Nikolay Yaroshenko

Nikolay Yaroshenko (; born 22 April 1986) is a Russian triathlete.

Career Yaroshenko was born and grew up in Ukraine in the Makeyevka town of Donetsk region. He played football In the childhood, but later gave preference to swimming. In 1999 he became the prize-winner of the Junior championship of Ukraine. In 2001 he moved to Donetsk and studied Physical culture and sports High school of S. Bubka. In 2003 Nikolay won the Junior Championship of Ukraine and took part in the European championship team race where they took 7th place. In 2004 Yaroshenko became a member of the Ukraine national triathlon team. That same year his team took the 2nd place at the European championship. In 2006 he was selected to represent Ukraine at the European and World championship where he took the 3rd place in the relay race.

In 2007 he was the overall winner of the Russian Cup. In 2009 Nikolay took the 6th place at the Russian championship and 2nd place in the relay championship. In 2010, racing in France, he had his first experience racing in long distance triathlon. In 2012, he took 7th place at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships. At next year's following long distance championship he would place 9th.

Results Ukraine National Champion (2005-2006) Multiple Russian National Championships podiums (2007-2012) team-relay Continental Cups podiums (2009-2012)

Results Date Competition Place Rank 2004 European Championship (U23) 2 2006 European Championship (elite) 3 2010 Championship Russia (elite) 3 2012 European Championship 70.3 7 2012 World Championship long distance 7 2012-09-22 Asian Championship 1 2013-03-02 Rus National Championship Aquathlon 2 2013-04-13 Chengdu ITU Triathlon Premium Asian Cup 14 2013-04-21 Koh Samui International Triathlon Long Distance 8 2013-05-19 Barcelona ETU Challenge Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships 7 2013-06-01 Belfort ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships 9 2013-06-22 Burabay ITU Sprint Triathlon Premium Asian Cup 6 2013-07-20 RUS Long Distance Triathlon National Championships 2 2013-08-02 Tristar Estonia Long Distance Triathlon 4 2013-09-20 RUS Duathlon National Championships 7 2013-09-02 RUS National Championship among military 2

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