Sergey Yung
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1983 Helsinki50 km walk
IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Silver medal – second place1983 Bergen50 km walk

Sergey Aleksandrovich Yung (Russian: Серге́й Александрович 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

  1. ↑ Sergey Yung. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
  2. ↑ Sergey Yung. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
  3. ↑ World Race Walking Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
  4. ↑ Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
  5. ↑ World Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-01.
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