Vladimir Shishkin Explained

Vladimir Shishkin
Birth Date:12 January 1964
Birth Place:Gorki, Soviet Union[1]
Height:1.90 m
Weight:76 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:110 m hurdles
Club:Dynamo Nizhny Novgorod

Vladimir Shishkin (Russian: Владимир Шишкин; born 12 January 1964) is a retired Russian athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles. He competed at two Olympic Games as well as two World Championships. His best placings were fourth at the 1988 Olympics and sixth at the 1991 World Championships.

His personal bests are 13.21 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.8 m/s, Leningrad 1988) and 7.57 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Ghent 1990).[2]

International competitions

Representing the
1986Goodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union7th110 m hurdles13.50
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea4th110 m hurdles13.51
1989European Indoor ChampionshipsThe Hague, Netherlands9th (sf)60 m hurdles7.78
1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia5th110 m hurdles13.55
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan6th110 m hurdles13.39
Representing
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain18th (qf)110 m hurdles13.81
Representing
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany27th (h)110 m hurdles13.89

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/vladimir-shishkin-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/70373 All-Athletics profile