Boris Onishchenko
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| Native name | Борис Онищенко | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1937 Bereznyaky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Онищенко, pronounced [bɐˈrʲiz ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐnʲɪˈɕːenkə]; Ukrainian: Борис Григорович Онищенко, romanized: Borys Hryhorovych Onyshchenko, pronounced [boˈrɪz ɦrɪˈɦɔrowɪtʃ onɪˈʃtʃɛnko]; born 19 September 1937) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the Soviet gold medal team in the 1972 Olympics. From 1967 to 1974, he competed in six World Modern Pentathlon Championships, winning gold five times as an individual or as part of the Soviet squad. He is best known for his disqualification from the 1976 Summer Olympics and subsequent lifetime ban for cheating by means of an illegally modified épée that falsely registered hits.