Boris Aleksandrovich Gorban (russian: Борис Александрович Горбань; born 26 September 1978) is a Russian athlete who ran in the
400 metres hurdles
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.
Gorban won the silver medal in
4 x 400 metres relay at the
2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates
Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov,
Ruslan Mashchenko and
Andrey Semyonov. Gorban won another silver medal in relay at the
2004 World Indoor Championships, together with
Dmitriy Forshev,
Andrey Rudnitskiy and
Aleksandr Usov.
He participated at the
2000
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and
2004 Summer Olympics
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without reaching the final.
His personal best time is 48.50 seconds, achieved in the semi-final of the
2001 World Championships in
Edmonton
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. He has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.
References
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1978 births
Living people
Russian male hurdlers
Olympic male hurdlers
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Russian Athletics Championships winners
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