Aleksandr Potashov

{{Short description|Retired race walker who represented USSR and Belarus}} '''Aleksandr Potashov''' ({{langx|be|Аляксандар Паташоў}}, Russian: ''Александр Поташёв''; born 12 March 1962) is a retired [[race walking|race walker]] who represented the [[USSR]] and later [[Belarus]]. He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]]. Potashov and his teammate [[Andrey Perlov]] attempted to cross the goal line simultaneously, resulting in a shared gold medal, but the officials declared Potashov the winner by 0.01 second.

Potashov finished fourth at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]] and was disqualified at the 1992 Olympics. His personal best time is 3:40:02, achieved in May 1990.

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing the {{URS}} |- |1987 |[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[New York City]], [[United States]] |7th |50 km |3:46:28 |- |1988 |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Seoul, South Korea]] |4th |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|50 km]] |3:41:00 |- |1989 |[[1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat|L'Hospitalet]], [[Spain]] |5th |50 km |3:48:02 |- |1990 |[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] | — |50 km |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|DSQ]] |- |1991 |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Tokyo, Japan]] |bgcolor=gold| 1st |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]] |3:53:09 |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{EUN}} |- |1992 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Barcelona, Spain]] |— |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|50 km]] |DSQ |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{BLR}} |- |1994 |[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Helsinki, Finland]] | — |50 km |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|DSQ]] |}

==References== *{{World Athletics}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/aleksandr-potashov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/aleksandr-potashov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Aleksandr Potashov}}

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