Matvei Iakushev

Matvei Iakushev
Personal information
Native name	Матвей Якушев
Nationality	Russian
Born	16 October 2003 (age 21); Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Sport
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability class	T20
Event	long jump
Coached by	Mikhail Petryk
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing Neutral Paralympic Athletes
Paralympic Games

Matvei Iakushev (Russian: Матвей Якушев, born 16 October 2003) is a Russian para-athlete specializing in long jump. He represented NPA at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Iakushev represented Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the long jump T20 event,^[1] surpassing two-times Malaysian Paralympian gold medal holder Abdul Latif Romly on his last jump attempt.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b "IAKUSHEV Matvei". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 7 September 2024. (alternate link)
^ "Красноярский Паралимпийский чемпион Матвей Якушев вернулся домой" [Krasnoyarsk Paralympic Champion Matvei Iakushev Returns Home]. KGBU Regional Center for Sports Training in Adaptive Sports (Press release) (in Russian). 13 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024 – via Russian Paralympics.
^ "Heartbreak for Latif as Iakushev snatches gold with last-gasp effort". nst.com. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ Bobkov, Andrey (7 September 2024). "Российский прыгун в длину Матвей Якушев стал чемпионом Паралимпиады-2024" [Russian long jumper Matvei Iakushev becomes 2024 Paralympic champion]. championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ Orlov, Ivan (13 September 2024). "Паралимпийского чемпиона Матвея Якушева торжественно встретили в Красноярске (видео)" [Paralympic champion Matvei Iakushev was solemnly celebrated in Krasnoyarsk (video)]. sibnovosti.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 15 September 2024.

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