Sergey Usov (russian: Сергей Усов; born 16 January 1964 in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

) is a retired

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian athlete who specialised in the

sprint hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. He competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, reaching the semifinals, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. His personal bests are 13.27 seconds 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 ...

(+1.8 m/s, Leningrad 1988), which is also the current Uzbekistani national record, and 7.58 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

(Moscow 1991).

Competition record

References

1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani male hurdlers Soviet male hurdlers Belarusian male hurdlers Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Belarus World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union CIS Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub