Mikhail Antonovich Dasko (; born 26 January 1961) is a Russian former long-distance runner who competed for the Soviet Union and later Russia. He was a bronze medallist at both the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1988 and the 1992 IAAF World Cup. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Born in Zashchebye in the Gomel Region of the Belarusian SSR,Mikhail Dasko. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-04-25. he became prominent at national level in the mid-1980s with a 5000 m win at the Soviet Athletics Championships. He went on to win that title three more times, in a consecutive run from 1989 to 1991. He also did a national distance double with 10,000 metres titles in 1990 and 1991.Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25. Indoors, he won the 3000 metres in 1990 and a 3000/5000 m indoor double in 1991 (meaning he won all the distance indoor and outdoor Soviet track titles that year).Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25.
His first major medal (a 3000 m bronze) came at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships.European Indoor Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25. He represented the Soviet Union later that year at the Summer Olympics and was a semi-finalist. Further bronze medals followed at the 1989 European Cup then the 1990 Goodwill Games.European Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25.Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25. He would later claim another bronze, over 10,000 m, at the 1992 IAAF World Cup.World Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25.
Dasko competed four times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, twice for the Soviet Union and twice for Russia. His best finish was 32nd place at the 1991 edition. His two other global performances brought tenth in the 3000 m at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships and an appearance in the first round of the 5000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics.Mikhail Dasko. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-25.
He also competed internationally at the 1986 Goodwill Games, 1992 International Chiba Ekiden and the 1994 European Cross Country Championships.Mikhail Dasko. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-04-25.
Personal bests 3000 metres – 7:42.00 min (1989) 3000 metres indoors – 7:51.83 min (1989) 5000 metres – 13:16.73 min (1991) 5000 metres indoors – 13:46.12 min (1991) 10,000 metres – 28:37.37 min (1990)
All information from All-AthleticsMikhail Dasko. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-25.
International competitions 1986Goodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union4th5000 m13:49.871988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd3000 m7:56.51Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea25th5000 m13:43.651989World Cross Country ChampionshipsStavanger, Norway101stSenior race42:5918thSenior team642 ptsWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary10th3000 m7:54.80European CupGateshead, United Kingdom3rd5000 m13:47.561990European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4th3000 m7:55.22European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia6th (q)5000 m13:47.04Goodwill GamesSeattle, United States3rd5000 m13:36.441991World Cross Country ChampionshipsAntwerp, Belgium32ndSenior race35:048thSenior team409 ptsWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan7th (q)5000 m13:59.71IAAF Grand Prix FinalBarcelona, Spain5th5000 m13:27.771992IAAF World CupHavana, Cuba3rd10,000 m29:00.26International Chiba EkidenChiba, Japan7thEkiden14:12 (leg)1993World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmorebieta, Spain77thSenior race34:5911thSenior team528 pts1994World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmorebieta, Spain84thSenior race36:529thSenior team454 ptsEuropean Cross Country ChampionshipsAlnwick, United Kingdom55thSenior race29:23
National titles Soviet Athletics Championships 5000 m: 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 10,000 m: 1990, 1991 Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships 3000 m: 1990, 1991 5000 m: 1991
See also List of 5000 metres national champions (men)
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