Dmitry Forshev

Dmitriy Leonidovich Forshev
Personal information
Native name
Дми́трий Леони́дович Фо́ршев
Born (1976-05-30) May 30, 1976
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​
Sport
SportSprinting
Events
Coached byVladimir Kazarin

Dmitriy Leonidovich Forshev (Russian: Дми́трий Леони́дович Фо́ршев; born 30 May 1976[1]) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Vladimir Kazarin is his coach.[2]

Forshev won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Boris Gorban, Andrey Rudnitskiy and Aleksandr Usov.

At the 2005 European Indoor Championships Forshev finished fourth in 400 m[3] and third in 4x400 m relay. Later that year the relay team finished seventh at the 2005 World Championships with Forshev, Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov and Yevgeniy Lebedev.

His personal best time is 45.62 seconds, achieved in June 2003 in Florence.

Forshev married Olesya Krasnomovets in 2005.[2]

References

Sources

  • Олеся Красномовец и Дмитрий Форшев стали легкоатлетической семьей [Olesya Krasnomovets and Dmitry Forshev are now an athletics family]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2008-06-07 [21 September 2005]. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
  • Matthews, Peter (2012). Athletics 2012: The International Track and Field Annual. Cheltenham: SportsBooks Limited. ISBN 978-1-90752-423-3 – via Internet Archive.
  • Wittingham, Rob; Matthews, Peter, eds. (2006). British Athletics 2006. Bredbury, Stockport: Umbra Athletics Limited. ISBN 0-954-03906-8 – via Internet Archive.
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