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Oleg Sergeyevich Kulkov (russian: Олег Сергеевич Кульков; born March 6, 1978, in

Verkhnyaya Pyshma Verkhnyaya Pyshma (russian: Ве́рхняя Пышма́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1660 as the village ('' selo'') of Pyshminskoye, which was named after ...

)Kulkov, Oleg
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-03-20. is a Russian

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

runner.

Biography

He won the Zurich Marathon in 2008, recording a personal best time of 2:11:15. This qualified him to represent

Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. They ranked third i ...

and he finished 29th overall in the marathon at the

2008 Beijing Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He improved his best to 2:10:13 with a second-place finish in Zurich and went on to take 20th place at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

. The following year, he was fifteenth in the European Marathon Championship race. He equalled his personal best time at the 2011

Seoul International Marathon The Seoul International Marathon, also known as the ''Dong-A Ilbo Seoul Marathon or Seoul Marathon'' is an annual marathon race that takes place in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of two annual races over the 42.195 km classic distance in the ...

, taking third place behind

Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri ( ar, عبد الرحيم الغومري; 21 May 1976 – 19 January 2013 in Temara, Morocco) was a Moroccan long-distance runner. He had competed in cross country, track, road running and marathon races. He spent the early pa ...

and Jeong Jin-Hyeong. That October, he ran another race in Korea, the

Gyeongju International Marathon The Gyeongju International Marathon is an annual road running event over the marathon distance (42.195 km) which takes place in mid-October in Gyeongju, South Korea. It gained IAAF Silver Label Road Race status in 2010. First held in 1993, t ...

, and finished in fifth place.Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-16)
Loyanai leads Kenyan sweep in Gyeongju

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. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.

References

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* 1978 births Living people Russian male long-distance runners Russian male marathon runners People from Verkhnyaya Pyshma Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub