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Sergey Vladimirovich Shubenkov (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Шубенков; born 4 October 1990IAAF brio
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In 2013, Shubenkov took the bronze in 110 hurdles at the 
In 2015 season, Shubenkov won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships with a Personal Best of 12.98, he edged out Jamaica's Olympic reigning bronze medalist Russian runner Shubenkov withdraws from 2020 Olympics in men’s 110m hurdles event
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athlete
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who competes 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 ...
. He is the 2015 World Champion, two-time European Champion (2014
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, 2012
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) and 2013 World bronze medalist in men's 110 m hurdles.
Personal life
Sergey is the son of Natalya Shubenkova, a former Soviet heptathlete who ranks among the best of all time in the event. Shubenkov decided at the age 16 to make sports his profession and began to train intensively. Alongside his athletic pursuits, he is also studying to obtain a degree in law.Biography
Shubenkov made a breakthrough by finishing 2nd to Britain's Lawrence Clarke at the2009 European Athletics Junior Championships
The 20th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 23 and 26 July 2009 in the Stadion Karađorđe in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Germany topped the medal table with 25 medals overall, including 10 golds, ahead of Russia and Ukraine.
Medal ...
in Novi Sad, Serbia. Shubenkov went on to win the European under-23 title in 2011. His first Worlds competition was at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.
The United States topped the medal standings in th ...
in Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea.
It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...
, South Korea
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where he finished 25th in the heats and did not advance into the semi-finals.
Shubenkov won his first major European title at the 2012 European Championships in 110 m hurdles. Shubenkov debuted in the Olympics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London
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. He did not, however, reach the finals in men's 110 m hurdles.
In 2013, Shubenkov took the bronze in 110 hurdles at the 2013 Summer Universiade
The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...
in Kazan
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and won the gold medal in 60 m hurdles at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg
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. He won his first Worlds medal by winning a bronze at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
In the 2014 season, Shubenkov competed in the Diamond League series. In 18 May, at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix
The Diamond League Shanghai is an annual athletics event at the Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China as part of the Diamond League. The meeting was founded as the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2005. The meet assumed its current name in 2010.
From ...
, he finished in 4th place – 13.30. In 31 May, taking 5th in the Prefontaine Classic
The Prefontaine Classic, an Oregon Track Club event, is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States, held in Eugene, Oregon. Every year it draws a world caliber field to compete at Hayward Field on the campus of the University o ...
– 13.29. 11 June, took 3rd place in the ExxonMobil Bislett Games – 13.37 and in 3 July, took 2nd place at the Athletissima – 13.13. He repeated as European champion winning gold at the 2014 European Athletics Championships
The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12 and 17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
Great Britain headed the medal table, w ...
in Zurich.
In 2015 season, Shubenkov won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships with a Personal Best of 12.98, he edged out Jamaica's Olympic reigning bronze medalist Hansle Parchment
Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the reigning Olympic champion in the event.
Parchment is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a ...
and American Olympic defending champion Aries Merritt
Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles, and currently holds the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. He won the gold medal i ...
who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. His personal best in the event is 12.98 seconds, which is the current Russian record . Commenting about winning the competition, the 24-year-old quoted: "I can't describe what I'm feeling, I don't remember anything about the race. I heard the starting gun and then I opened my eyes and it was finished". Shubenkov finished 3rd in the overall ranking in the men's 110 m hurdles of Diamond League series for the 2015 season and won the last leg of the series in Zurich, beating David Oliver and Orlando Ortega
Orlando Ortega Alejo (born 29 July 1991) is a Cuban-born Spanish track and field athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. His personal best for the event is 12.94 seconds and he was the silver medallist at the 2016 Olympics.
Career
Orte ...
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In 2021, Shubenkov qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
held in Tokyo, Japan from July-August 2021. During the warm-ups Shubenkov ruptured an Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (h ...
, forcing him to withdraw from the 110m hurdles event./ref>
Competition record
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shubenkov, Sergey 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Barnaul Russian male hurdlers Olympic male hurdlers Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Authorised Neutral Athletes at the World Athletics Championships World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists IAAF Continental Cup winners European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Diamond League winners