Vladimir Shishkin (
Russian: Владимир Шишкин; born 12 January 1964) is a retired
Russian 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 two Olympic Games as well as two World Championships. His best placings were fourth at the
1988 Olympics and sixth at the
1991 World Championships.
His personal bests are 13.21 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) and 7.57 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 ...
(Ghent 1990).
All-Athletics profile
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International competitions
References
1964 births
Living people
Russian male hurdlers
Soviet male hurdlers
Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
Olympic athletes for the Unified Team
Soviet Athletics Championships winners
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
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