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2026-27 Men's Rowing - Heavyweight Roster

Yury Yurko

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Korolev, Russia
  • Highschool Powdersville HS [S.C.]

Biography

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Rowed for one season after transitioning from competitive swimming, which he competed in for 14 years ... swam in backstroke and freestyle events, where he was a four-time MVP and was named team captain ... competed at both state championships and NCSA Nationals.

PERSONAL
Yury Yurievich Yurko is the son of Iurii Iurko and Yulia Astakhova, and has a younger brother ... enrolled in the SC Johnson College of Business.