Vladimir Ostrovskiy (Russian: Владимир Островский, born 12 December 1966) is a retired USSR-born Israeli race walker.
[2] He stands 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) tall, and weighed about 54 kilograms (119 lb) during his active career.
[1] Vladimir Ostrovskiy emigrated to Israel in 1990. International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) requires an emigrating citizen to live for three years in a new country before competing.
However, the president of the Soviet track and field federation, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, signed an agreement that allowed recent Soviet emigres to Israel to compete after just one year of residence.
[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).