Igor Andreyevich Polyanski

Igor Andreyevich Polyanski (Russian: Игорь Андреевич Полянский, also transliterated as Polyanskiy or Polyansky), born 16 January 1990 in Zhelesnogorsk), is a Russian professional triathlete, Russian Sprint Champion 2010[1] and a permanent member of the Russian National Team.[2]

Igor Polyanski at the Triathlon de Dunkerque, 2010.

Igor Polyanski representing Saint-Raphaël Tri at the Triathlon de Dunkerque, 2010.

Polyanski placed 13th (junior category) in the Russian Cup of the year 2009,[3] and 6th at the Junior World Championships. In 2010, Igor Polyanski won the U23 supersprint at the Russian Championships in Penza and the U23 bronze medal on the Olympic Distance.[4]

In 2010, Igor Polyanski also took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux representing the club Saint-Raphaël Tri. At the first competition of this circuit in Dunkirk (23 May 2010), Polyanski placed 49th.[5] Incidentally, none of the five athletes representing Saint-Raphaël Tri was French: Dmitry Polyanski, Karl Shaw, Olivier Marceau, Kristian Mac Cartney, and Igor Polyanski. At the Triathlon de Paris (18 July 2010), Igor Polyanski placed 9th and at the Grand Final in La Baule (Triathlon Audencia, 18 September 2010) he placed 41st.

Igor Polyanski is the younger brother of the professional triathlete Dmitry Polyanski, the husband of the Ukrainian Russian triathlete Anastasiya Polyanskaya. According to media reports, Igor and Lyubov Ivanovskaya are a couple. All four of them will represent Saint Raphaël Triathlon in the Club Championship in 2010.