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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Viktor Yevsyukov
| fullname = Viktor Aleksandrovich Yevsyukov
| nationality = Kazakh
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| native_name = Виктор Александрович Евсюков
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|October 6, 1956}}
| birth_place=[[Donetsk]], [[Soviet Union]]
| country = {{URS}}<br/>{{KAZ}}
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| club = [[Dynamo Almaty]]
| sport = Athletics
| event = Javelin throw
| pb = 93.70 m (1985)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[sport of athletics|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{URS}} }}
{{Medal|Comp|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 Rome]] |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw|Javelin]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1986 European Athletics Championships|1986 Stuttgart]] |[[1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw|Javelin]]}}
}}
'''Viktor Aleksandrovich Yevsyukov''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Апександрович Евсюков}}, born October 6, 1956 in [[Donetsk]], in the [[Ukrainian SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]]) is a retired [[javelin throw]]er who represented the Soviet Union and later [[Kazakhstan]] during his active career. He won the silver medal at the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 World Championships]] in [[Rome]].

His personal best throw is 85.16 metres, achieved in June 1987 in [[Karl-Marx-Stadt]] (today [[Chemnitz]]). His personal best with the old javelin design, in use prior to April 1986, was 93.70 metres, thrown in [[Kiev]] on July 17, 1985. This was the third best mark ever by a Soviet thrower, behind only [[Heino Puuste]] and [[Jānis Lūsis]].

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{URS}}
|-
|1986
|[[1986 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|
|-
|1987
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
|align="center" | 5th
|
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{KAZ}}
|-
|1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|37th
|71.12 m 
|}

==External links==
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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Russian male javelin throwers]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani javelin throwers]]
[[Category:Soviet male javelin throwers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:World Championships in Athletics medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Donetsk]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male athletes]]


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