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{{Short description|Retired race walker who represented USSR and Belarus}}
'''Aleksandr Potashov''' ({{langx|be|Аляксандар Паташоў}}, Russian: ''Александр Поташёв''; born 12 March 1962) is a retired [[race walking|race walker]] who represented the [[USSR]] and later [[Belarus]]. He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|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.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{URS}}
|-
|1987
|[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]]
|[[New York City]], [[United States]]
|7th
|50&nbsp;km
|3:46:28
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|50 km]]
|3:41:00 
|-
|1989
|[[1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] 
|[[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat|L'Hospitalet]], [[Spain]]
|5th
|50&nbsp;km
|3:48:02
|-
|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| —
|50&nbsp;km
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|DSQ]]
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor=gold| 1st
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]]
|3:53:09
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{EUN}}
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|&mdash;
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 km walk|50 km]]
|DSQ
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{BLR}}
|-
|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
| —
|50&nbsp;km
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|DSQ]]
|}

==References==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/aleksandr-potashov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/aleksandr-potashov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Aleksandr Potashov}}

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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vitebsk]]
[[Category:Athletes from Vitebsk region]]
[[Category:Belarusian male race walkers]]
[[Category:Soviet male race walkers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Belarus]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Belarusian sportsmen]]


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