Yaroslav Cherstvy

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Yaroslav Filippovich Cherstvy (Russian: Ярослав Филиппович Черствый), born in 1933, is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union. He rowed for the Trud Leningrad club.

Key achievements:
- 1956 European Rowing Championships (Bled): silver in the coxed four
- 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne): competed in the men's coxed four; eliminated in the semi-finals
- 1958 Henley Royal Regatta: won the Grand Challenge Cup with Trud Leningrad

World and European medals:
- 1962 World Rowing Championships (Lucerne): silver in the men's eight
- European Rowing Championships medals:
- 1956 (Bled): silver, coxed four
- 1957 (Duisburg): silver, eight
- 1958 (Poznań): bronze, eight
- 1959 (Mâcon): bronze, eight