Borys Yakovlev (Ukrainian: Борис Яковлев, Russian: Борис Александрович Яковлев,Boris Aleksandrovich Yakovlev; 16 July 1945 – 23 June 2014)[1][2] was a Soviet-Ukrainian race walker.

He represented the Soviet Union at 20 km in the European Athletics Championships of 1969, 1971 and 1978, always placing in the top eight with a best result of fourth place in 1978.

[3] At the 1980 Summer Olympics he competed at the longer distance, but failed to finish.

[5] In 1979 he placed third behind fellow Ukrainians Mykola Vynnychenko and Anatoliy Solomin at the Soviet Spartakiad[6] and second behind Mexico's Daniel Bautista at the 1979 IAAF World Race Walking Cup;[7] he was ranked behind Bautista and another Mexican, Domingo Colín, and ahead of the other top Soviets.

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