Ruslan Mikhailovich Mashchenko (russian: Руслан Михaйлович Мащенко; born November 11, 1971, in

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) is a retired hurdler and

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er from

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. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Athletics Championships during his career (1998 and 2002). Along with Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov,

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, and Andrey Semyonov, he won a silver medal in the

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at the 2001 World Indoor Championships . He represented his native country in three consecutive

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(1996, 2000 and 2004), and set his personal best (48.06 s) in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 13 June 1998 in

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