Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Борзаковский, Jurij Michajlovič Borzakovskij, born 12 April 1981) is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.
Borzakovskiy was born at Kratovo, in the Moscow oblast.
Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the 800 m final, in which ...
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Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Борзаковский, Jurij Michajlovič Borzakovskij, born 12 April 1981) is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.
Borzakovskiy was born at Kratovo, in the Moscow oblast.
Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the 800 m final, in which he finished sixth. In 2001 he won the World Indoor title over 800 m, but decided not to participate in the World Championships in Edmonton. On August 24, 2001, Borzakovskiy posted a time of 1:42.47 minutes. That currently makes him the 8th fastest man in history over that distance. In addition, Borzakovskiy was ranked No.1 in the world in that year. In 2002, Borzakovskiy ran the 400 m at the European Championships in Munich, but lost in the early stages. The following season he picked up a silver medal over 800 m at the World Championships in...
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