Andrey Petrovich Rudnitskiy (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Рудни́цкий, born 12 November 1979 in Lutava) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the

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. Rudnitskiy won the silver medal in

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at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates

Dmitriy Forshev Dmitriy Forshev (born 30 May 1976) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Forshev won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy and ...

Boris Gorban Boris Aleksandrovich Gorban (russian: Борис Александрович Горбань; born 26 September 1978) is a Russian athlete who ran in the 400 metres hurdles. Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Ind ...

and Aleksandr Usov. The next year the relay team finished seventh at the 2005 World Championships with Forshev, Rudnitskiy,

Oleg Mishukov Oleg Mishukov (born 31 August 1980) is a Russian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 m relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships The 18th European Athle ...

and

Yevgeniy Lebedev Yevgeniy Lebedev (born 19 February 1981) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Lebedev won the bronze medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Konstantin Svechkar, Aleks ...

. His personal best time is 45.76 seconds, achieved in August 2003 in

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. In February 2008, at the

Russian Indoor Athletics Championships The Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), ...

in Moscow, he won the 4 × 200 meters relay, but failed the doping test with traces of Carphedon and Cannabis found in his blood sample. As a result, the IAAF suspended Rudnitsky for two years.

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* 1979 births Living people Russian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Russia World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists People from Chernihiv Oblast 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub