Ruslan Murashov

Murashov at the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Kolonma
Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Nikolaevich Murashov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 33) Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Alma mater	Moscow State Regional Institute of Social Studies and Humanities
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	500 m, team sprint
Club	Central Sports Army Club
Turned pro	14 November 2014
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Russia World Single Distances Championships 2019 Inzell 500 m 2016 Kolomna 500 m 2020 Salt Lake City 500 m 2017 Gangneung 500 m 2019 Inzell Team sprint European Championships 2020 Heerenveen Team sprint 2020 Heerenveen 500 m

Ruslan Nikolaevich Murashov (Russian: Руслан Николаевич Мурашов; born 29 December 1992) is a Russian speed skater.

Personal life

Murashov is a former Ice hockey player in the Moscow club "Chemist" Voskresensk until he was 15 years old when he switched to training speed skating in Kolomna.

Career

In 2011–2012, Murashov competed in the Junior World Cup series in 1000m and 500m. He debuted as a Senior in the 2013 season and competed at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. Murashov did not make the list and qualify for the Russian National team to compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

In 2014–15, Murashov competed in men's 500m at the 2014–15 ISU World Cup at the first leg of the series in Obihiro, Japan he took the bronze medal behind teammate Pavel Kulizhnikov and another bronze in Seoul, Korea. At the Final of the World Cup in Erfurt, Germany, he won the gold clocking a time in 34.97; the results placed him 3rd in the overall rankings for the 2014–15 Season behind Canadian Laurent Dubreuil in men's 500m.^[1]

In the 2015/16 Season. Murashov opened his season finishing 7th in men's 500m and a bronze in Team Sprint (with Aleksey Yesin and Artyom Kuznetsov) at the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary. At the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen, Murashov won silver in Team sprint (with Aleksey Yesin, Artyom Kuznetsov and Kiril Golubev), and won his first individual medal of the season, gold in 500 m in a time of 34.67.^[2] At the ISU World Cup in Stavanger Murashov won the silver medal in men's 500 m behind teammate Pavel Kulizhnikov. On 11–14 February, at the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Murashov won the silver medal in men's 500 m behind teammate Pavel Kulizhnikov.^[3] Murashov then competed at the 2016 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea and finished 11th in the overall classification. On 11–13 March, at the World Cup Final in Heerenveen, Murashov won gold and silver in 500m. His results rank him 2nd in the overall rankings for the 2015–16 World Cup Season behind teammate Pavel Kulizhnikov in men's 500m.

Murashov won the 500 m event at the 2019 World Single Distances Championships with a track record of 34.225.^[4]

World Cup results

World Cup podiums

Date	Season	Location	Rank	Event[5]
14 November 2014	2014–15	Obihiro		500 m
21 November 2014	2014–15	Seoul		500 m
22 March 2015	2014–15	Erfurt		500 m
14 November 2015	2015–16	Calgary		Team sprint
11 December 2015	2015–16	Heerenveen		Team sprint
13 December 2015	2015–16	Heerenveen		500 m
29 January 2016	2015–16	Stavanger		500 m
31 January 2016	2015–16	Stavanger		500 m
11 March 2016	2015–16	Heerenveen		500 m
12 March 2016	2015–16	Heerenveen		Team sprint
13 March 2016	2015–16	Heerenveen		500 m
3 December 2016	2016–17	Astana		500 m
4 December 2016	2016–17	Astana		500 m
9 December 2016	2016–17	Heerenveen		500 m
29 January 2017	2016–17	Berlin		500 m
12 November 2017	2017–18	Heerenveen		Team sprint
12 November 2017	2017–18	Salt Lake City		Team sprint
9 December 2017	2017–18	Salt Lake City		500 m
25 November 2018	2018–19	Tomakomai		Team sprint
9 December 2018	2018–19	Tomaszów Mazowiecki		Team sprint
3 February 2019	2018–19	Hamar		500 m
6 December 2019	2019–20	Nur-Sultan		500 m
13 December 2019	2019–20	Nagano		Team sprint
7 February 2020	2019–20	Calgary		500 m
23 January 2021	2020–21	Heerenveen		500 m

Overall rankings

Season	Event	Rank
2014–15	500 m
2015–16	500 m
	Team sprint

References

External links

• Ruslan Murashov at the International Skating Union (archived former page)
• Ruslan Murashov at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Ruslan Murashov at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Ruslan Murashov at Olympics.com
• Ruslan Murashov at Olympedia
• Ruslan Murashov at InterSportStats
• Murashov Trentino2013
• Ruslan Murashov bio page (in Russian)