Andrey Sklyarenko (born 10 January 1976) is a retired

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

i hurdler who specialized in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

. As a junior he won the silver medal at the 1994 Asian Junior Championships and competed at the 1994 World Junior Championships without reaching the final. Sklyarenko won the 1995, 1997 and 1999 Central Asian Games, won the bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Championships and the silver medal at the

1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...

. He competed at the

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and 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best time was 13.78 seconds, achieved in June 1998 in Istanbul. He had 7.87 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

, achieved in February 1999 in Moscow.All-Athletics
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1976 births Living people Kazakhstani male hurdlers World Athletics Championships athletes for Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub