Yaroslav Filippovich Cherstvy (; 7 May 1933 â 22 February 2026) was a Russian rower who represented the Soviet Union.
Cherstvy went to the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled where he won a silver medal with the coxed four. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with the men's coxed four where they got eliminated in the semi-final. As a member of his rowing club Trud Leningrad he won the Grand Challenge Cup in 1958 as part of the Henley Royal Regatta.
At the 1962 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, he won silver with the men's eight.
Cherstvy died on 22 February 2026, at the age of 92.