Sergey Karyakin (pentathlete)
Karyakin in 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
5 January 1988 (age 30) Samara, Russia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | N. I. Karyakin, O. V. Mineyeva, V. D. Kalinin[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sergey Nikolayevich Karyakin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Карякин, born 5 January 1988) is a Russian modern pentathlete. He held the individual world title in 2010 and the team world title in 2011, finishing second in relay in 2009 and 2011.[2]
Karyakin started as a swimmer and competed in biathlon (swimming and running) before changing to modern pentathlon and winning the junior world title in 2008. His strongest event is swimming and weakest is fencing.[1] He shares his name with two other world champions, in chess and rally racing.
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- 1 2 3 Andrey Shumakov (6 September 2010) Чемпион мира Сергей Карякин: Я бился с монстрами. sovsport.ruuipmworld.org
- 1 2 Serguei KARYAKIN. uipmworld.org
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