Mikhail Shubin (triathlete)

Mikhail Shubin at the European Cup elite triathlon in Quarteira, 2011.

Mikhail Shubin at the European Cup elite triathlon in Quarteira, 2011.

Mikhail Shubin (Russian: Михаил Шубин), born 28 July 1988, is a professional Russian triathlete. Since September 2007 Shubin is endowed with the prestigious title Master of Sport.

At the Russian Championships 2010 Shubin placed 8th (U23/Olympic Distance) in Penza.^[1] In 2010, he did not take part in the Russian Cup nor does his name figure in the Russian Ranking (Рейтинг). In 2009 he was number 22 in the first and number 21 in the latter (Elite).

From 2004 on Shubin achieved several top ten positions in the Junior / U23 category (Юниоры), in 2004, for instance, he was number 10 in the Russian Ranking (Рейтинг), in 2006 he placed 6th at the Summer Spartaciad and 4th at the Russian Duathlon Championships, in 2007 he placed 6th at the Russian Triathlon Championships and 2nd at the Grand Final of the Russian Cup. In 2008 he changed to the Elite category and placed 13th at the Duathlon Championships.

In 2010, Shubin also attended several triathlons in France, e.g. in Le Mans (4 July 2010), Aiguillon sur Mer (25 July 2010) or St. Jean de Monts (26 July 2010), placing 7th, 3rd, and 17th respectively. At the latter and henceforth he has represented the club La Rochelle Triathlon.

At the Triathlon de Paris (18 July 2010), the most important of his French triathlons, Shubin placed 4th.

In 2011, Shubin again represents La Rochelle Triathlon and also takes part in international non ITU events, e.g. at the Triathlon de Alpiarça (20 March 2011), where he placed 25th.

Shubin lives in Saint Petersburg and, like Natalia Shliakhtenko represents the club Dynamo.

ITU Competitions

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.^[2] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date	Competition	Place	Rank
2003-10-22	European Cup	Alanya	32
2005-07-24	European Championships (Youth/Relay)[3]	Alexandroupoli(s)	1
2006-10-18	European Cup (Junior)	Alanya	6
2007-05-20	European Cup and Small States of Europe Championships	Limassol	23
2007-07-21	European Cup (Junior)	Kuopio	2
2007-10-24	European Cup (Junior)	Alanya	6
2009-08-02	European Cup	Egirdir	23
2011-04-09	European Cup	Quarteira	46

External links

• Russian Triathlon Federation in Russian

Notes

1. ^ See http://www.ftr.org.ru/prot%20penza2010%282%29.htm. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
2. ^ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=OTE2Mw==. Retrieved 17 April 2011. Whether the elite triathlon in Alanya 2003 actually refers to Mikhail Shubin or whether the ITU lis is wrong remains unclear. If Mikhail Shubin did attend this competition, he started his international career with an elite triathlon at the age of 14.
3. ^ This competition is missing in the ITU Athletes' Profile Pages of all participating triathletes, though it can be found on this hidden page of the Swiss Triathlon Federation: http://archiv.trisuisse.ch/2005i/etu-champs/alexandroupolis/Youth%20Relay%20Men.pdf. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

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Name	Shubin, Mikhail
Alternative names	Ϻихаил Шубин (Russian form)
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Date of birth	28 July 1988
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