Vladimir Nikolayevich Yesheyev (born 7 May 1958 in Zabaykalsky Krai) is a former archer from the Soviet Union.

Vladimir Yesheyev

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Nikolayevich Yesheyev
Born	7 May 1958 (1958-05-07) (age 64) Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Men's Archery Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Individual

Biography

He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the individual event where he finished in sixth place. He missed the following Olympics due to the boycott but returned to compete in the 1988 Summer Olympics where he finished in third in the individual competition and fifth in the team event. Four years later competing for the Unified team finishing eleventh in the individual event and eighth in the team event.^{[citation needed]}

He is the President of Russian Archery Federation. The Russian archery team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the team event brought back to Russia Bair Badënov's bronze (the next national Olympic bronze in archery after Yesheyev's).^{[citation needed]}

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Archery executive board voted to remove the Russian and Belarusian national flags and anthems from all international tournaments, and not to have either country host their archery events.[1] Though he was an executive board member, he was not invited to the discussion or vote.[1]

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimir Yesheyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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На других языках

[fr] Vladimir Iecheïev

[it] Vladimir Ešeev

[ru] Ешеев, Владимир Николаевич