Ruslan ZAKHAROV
ROCEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
 Speed Skating |
Men's 1500m | 15 | |
| Men's 5000m | 14 | ||
| Men's Mass Start | 29 | ||
| Men's Team Pursuit | 2 |
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Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Men's Mass Start | 2018 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 5 | Men's Mass Start | 2020 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 13 | Men's Allround | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| World Single Distance Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Men's Mass Start Semi-Final 2 | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 3 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 3 | Men's Team Pursuit | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 5 | Men's 10000m | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 9 | Men's 5000m | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 10 | Men's Mass Start | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 15 | Men's Mass Start Final | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 17 | Men's Allround | 2020 | Hamar, NOR |
| 22 | Men's Mass Start | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| World Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Men's 500m | Men's 1000m | Men's 1500m | Men's Long Distances | Men's Mass Start | Men's Team Sprint |
| 2020/21 | 38 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 2019/20 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| 2018/19 | 36 | 64 | 17 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2017/18 | 75 | 23 | ||||
Athlete
Economics and Philosophy at Ufa University (RUS); Masters degree in Coaching at Smolensk University (RUS) (Schaatsseizoen 49, 2021)
Father, Albert. Brother, Timur. Sister, Ilnur. Wife, Sitora (married 2015). Sons, Artur (2016) & David (2019).
Russian, English
CSKA
National: Viktor Sivkov (RUS)
Brother Timur Zakharov (Short track speed skating): Competed for Russian Federation at the Winter Universiade (2015).
Short track speed skating: Won gold in the relay at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. He is also a three-time European champion in the relay (2013, 2014, 2015) and was third overall at the 2011 Europeans.
2017 World Cup in Heerenveen (Mass start semi-final - 12th)
2017
In June 2017 in Moscow. (stuki-druki.com, 19 Jan 2022)
At age nine, he was recruited by a short track coach coming to his school to try the sport. When he was relegated to the "B-team" in Russian Federation short track speed skating, he decided to find a new challenge and switched to speed skating. (Schaatsseizoen 49, 2021; stuki-druki.com, 19 Jan 2022)
Fight for the podium at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games (mosregtoday.ru, 4 Nov 2019)
Winning gold with the Russian Federation short track relay team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS), two-time Olympic champion (2004, 2008) and three-time World champion. (isu.org, 2022)
Albert Timerbulatov (RUS), his first coach (isu.org, 2022)
Recited the athletes' oath on behalf of all competitors at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony.
Russian Federation Master of Sport of International Class (2003)
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- Silver
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- Gold Medal Event
