Sergey Shubenkov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Shubenkov.

Sergey Shubenkov

Sergey Shubenkov at the CSKA Moscow
Personal information
Full name	Sergey Vladimirovich Shubenkov
National team	Russia
Born	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34)[1] Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Russia ANA (2017–19) ROC (2021)
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 metres hurdles
Coached by	Nadezha / Sergey Klevtsov
Achievements and titles
Personal best	12.92 (2018)
Medal record Representing  Russia World Championships 2015 Beijing 110 m hurdles 2013 Moscow 110 m hurdles European Championships 2012 Helsinki 110 m hurdles 2014 Zürich 110 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg 60 m hurdles European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava 110 m hurdles Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan 110 m hurdles European Junior Championships 2009 Novi Sad 110 m hurdles Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong 110 m hurdles 2019 Wuhan 110 m hurdles Competed as an Authorised Neutral Athlete World Championships 2017 London 110 m hurdles 2019 Doha 110 m hurdles European Championships 2018 Berlin 110 m hurdles Representing Europe Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 110 m hurdles

Sergey Vladimirovich Shubenkov (Russian: Серге́й Владимирович Шубенков; born 4 October 1990^[2]) is a Russian athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2015 World Champion, two-time European Champion (2014, 2012) 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.^[3] 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.^[4] He is member of the Russian Armed Forces.^[5]

Biography

Shubenkov made a breakthrough by finishing second to Britain's Lawrence Clarke at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships 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 in Daegu, South Korea where he finished 25th in the heats and did not advance into the semi-finals.^{[citation needed]}

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 in London. He did not, however, reach the finals in men's 110 m hurdles.^{[citation needed]}

Shubenkov at the 2013 World Championships

In 2013, Shubenkov took the bronze in 110 hurdles at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and won the gold medal in 60 m hurdles at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. He won his first Worlds medal by winning a bronze at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2014 season, Shubenkov competed in the Diamond League series. On 18 May, at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, he finished in 4th place – 13.30. On 31 May, taking fifth in the Prefontaine Classic – 13.29. On 11 June, took third place in the ExxonMobil Bislett Games – 13.37 and on 3 July, took second place at the Athletissima – 13.13. He repeated as European champion winning gold at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich.^{[citation needed]}

Shubenkov at the 2015 World Championships

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 and American Olympic defending champion Aries Merritt who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. His personal best in the event is 12.92 seconds set at Székesfehérvár 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".^[6] 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, Shubenkov qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan from July–August 2021. During the warm-ups Shubenkov ruptured an Achilles tendon, forcing him to withdraw from the 110m hurdles event.^[7]

Competition record

Shubenkov in 2013

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Russia
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	2nd	110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.40
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	110 m hurdles	13.56 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	25th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.70
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	110 m hurdles	13.16
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	12th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.41
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	60 m hurdles	7.49
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.47
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.24
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	13th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.66
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st	110 m hurdles	13.19
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	1st	110 m hurdles	12.98
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	1st	110 m hurdles	13.43
Competed as an Authorised Neutral Athlete
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.14
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.17
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.15
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.40
Representing Russian Olympic Committee
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	DNS	110m Hurdles	DNS

Track records

As of 12 September 2024, Shubenkov holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

The performance at Kazan highlighted in red text was wind-assisted.

Location	Time	Windspeed m/s	Date
Braunschweig	13.20	+ 1.0	22/06/2014
Bryansk	13.27	+ 0.3	02/07/2022
Cheboksary	13.20	– 0.2	21/06/2010
Chelyabinsk	13.30	+ 0.8	28/08/2022
Hérouville-Saint-Clair	13.18	+ 0.3	31/05/2012
Kazan	13.10	+ 2.2	11/07/2013
Marrakesh	13.23	+ 0.1	14/09/2014
Montreuil	12.99	+ 0.5	19/06/2018
Padua	13.09	+ 1.7	02/09/2018
Smolensk	13.35	– 1.4	29/05/2018
Sochi	13.24	– 0.5	26/05/2016
Székesfehérvár	12.92 NR	+ 0.6	02/07/2018
Zhukovskiy	13.25	– 0.3	20/07/2016

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergey Shubenkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
2. IAAF brio
3. Jackson's visit is 'the top' for European champion Shubenkov. IAAF (7 May 2013). Retrieved on 2013-05-08.
4. "The Russian 'Bolt': Shubenkov". Russia Beyond the Headlines. 4 September 2015.
5. "Російський легкоатлет Шубенков в інтерв'ю заявив, що очікує на змаганнях провокацій від українців, а пропаганда в Україні працює дуже добре (Russian athlete Shubenkov claimed in an interview that he waits for provocations from Ukrainians and propaganda works very well in Ukraine". Base of Ukrainian sports in Twitter.
6. "Russian Sergey Shubenkov wins 110m hurdles gold". Eurosport.
7. "Russian runner Shubenkov withdraws from 2020 Olympics in men's 110m hurdles event". TASS. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

External links

• Sergey Shubenkov at World Athletics
• Sergey Shubenkov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)