Ruslans Nakoņečnijs
Ruslans Nakoņečnijs or Ruslan Nakonechnyi (Ukrainian: Руслан Наконечний, born 21 April 1989) is a Ukrainian-Latvian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's event.[1]
 Nakoņečnijs in 2015 | |
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| Born | 21 April 1989 Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR |
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| Country | Ukraine (until 2014) Latvia (2015–present) |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Born in Ukraine, he was a member of the country's national pentathlon team up to mid-2014, when due to the War in Donbass he fled his native Donetsk Oblast. He began working and training in Latvia and started to compete under the Latvian flag since January 2015. In October, Nakonečnijs received Latvian citizenship for special merit after a vote in the Saeima. On his first race he won the Egyptian stage of the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup.[2]
References
- "Ruslans Nakonechnyi". Rio2016.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- "Ukrainis, kurš negaidīti sarūpēja Latvijai Pasaules kausa zeltu". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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