Ruslan Nikolaevich Murashov (russian: Руслан Николаевич Мурашов; born 29 December 1992) is a Russian

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Personal life

Murashov is a former

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player in the Moscow club "Chemist" Voskresensk until he was 15 years old when he switched to training speed skating in Kolomna.

Career

In 2011–2012, Murashov competed in the Junior World Cup series in 1000m and 500m. He debuted as a Senior in the 2013 season and competed at the

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, Italy. Murashov did not make the list and qualify for the Russian National team to compete at the

2014 Sochi Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. In 2014–15, Murashov competed in men's 500m at the 2014–15 ISU World Cup at the first leg of the series in

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, Japan he took the bronze medal behind teammate

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and another bronze in

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, Korea. At the Final of the World Cup in

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, Germany, he won the gold clocking a time in 34.97; the results placed him 3rd in the overall rankings for the 2014–15 Season behind Canadian

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in men's 500m. In the 2015/16 Season. Murashov opened his season finishing 7th in men's 500m and a bronze in Team Sprint (with Aleksey Yesin and

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) at the

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. At the

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, Murashov won silver in Team sprint (with Aleksey Yesin, Artyom Kuznetsov and Kiril Golubev), and won his first individual medal of the season, gold in 500 m in a time of 34.67. At the ISU World Cup in Stavanger Murashov won the silver medal in men's 500 m behind teammate

. On 11–14 February, at the

2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships The 2016 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 11 and 14 February 2016 in Kolomna, Russia. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+3 UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas usi ...

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, Murashov won the silver medal in men's 500 m behind teammate

. Murashov then competed at the

2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships The 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held in Seoul, South Korea, from 27 to 28 February 2016. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+9 UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occu ...

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and finished 11th in the overall classification. On 11–13 March, at the World Cup Final in

, Murashov won gold and silver in 500m. His results rank him 2nd in the overall rankings for the 2015–16 World Cup Season behind teammate

in men's 500m. Murashov won the 500 m event at the 2019 World Single Distances Championships with a track record of 34.225.ISU WORLD SINGLE DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 – 6. RESULT MEN 500m
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World Cup results

World Cup podiums

Overall rankings

References

External links

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