Oleg Borisovich Juravlyov (; born May 17, 1982, in

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) is an

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i sprinter. He is a two-time national champion for the

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and

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.He was also a member of the national sprint relay team at the

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. Juravlyov represented

at the

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, where he competed for the men's 200 metres. He ran in the fifth heat against eight other athletes, including Jamaican track star

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, who eventually won the gold medal in the final. He finished the sprint race in eighth place by approximately half a second (0.51) behind Lebanon's

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, with a time of 22.31 seconds. However, he failed to advance to the quarterfinals, as he placed sixtieth overall and was ranked below three mandatory slots for the next round.

References

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Uzbekistani male sprinters Living people Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes from Tashkent 1982 births {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub