Serhiy Lebid or Serhii Lebid ( uk, Сергій Лебідь; born 15 July 1975 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.

Career

He has won the European Cross Country championships on nine occasions, winning in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010. Serhiy Lebid finished seventh in the 5,000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games, but did not qualify from his heat in the same event at the 2004 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 5,000 m final at the

2002 European Athletics Championships The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany. Men's results Track 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was pa ...

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and came fifth in the 10,000 m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. Lebid came third at the Great Manchester Run in May 2010. In October he was the best performing European at the

Giro al Sas The Giro al Sas, also known as the Giro Podistico di Trento and the Giro Internazionale Città di Trento, is an annual 10-kilometre road running competition for men which takes place in October in the city of Trento, Italy. First held as a part of ...

10K in

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as he finished third behind

Edwin Soi Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (born 3 March 1986) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 and 5000 metres. He is a two-time Olympian for Kenya. His earliest honours were team gold medals with Kenya at the IAAF World ...

and Wilson Busienei with a time of 28:48.3. He won his record ninth title in the men's race at the

2010 European Cross Country Championships The 2010 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that took place on 12 December in Albufeira, Portugal. It was the second time that the country hosted the event, building upon the 1997 edition h ...

, taking the lead in the final stages after a moderately paced start. This also extended his appearance record at the championships – he is the only athlete to have competed every year since the championships' creation in 1994. He secured a second career win at the

Lotto Cross Cup Brussels The Lotto Cross Cup Brussels, also known as the IRIS Lotto Cross Cup, is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in mid-December in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Lotto Cross Cup series of races and is classed as an IAAF ...

later that month, holding off the Kenyan challengers. A fourth-place finish at the

Great Edinburgh Cross Country The Great Edinburgh International Cross Country was an annual cross country running competition that took place every January in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was one of the competitions in the Great Run series of athletics events and was held alongs ...

in January helped the Europeans to the team title, and he was the first European home at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián with a third-place finish. He returned to the Manchester 10K in May 2011 and came third behind

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and Chris Thompson.Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-15)
Gebrselassie takes fourth Manchester 10Km victory, Clitheroe surprises
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-27. Serhiy Lebid won the 2014 Nagano Marathon (2:13:56). He took 10th place in the 2015 London Marathon with a time of 2:10:21.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lebid, Sergiy Living people 1975 births Ukrainian male long-distance runners Ukrainian male cross country runners Olympic athletes of Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dnipro European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Ukrainian male marathon runners Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) European Cross Country Championships winners Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade