Boris Aleksandrovich Gorban (; born 26 September 1978) is a Russian athlete who ran in the

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. Gorban won the silver medal in

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at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov,

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and Andrey Semyonov. Gorban won another silver medal in relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with

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, Andrey Rudnitskiy and Aleksandr Usov. He participated at the

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and

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without reaching the final. His personal best time is 48.50 seconds, achieved in the semi-final of the 2001 World Championships in

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. He has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.

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* 1978 births Living people Russian male hurdlers Olympic male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub