Ruslan Samitov

Ruslan Rustemovich Samitov (Russian: Руслан Рустемович Самитов; born 11 July 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. His personal best is 17.30 metres. He was the runner-up at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Ruslan Samitov
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Russia
European Indoor Championships
2013 GothenburgTriple jump

Samitov made his international debut at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he finished fourth.[1] He also cleared sixteen metres in the event for the first time that year. He improved to 16.51 m in 2010 and jumped 16.90 m the following year.[2]

At the regional Volga championships in 2011 he pushed himself into second in the Russian rankings behind Lyukman Adams by clearing 17.25 m.[3][4] He was chosen to compete at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, but did not progress beyond the qualifiers.[5] At the start of the 2013 season he jumped an indoor best of 17.06 m to win the Russian indoor title and he surprised with a new lifetime best of 17.30 m at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships to win the silver medal behind Daniele Greco.[6][7]

References

  1. Руслан Рустемович Самитов. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
  2. Ruslan Samitov. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
  3. 2012 Men's Triple Jump Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
  4. Ruslan Samitov. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
  5. 2012 European Championships - Men's Triple Jump. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
  6. Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2013-02-14). Ustalova and Shubenkov post world leads at Russian Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
  7. Landells, Steve (2013-03-02). Aregawi dominates, Vicaut wins close 60m, Klishina and Greco impress at European Indoors. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.



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