He was a bronze medallist at both the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1988 and the 1992 IAAF World Cup.

Born in Zashchebye in the Gomel Region of the Belarusian SSR,[1] he became prominent at national level in the mid-1980s with a 5000 m win at the Soviet Athletics Championships.

[3] His first major medal (a 3000 m bronze) came at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

[4] He represented the Soviet Union later that year at the Summer Olympics and was a semi-finalist.

[7] Dasko competed four times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, twice for the Soviet Union and twice for Russia.