Sergey Bakulin

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Bakulin.
Sergey Bakulin

Bakulin at the 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu.
Personal information
Full name Sergey Vasilyevich Bakulin
Born (1986-11-13) 13 November 1986
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 50km Race Walk

Sergey Vasilyevich Bakulin (Russian: Серге́й Васильевич Бакулин; born 13 November 1986 in Insar, Mordvin ASSR) is a male race walker from Russia.[1]

Biography

He is the 2011 World Champion in the 50 kilometres race walk. He finished in 6th place in the same race in the 2012 Olympics. He was advanced to 5th place when teammate Igor Yerokhin was disqualified and banned for life following a second violation of irregularities in his biological passport, an indicator of performance-enhancing drugs.

Disqualification

Bakulin began serving a previously unknown suspension for irregularities in his biological passport beginning in December 2012.[2] Suspicions of the suspension began when Bakulin failed to defend his world championship on home soil, even though he is given a bye to do so. Bakulin is coached by Viktor Chegin[3] who has developed a history of athletes banned for doping violations. He could face additional suspensions as photographs apparently reveal he has competed while serving the original suspension.[2] On 20 January, 2015 Bakulin was disqualified for 3 years and 2 months starting from 24 December 2012, and all his results between 25 January 2011 and 25 March 2011, between 16 July 2011 and 16 August 2011, as well as between 11 April 2012 and 11 June 2012 were annulled.[4] On March 25, 2015, the IAAF filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, Switzerland, questioning the selective disqualification of the suspension periods of the six athletes involved including the window that opened up less than a month before his World Championship Gold Medal.[5]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2006 World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, Spain 6th 20 km 1:20:10
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 20 km 1:20:50
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 3rd 20 km 1:23:33
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia — 20 km DQ
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France 4th 50 km 3:52:38
1st Team - 50 km 8 pts
Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 1st 20 km 1:20.52
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, México 7th 20 km 1:24:05
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd 50 km 3:43:26
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea DQ 50 km 3:41:24
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia DQ 50km 3:46:14
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom DQ 50 km 3:38:55

References

  1. ↑ "Focus On Athletes – Sergey Bakulin". IAAF, 11 May 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Another Russian race-walker under scrutiny". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Sergey Bakulin IAAF. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика" (in Russian). Russian Anti-Doping Agency. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF appeals six decisions recently made by RUSADA". IAAF. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

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