Ruslan Mashchenko

Ruslan Mashchenko
Personal information
BornNovember 11, 1971 (1971-11-11) (age 53)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportMen's athletics
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Budapest 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2002 Munich 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lisbon 4 × 400 m relay

Ruslan Mikhailovich Mashchenko (Russian: Руслан Михaйлович Мащенко; born November 11, 1971, in Voronezh) is a retired hurdler and sprinter from Russia. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Athletics Championships during his career (1998 and 2002). Along with Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov, Boris Gorban, and Andrey Semyonov, he won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004), and set his personal best (48.06 s) in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 13 June 1998 in Helsinki, Finland.

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