Sergey Karyakin (pentathlete)

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Sergey Karyakin
Karyakin in 2017
Personal information
Born5 January 1988 (1988-01-05) (age 36)
Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
Coached byN. I. Karyakin, O. V. Mineyeva, V. D. Kalinin[1]
Medal record
Representing  Russia
World championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 London Men's relay
Gold medal – first place 2010 Chengdu Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Moscow Mixed relay

Sergey Nikolayevich Karyakin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Карякин; born 5 January 1988) is a Russian modern pentathlete. He held the individual world title in 2010 and the team world title in 2011, finishing second in relay in 2009 and 2011.[2]

Karyakin started as a swimmer and competed in biathlon (swimming and running) before changing to modern pentathlon and winning the junior world title in 2008. His strongest event is swimming and weakest is fencing.[1] He shares his name with two other sportsmen, in chess and rally racing.

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