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Place of Birth: Vitebsk, Belarus
About Aleksandr Potashov
- Aleksandr Potashov (Belarusian: ?????????? ???????, Russian: ????????? ???????; born March 12, 1962) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus.
- He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1991 World Championships.
- Potashov and his teammate Andrey Perlov attempted to cross the goal line simultaneously, resulting in a shared gold medal, but the officials declared Potashov the winner by 0.01 second. Potashov finished fourth at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and was disqualified at the 1992 Olympics.
- His personal best time is 3:40:02, achieved in May 1990.
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