Mikhail Sheremetyev

Mikhail Sheremetyev
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Sergeyevich Sheremetyev
Nationality  Russia
Born 28 March 1985
Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Class(es) Dinghy
Club CSKA Moscow[1]
Coach Sergey Modestovich Egorov[1]

Mikhail Sergeyevich Sheremetyev (Russian: Михаил Сергéевич Шереметьев; born March 28, 1985 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470).[1][2] He represented Russia, along with his brother Maksim Sheremetyev, in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), and has also been training for CSKA Moscow (Russian Army Sports Club) throughout most of his sporting career under personal coach Sergey Modestovich Egorov.[1] As of September 2013, Sheremetyev is ranked no. 32 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.

Sheremetyev and his brother Maksim made their official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where they finished twentieth in the men's 470 class with a net score of 157, edging out Belarusian duo Siarhei Dziasiukevich and Pavel Lahunou by a narrow, two-point gap from the final standings.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Sheremetyev competed for the second time as a skipper in the men's 470 class by finishing fifteenth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4][5] Teaming again with his brother and crew member Maksim in the opening series, the Russian duo mounted two top 10 finishes on the fifth and seventh leg respectively to produce a remarkable grade of 130, but came up short for the medal race with a seventeenth place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mikhail Sheremetyev". London 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. "Mikhail Sheremetyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. "Olympic Qualification Secured on Day 3 at 470 Worlds". 470 World Championships. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. Яхтсмены Шереметьевы на Олимпиаде-2012 рассчитывают попасть в десятку [Sailors Sheremetyevs are satisfied to get into the top ten at the 2012 Olympics] (in Russian). Baltic Info (Russia). 26 May 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

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