 10th | Shot put | 18.80 m | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 27th (q) | Shot put | 18.04 m |