Serhiy Lebid

Serhiy Lebid (Ukrainian: Сергій Лебідь; born 15 July 1975 in Dnipropetrovsk)[1] is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.

Serhiy Lebid

Lebid at the European Cross Country Championships
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Cross Country Championships
	2001 Ostend	Long race individual
EAA European Championships
	2002 Munich	5,000 metres
Universiade
	1999 Palma de Mallorca	5,000 metres
	2001 Beijing	5,000 metres
	2003 Daegu	5,000 metres
EAA European Cross Country Championships
	1998 Ferrara	Individual
	2001 Thun	Individual
	2002 Medulin	Individual
	2003 Edinburgh	Individual
	2004 Heringsdorf	Individual
	2005 Tilburg	Individual
	2007 Toro	Individual
	2008 Brussels	Individual
	2010 Albufeira	Individual
	2000 Malmö	Individual
	1997 Oeiras	Individual
	2005 Tilburg	Team
	2009 Dublin	Individual

Career

He has won the European Cross Country championships on nine occasions,[2] winning in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Serhiy Lebid finished seventh in the 5,000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games, but did not qualify from his heat in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.

He won a bronze medal in the 5,000 m final at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and came fifth in the 10,000 m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

Lebid came third at the Great Manchester Run in May 2010.[3] In October he was the best performing European at the Giro al Sas 10K in Trento as he finished third behind Edwin Soi and Wilson Busienei with a time of 28:48.3.[4] He won his record ninth title in the men's race at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, taking the lead in the final stages after a moderately paced start.[5] This also extended his appearance record at the championships – he is the only athlete to have competed every year since the championships' creation in 1994.[6] He secured a second career win at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels later that month, holding off the Kenyan challengers.[7] A fourth-place finish at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in January helped the Europeans to the team title,[8] and he was the first European home at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián with a third-place finish.[9]

He returned to the Manchester 10K in May 2011 and came third behind Haile Gebrselassie and Chris Thompson.[10]

Serhiy Lebid won the 2014 Nagano Marathon (2:13:56). He took 10th place in the 2015 London Marathon with a time of 2:10:21.

References

1. Serhiy Lebid. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2011-02-01.
3. Martin, David (2010-05-16).Gebrselassie and Kidane score Ethiopian sweep in Manchester 10Km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-27.
4. Soi defends title at Giro Al Sas. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-10.
5. SENIOR MEN'S FINAL: Lebid leaves it late but triumphs again. European Athletics (2010-12-12). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.
6. Records set in Albufeira Archived 2010-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2010-12-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.
7. Hendrix, Ivo (2009-12-20). Lalli and Herzog triumph in wintry Brussels. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
8. Wenig, Jorg (2011-01-08). Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
9. Valiente, Emeterio (2011-02-01). Menjo and Fernández excel in San Sebastián XC while Cáceres eyes indoor success – Spanish weekend round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-01.
10. Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-15). Gebrselassie takes fourth Manchester 10Km victory, Clitheroe surprises. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-27.

External links

• Serhiy Lebid at World Athletics