Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin (, born 10 June 1981 in
Zhukovsky) is a Russian athlete specializing in the
100 metres
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.
Career
He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the
2003 Summer Universiade
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Emblem
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. Participating in the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round. He also participated on the Russian
relay
A relay
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team, which finished last. The next year Yepishin finished fifth at the
European Indoor Championships
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, and won a silver medal at the
Universiade
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in İzmir.
In 2006 he finished second in the
60 metres
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...
at the
World Indoor Championships in Moscow to clock a new personal best and national record time of 6.52 seconds. He won the silver medal in the 100 m at the
2006 European Athletics Championships
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and recorded a new national record of 10.10 seconds.
He finished seventh at the
2006 IAAF World Cup
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, and eighth at the
2008 World Indoor Championships. At the
2008 Olympic Games
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he placed 2nd in his heat after
Derrick Atkins in a time of 10.34 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he improved his time to 10.25 seconds. However, he was unable to qualify for the semi-finals as he finished in 6th place of his heat.
Personal bests
100m : 10.10(
Gothenburg
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2006)
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1981 births
Living people
Russian male sprinters
Olympic male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Sportspeople from Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast
Athletes from Moscow Oblast
21st-century Russian sportsmen
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