Russian Triathlon Federation

Irina Abysova, still the undisputed female Russian top triathlete.
Alexander Bryukhankov, one of the leading male Russian triathletes.
Alexandra Razarenova, Russian Champion of the year 2011.
Anastasiya Polyanskaya at the World Cup triathlon in Tiszaújáros, 2011.
Anastasia Protasenya, one of the promising young Russian triathletes.
Anastasia Protasenya at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011.
Olga Agapova, one of the most promising Russian U23 triathletes.
Anastasiya Gorbunova, one of the most promising Russian Junior triathletes.
Anastasiya Gorbunova at the mysterious European Cup in Tabor, 2011.

The Russian Triathlon Federation (Федерация триатлона России) is the official national governing body for the sports of triathlon, duathlon and winter triathlon and represents Russia in the ITU.

Structure

The president of the RTF is Sergey Bystrov (Russian Сергей Алексеевич Быстров, born 13 April 1957 in Tver Oblast). In 2000, Bystrov was the vice coordinator of Putin's election campaign in Tver Oblast, from 2001 to 2004 he was Vice Minister of Labour and Social Development, from 2004 on he has worked in various functions in the Ministry of Transport and has been in charge of the infrastructure and logistics department for the Olympic Games in Sochi.

National Team 2011

World Championships (Elite)

In the year before the Olympic Games in London 2012, two male triathletes and one female triathlete have emerged as the greatest Olympic hopes: Alexander Bryukhankov, Dmitry Polyanski, and Irina Abysova:

Year Russian Male Triathletes Russian Female Triathletes
World Championship Series 2011 Alexander Bryukhankov (5th) Irina Abysova (47th)
Dmitry Polyanski (8th) Alexandra Razarenova (62nd)
Artem Parienko (30th) Mariya Shorets (66th)
Ivan Vasiliev (31st) Anna Burova (84th)
Ivan Tutukin (32nd) Anastasiya Polyanskaya (93rd)
Valentin Meshcheryakov (46th) Lyubov Ivanovskaya (107th)
Igor Polyansky (49th) Inna Tsyganok (117th)
Vladimir Turbaevsky (52nd)
Yulian Malyshev (97th)
Andrey Bryukhankov (133rd)
World Championship Series 2010 Alexander Bryukhankov (8th) Irina Abysova (52nd)
Dmitry Polyanski (14th) Alexandra Razarenova (56th)
Valentin Meshcheryakov (17th) Anastasiya Polyanskaya (64th)
Vladimir Turbayevskiy (20th) Olga Dmitrieva (88th)
Yulian Malyshev (30th) Yevgeniya Sukhoruchenkova (102nd)
Ivan Tutukin (36th)
Ivan Vasiliev (45th)
Anton Chuchko (84th)
Igor Sysoev (104th)
Igor Polyanskiy (131st)
World Championship Series 2009 Dmitry Polyanski (9th) Irina Abysova (30th)
Alexander Bryukhankov (11th) Olga Dmitrieva (63rd)
Yulian Malyshev (15th) Anastasiya Polyanskaya (102nd)
Ivan Vasiliev (19th)
Vladimir Turbaevsky (33rd)
Ivan Tutukin (38th)
Ivan Vasiliev (50th)
Artem Parienko (88th)
Igor Sysoyev (92nd)
BG World Championships Vancouver 2008 Igor Sysoyev (7th) Olga Zausaylova (23rd)
Ivan Vasiliev (10th) Irina Abysova (26th)
Dmitry Polyanski (11th)
Yulian Malyshev (36th)
BG World Championships Hamburg 2007 Igor Sysoyev (17th) Irina Abysova (32nd)
Vladimir Turbaevsky (63rd) Evgeniya Matveeva (46th)
Dmitry Polyanski (DNF) Olga Zausaylova (57th)
Olga Dmitrieva (60th)
World Championships Lausanne 2006 Igor Sysoyev (24th) Irina Abysova (32nd)
Olga Zausaylova (37th)
Olga Dmitrieva (59th)
Olga Generalova (DNF)
Anastasiya Polyanskaya (DNF)
World Championships Gamagori 2005 Igor Sysoyev (31st)
World Championships Madeira 2004 Igor Sysoyev (5th) Olga Generalova (24th)
Ivan Vasiliev (23rd) Nina Anisimova (31st)
World Championships Queenstown 2003 Ivan Vasiliev (DNF)
World Championships Cancun 2002 Nina Anisimova (35th)

Olympic Games

Igor Sysoyev took part in two Olympic Games and can be considered Russia's most successful triathlete of the last decade. His wife Irina Abysova, who has been the dominating figure among the Russian female triathletes of the last decade, had a bad bike accident and was seriously injured in Beijing. According to her World Championship results, Abysova should have achieved a good Olympic Games result as well.

Year Russian Male Triathletes Russian Female Triathletes
Olympic Games Beijing 2008 Igor Sysoyev (9th) Olga Zausaylova (36th)
Dmitry Polyanski (22nd) Irina Abysova (DNF)
Alexander Bryukhankov (24th)
Olympic Games Athens 2004 Igor Sysoyev (15th) Olga Generalova (31st)
Nina Anisimova (DNF)
Olympic Games Sydney 2000 Nina Anisimova (12th)

Trivia

The RTF is not only one of the biggest triathlon federations, the RTF also seems to be one of the influential federations, as some incidents suggest:

References

  1. See Official Result List. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. See p. 65, ITU Competition Rules.
  3. See «ETU announces 2011 Race Programme», 17 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  4. "Стартовая цена: как заработать на организации спортивных мероприятий" (in Russian). Forbes, Russia. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  5. "Лицензия ФТР (Russian Triathlon Federation license)" (in Russian). TITAN (official site). Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  6. "«ТИТАН триатлон», железная дистанция, спринт 2016" (in Russian). Russian Triathlon News Portal - Trilife.ru. 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

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