Andrey Vdovin (russian: Андрей Вдовин, also

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Andrei Vdovin, born 26 February 1994) is a Russian parasport

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

competing mainly in category T37

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and middle-distance events. A triple gold medal winner at the

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, ...

, Vdovin also set three world records in his class between 2013 and 2014.

Personal history

Vdovin was born in

Dzerzhinsk, Russia Dzerzhinsk ( rus, Дзержинск, p=dzʲɪrˈʐɨnsk) is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River, about east of Moscow and west of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: It was previously known as ''Rastyapino'' (unti ...

in 1994. He has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

. After leaving secondary education he enrolled at the

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (russian: Нижегородский государственный технический университет им. Р. Е. Алексеева, NNSTU) is a public technical university in Nizhny Novg ...

to study Information Technology.

Athletics career

Vdovin took up athletics at the age of 10 and later joined the Specialised Children's Youth Sport School of Olympic Reserve in

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. He was classified as a T37 athlete, due to limited motor function resulting from his cerebral palsy. In 2013 he was selected to represent Russia at the IPC World Championships in Lyon. There he entered three events, the 100m, 200m and the 4 × 100 m - T35-38. He won gold in all three and set a world record in both the 100m (11.48) and the 200m (22.77). His winning time in the 200m saw him become the first man to run under 23 seconds in his classification. In the T35-38 100m relay, he was joined by Gocha Khugaev,

Roman Kapranov Roman Kapranov (born 7 November 1983) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. Kapranov competed for his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Lon ...

and

Evgenii Shvetcov Evgeny Shvetsov (''born 28 February 1988'') is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T36 sprint and middle-distance events. A triple gold medal winner at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Shvetcov set three ...

, beating South Africa (silver) and Ukraine (bronze) in the final. The following year he represented Russia at Nottwil in Switzerland in an open meet. There he entered the 400m middle-distance event where his time of 51.67 not only gave him the gold medal, but also set a new world record. Three months later he was back in the Russian team at the

2014 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Israel. It was held in Swanse ...

in Swansea. He entered the 100m and 200m sprint events along with and the 400m. Vdovin won both the sprint events and broke his own world record in the 400m with a time of 50.91 seconds.

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