Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Lykho (; born 16 January 1967, Mikhnevo,

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) is a retired Russian

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ter who represented the

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, the Unified Team, and later

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. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in

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. He was stripped of his bronze medal won at the 1990 European Championships in

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due to a doping offence.

International competitions

National titles

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**Shot put:

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* 1967 births Living people Russian male shot putters Soviet male shot putters Olympic male shot putters Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Athletes from Moscow Oblast Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-shotput-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

National titles

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