Yuri Borzakovskiy is a Russian athlete who won gold in the 800-meter race at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He is a three-time European champion and world champion in 2001. Borzakovskiy was born in 1981 in Kratovo, Russia and spent most of his life training in Moscow, winning numerous medals at the World and European Championships between 2001 and 2012. He is considered one of Russia's most successful athletes in running disciplines.
2. Yuri Borzakovskiy is a Russian
athlete, Olympic champion of
2004, world champion and threetime European champion. He is the
deserved master of sports .
3. Yuri Borzakovskiy was born in
April 12, 1981. Kratovo is his
birthplace. So he spent most of
his life in Moscow region.
4. At the age of 19 Yuri took place in
the 2000 Olympic Games in
Sydney. He managed to get into
the final race, but he became the
sixth. But it was only the start of
his sporting career.
5. In 2001 Yuri Borzakovskiy
became the world champion in
the hall. He won two silver
medals in the world
championships in 2003 and
2005.
6. He wasn’t disappointed having
won a bronze medal in 2007. He
went on training and did his best.
Yuri Borzakovskiy won gold at the
European Championships in the
room in 2009.
7. He was the third in the 800metres race in 2011 at the world
Championships in Daegu. But his
main start was in 2012.For the
first time in his career Yuri
Borzakovskiy won summer
championship of Europe in
Helsinki.
8. Yuri Borzakovskiy was elected an
honorary citizen of the city of
Zhukovsky, Moscow region. He is
one of the six Olympic Champions
from Russia in the men's athletics
and the only in running
disciplines. We are proud of our
compatriot.
