Andrey Ruzavin
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Russia
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| Universiade | ||
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2009 Belgrade | 20 km walk |
| IAAF World Race Walking Cup | ||
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2014 Taicang | 20 km walk |
Andrey Viktorovich Ruzavin (Russian: Андрея Викторович Рузавин; born 28 March 1986) is a Russian racewalking athlete who competes over the 20 kilometres race walk distance. He has a personal best of 1:17:47 hours for the distance, which ranks him in the top twenty of all time. Ruzavin was the silver medallist in the 20 km walk at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a bronze medallist at the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
He is a three-time participant at the Universiade (2009, 2011 and 2013) and a four-time entrant at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup (2004, 2010, 2012, 2014). He represented his country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. He was the gold medallist in the 10,000 m walk at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships. He has won three national titles: two summer and one winter 20 km title.
Ruzavin was suspended for doping in 2014 and in March 2015 he was handed a 30-month doping ban for abnormaleties in his biological passport.
Born in Mordovia, Ruzavin attended Mordovian State University. He began competing in racewalking events as a teenager He made his international debut in the junior 10 km walk at the 2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, finishing in sixth place. He shared the team silver medals with Russian team mate Aleksandr Prokhorov.
His first individual medal followed at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he edged compatriot Vladimir Kanaykin to win the 10,000 m track walk title. A gold medal double came the year after: he was the junior champion in the 10 km road distance at the 2005 European Race Walking Cup before going on to win at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships in a championship record time of 39:28.45 minutes.
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