Vadim Bavikin

Vadim Bavikin (Russian: Вадим Бавыкин; born 4 October 1970) is a USSR-born Israeli javelin thrower.

He competed as well for Israel at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona without reaching the final round.

[1] His personal best throw is 81.94 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Zaragoza, Spain.

[3] The agreement enabled Israel to add three athletes — Igor Avrunin in the shot-put and discus, Vadim Bavikin in the javelin and Vladimir Ostrovskiy in the 20-kilometer walk — to its team of Rogel Nachum (men's triple jump) and Orit Kolodni (women's 200 and 400 meters).

Thanks to this agreement Vadim Bavikin was able to participate at the 1991 World Championship in Tokyo and the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.