Vasiliy Yershov

{{short description|Ukrainian javelin thrower}}

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Vasiliy Yershov (15 August 1949 – 6 November 2000)[http://esu.com.ua/search_articles.php?id=20092 Biography of Vasiliy Yershov] {{in lang|uk}} was a Ukrainian javelin thrower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Soviet Union.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/vasyl-yershov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/vasyl-yershov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=17 May 2012}} Yershov tested positive for anabolic steroids at the 1978 European Athletics Championships and was subsequently banned from sport for 18 months.{{ Citation

| last = Holt

| first = John B.

| date = April 26–28, 1979

| title = International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Main Decisions of the IAAF Council, Meeting in Dakar (SEN), April 26th, 27th and 28th 1979

| url = http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1979/ore140/ore140o.pdf

| publisher = IAAF

| pages = 353–354

| access-date = 13 February 2015 }}"Fire av fem var russere", Aftenposten 6 November 1978, p.2, 2nd section.