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Yakov Grigoryevich Tolstikov (Russian: Я́ков Григо́рьевич То́лстиков; born 20 May 1959 in Prokopyevsk) is a former Russian distance runner. Tolstikov rose to worldwide prominence following his surprise upset of favorite Gelindo Bordin in the 1991 London Marathon. He set a personal best of 2:09:17 hours at the race which went unbeaten as a Soviet record. This time was the fastest by any European in the 1991 season, and the third fastest time in the world after Kōichi Morishita and Takeyuki Nakayama of Japan.

In international competition he represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, coming in a distant 22nd. He twice ran at the World Championships in Athletics, coming eleventh in 1987 but failing to finish in 1991. He was a marathon bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games.

In individual races, he won the Uzhhorod Marathon three times (1983, 1986, 1987), the 1984 Moscow International Peace Marathon, the 1995 Siberian International Marathon, and the 1990 Humarathon. He was a one-time national champion, winning the marathon at the Soviet Athletics Championships in 1988.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	6th	Marathon	2:22:31
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	3rd	Marathon	2:16:22
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	11th	Marathon	2:16:55
1988	European Marathon Cup	Huy, Belgium	9th	Marathon	2:14:10
			1st	Marathon team	31 pts
1989	World Marathon Cup	Milan, Italy	4th	Marathon team	6:39:18
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	—	Marathon	DNF
1991	World Marathon Cup	London, United Kingdom	8th	Marathon team	6:40:09
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	—	Marathon	DNF
Representing the  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	22nd	Marathon	2:17:04
Representing  Russia
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	20th	Marathon	2:15:32

Marathons

• The Friendship Games Marathon was hosted within the Moscow International Peace Marathon in 1984 and Tolstikov was the second fastest runner there, but did not receive a Friendship Games medal as he was not entered for the team.

References

1. "Running". The Washington Post. 22 April 1991.
2. International Marathons. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
3. "Top list of the best results in the world in the history of marathon running in men". alltime -athletics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
4. World Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
5. European Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
6. Yakov Tolstikov. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
7. Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
8. Yakov Tolstikov. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
9. Yakov Tolstikov. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
10. Żemantowski, Jacek (October 1984). "Moskwa '84". Lekkoatletyka 10 (84) (in Polish). p. 8.

External links

• Yakov Tolstikov at World Athletics

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