Lev Lobodin
Lew Alexeyevich Lobodin (Russian Лев Алексеевич Лободин, English transcription Lev Lobodin, . Born April 1, 1969 in Rossosh in the Voronezh Oblast ) is a former decathlete. With 25 Ten Fighting over 8000 points of the large in a competition weight of 93 kg 1.88 m Lobodin is one of the most consistent Ten fighters. Three times in a row, he won 1994-2002 bronze at the European Championships. In addition to a bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships in 1998, he won a silver medal and two bronze medals at World Indoor Championships.
Lew Lobodin began his career in the Soviet Union. In 1992 he started for the Commonwealth of Independent States. From 1993 to 1996 he went to the Ukraine. Since 1997, he competed for Russia.
Sporting career
Career until 1996 for Ukraine
1991 surpassed Lobodin as the winner in the Ukrainian championship in Kiev with 8018 points for the first time the 8000 -point mark. In the Indoor Athletics Championships in 1992 in Genoa the heptathlon for men was held as a demonstration event. It was won by Frenchman Christian Plaziat before the Czechoslovaks Robert Změlík, Lobodin finished with 5987 points in sixth place.
Also at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993 the heptathlon was discharged as a demonstration event. The American Dan O'Brien presented with 6476 points to a new world record, behind the Canadian Mike Smith and the then antretenden to Belarus Eduard Hämäläinen Lobodin was with 6017 points in fourth. In the outdoor season in 1993 in sixth Lobodin improved when Mösle Mehrkampf meeting in Götzis his decathlon best performance at 8156 points.
At the European Indoor Championships in 1994 in Paris-Bercy the heptathlon was first officially discharged. Lobodin broke the competition after a Salto Nullo from in the pole vault. In Helsinki at the European Athletics Championships 1994, the Frenchman Alain Blondel won ahead of Sweden's Henrik DAGARD. With 8201 points, Lobodin won the bronze medal against the defending champion Christian Plaziat. At the World Athletics Championships 1995 in Gothenburg Lobodin reached 8196 points that finished seventh. At the invitation meeting in Talence end of the season 1995 Lobodin improved his best performance at 8286 points. This brand he improved in 1996 Götzis on 8315 points. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Lobodin gave up after the first day.
Career from 1997 for Russia
In the indoor season in 1997 Lobodin occurred only at the Russian Championships in Lipetsk and won with a new personal best of 6196 points his first Russian Championship. After 8184 points in Götzis Lobodin failed in the 1997 World Championships in Gothenburg again with a somersault Nullo in the pole vault. At the season finale in Talence with 7999 points Lobodin missed then even the 8000 -point mark.
The indoor season started in 1998 Lobodin with a third place at the invitation competition in Tallinn. At the European Indoor Championships in Valencia he was with 6226 points also third behind Poland's Sebastian Chmara and the Hungarian Dezso Szabó. In Götzis Lobodin improved his Zehnkampfbestleistung to 8414 points. At the European Championships 1998 in Budapest Lobodin graduated with 8571 points, his best decathlon at all. He lag 96 points behind the Estonian Erki Nool and 16 points behind the starting Finland Hämälainen. Behind the Icelander Jon Arnar Magnusson followed in the squares 5 and 6, the two Czechs Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle.
1999 Lobodin was again third in Tallinn, at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi he placed sixth with 6153 points. In Götzis he finished third with 8427 points. At the World Championships in Seville Lobodin reached 8494 points and 5th place to bronze medal by the American Chris Huffins he missed 53 points. After he had left out the indoor season and in Götzis gave up before the pole vault, the decathlon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Lobodins was first full decathlon according Sevilla. With 8071 points, he finished 13th place.
2001 Lobodin was with 6196 points Second in Tallinn. At the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon, he finished with 6202 points, third place behind Roman Šebrle and Jon Arnar Magnusson. In Götzis he reached 8465 points in fourth. At the World Championships in Edmonton to Lobodin won 8352 points and fifth place. In the bronze medal of the British Dean Macey however, he had more than 250 points behind.
After Lobodin in Tallinn in 2002 had to quit the heptathlon, he let out Götzis and launched in Ratingen with 8433 points in the season. At the European Championships in Munich earned him 8390 points his third bronze medal at the European Championships. 400 points behind Šebrle and only 48 points behind Nool had Lobodin his hand, 52 points ahead of Magnusson.
2003 won Lobodin in Moscow with 6412 points, his second Russian Championship. At the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham this score it would have been enough to win. He arrived in Birmingham 6297 points and won silver behind Tom Pappas, but was more than a hundred points ahead Šebrle. At the World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis Pappas won before Šebrle, Lobodin was with 8198 points in sixth place.
With 6149 points Lobodin won the 2004 Russian his third title. At the World Indoor Championships in Budapest Šebrle won before Bryan Clay, Lobodin won with 6203 points his last international medal. In Götzis Lobodin graduated with 8240 points, its 25th and final 8000 -point contest. At the Olympic Games in Athens, he gave up after two disciplines.
Bests in the individual disciplines
His personal best of 8571 points set Lobodin 1998 in Budapest.