Semion Elistratov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Elistratov.

Semion Elistratov

File:Semion Elistratov Sochi 2014.jpg Elistratov after the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Семён Андреевич Елистратов
Full name	Semion Andreyevich Elistratov
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Short track speed skating
Club	MGFSO
World Cup wins	14
Achievements and titles
World finals	2
Highest world ranking	2 (Overall, 2014–15) 11 (500 m, 2010–11) 1 (1000 m, 2014–15) 3 (1500 m, 2015–16)
Medal record Men's short track speed skating Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 2 World Championships 1 2 6 European Championships 14 10 14 Total 16 12 22 Representing Russia Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 5000 m relay World Championships Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 1500 m Silver medal – second place 2013 Debrecen 5000 m relay Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montreal 500 m Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montreal 1500 m Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia Overall European Championships Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö 5000 m relay Gold medal – first place 2014 Dresden 1500 m Gold medal – first place 2014 Dresden 5000 m relay Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht 5000 m relay Gold medal – first place 2016 Sochi 1000 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Sochi 1500 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Sochi Overall Gold medal – first place 2017 Torino 1500 m Gold medal – first place 2017 Torino Overall Gold medal – first place 2019 Dordrecht 1000 m Gold medal – first place 2020 Debrecen 5000 m relay Gold medal – first place 2021 Gdańsk Overall Gold medal – first place 2021 Gdańsk 1000 m Gold medal – first place 2021 Gdańsk 1500 m Silver medal – second place 2012 Mladá Boleslav 1500 m Silver medal – second place 2012 Mladá Boleslav 5000 m relay Silver medal – second place 2014 Dresden Overall Silver medal – second place 2014 Dresden 1000 m Silver medal – second place 2015 Dordrecht 1500 m Silver medal – second place 2016 Sochi 500 m Silver medal – second place 2017 Torino 5000 m relay Silver medal – second place 2018 Dresden 1000 m Silver medal – second place 2018 Dresden 1500 m Silver medal – second place 2018 Dresden 5000 m relay Bronze medal – third place 2012 Mladá Boleslav Overall Bronze medal – third place 2013 Malmö 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dordrecht 500 m Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dordrecht 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dordrecht Overall Bronze medal – third place 2017 Torino 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 2018 Dresden Overall Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dordrecht 1500 m Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dordrecht Overall Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dordrecht 5000 m relay Bronze medal – third place 2020 Debrecen Overall Bronze medal – third place 2020 Debrecen 500 m Bronze medal – third place 2020 Debrecen 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 2021 Gdańsk 5000 m relay Representing File:Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m Representing File:Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC Olympic Games File:Olympic rings.svg Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing 1500 m Representing Russian Skating Union World Championships Silver medal – second place 2021 Dordrecht 500 m Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dordrecht 1500 m Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dordrecht Overall

Semion Andreyevich Elistratov (Russian: Семён Андреевич Елистратов; alternatively spelled Semen or Semyon, born 3 May 1990) is a Russian short track speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic champion in the 5000 m relay and a double bronze medalist in the 1500 m at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

File:Semion Elistratov Moscow 2015.JPG

Elistratov at the 2015 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Elistratov competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Russia. In the 500 metres and 1000 metres, he placed third in his round one heat, failing to advance, and in the 1500 metres, he placed fourth, also failing to advance. In all three events, he ended up 24th overall. As of 2013, Elistratov's best performance at the World Championships came in 2015, when he won a gold medal in 1500 m individual race. Elistratov won gold medals as a member of the Russian relay team at the 2013 and 2014 European Championships, and was runner-up in the overall competition at the 2014 European Championships as well. As of 2013, Elistratov has two ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup victories as part of the relay team in 2012–13 at Sochi, and in the 500 metres at Changchun in 2010–11. He also has nine other podium finishes at World Cup events, three as an individual and six in relay races. His top World Cup ranking was 4th in the 1500 metres in 2012–13. On 8 March 2016, it was known Elistratov failed a drug test for meldonium and was withdrawn from the entry list for Russia's Team to compete at the 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea. He was temporarily suspended from the Russian team. On 13 April, the World Anti-Doping Agency gave amnesty to athletes with the presence of less than one microgram of meldonium in doping samples in tests conducted on athletes before 1 March 2016 is acceptable, WADA cites due to uncertainties and lack of studies for how long meldonium stays in the body. On 21 April 2016, the International Skating Union lifted its temporary ban on Elistratov, and he was reinstated in the team since the concentration of meldonium was below the threshold. The International Skating Union's Official Statement was quoted: "In the case of Meldonium, the WADA recognized that there is currently a lack of clear scientific information on excretion time and considers that in certain circumstances there may be grounds for no fault or negligence on the part of the athlete. All mentioned skaters credibly assured the ISU that they had discontinued the use of Meldonium before 1 January 2016, when the substance was included in the prohibited list. In light of the given information, the ISU has decided to lift the provisional suspension imposed on the four skaters, with immediate effect, to stay the results management process and consequently not to disqualify any results at the present stage."

World cup podiums

• 14 victories – (1 × 500 m, 4 × 1000 m, 3 × 1500, 4 × 5000 m relay, 2 × 2000 m mixed relay)
• 40 podiums – (3 × 500 m, 14 × 1000 m, 11 × 1500, 10 × 5000 m relay, 2 × 2000 m mixed relay)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1	2010–11	5 December 2010	Changchun, China	500 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
2	2011–12	30 October 2011	Saguenay, Canada	5000 m relay	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3		4 December 2011	Nagoya, Japan	5000 m relay	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
4		11 February 2012	Dordrecht, the Netherlands	1500 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
5	2012–13	21 October 2012	Calgary, Canada	5000 m relay	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
6		27 October 2012	Montreal, Canada	1500 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
7		3 February 2013	Sochi, Russia	5000 m relay	1st place, gold medalist(s)
8		3 February 2013	Sochi, Russia	1000 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
9		10 February 2013	Dresden, Germany	5000 m relay	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10	2013–14	10 November 2013	Torino, Italy	5000 m relay	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
11		17 November 2013	Kolomna, Russia	5000 m relay	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
12	2014–15	9 November 2014	Salt Lake City, United States	1000 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
13		9 November 2014	Salt Lake City, United States	5000 m relay	1st place, gold medalist(s)
14		16 November 2014	Montreal, Canada	1000 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
15		7 February 2015	Dresden, Germany	1000 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
16		8 February 2015	Dresden, Germany	1500 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
17		14 February 2015	Erzurum, Turkey	1000 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
18	2015–16	1 November 2015	Montreal, Canada	1000 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
19		5 December 2015	Nagoya, Japan	1000 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
20		5 December 2015	Nagoya, Japan	1500 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
21		12 December 2015	Shanghai, China	1000 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
22		7 February 2016	Dresden, Germany	500 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
23		7 February 2016	Dresden, Germany	1000 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
24		14 February 2016	Dordrecht, the Netherlands	1000 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
25	2016–17	5 November 2016	Calgary, Canada	1500 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
26		6 November 2016	Calgary, Canada	500 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
27		13 November 2016	Salt Lake City, United States	1500 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
28		13 December 2016	Shanghai, China	1500 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
29		17 December 2016	Gangneung, South Korea	1500 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30		18 December 2016	Gangneung, South Korea	1000 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
31		5 February 2017	Dresden, Germany	5000 m relay	1st place, gold medalist(s)
32	2018–19	3 February 2019	Dresden, Germany	2000 m mixed relay	1st place, gold medalist(s)
33		10 February 2019	Torino, Italy	2000 m mixed relay	1st place, gold medalist(s)
34		10 February 2019	Torino, Italy	5000 m relay	1st place, gold medalist(s)
35	2019–20	2 November 2019	Salt Lake City, United States	1500 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
36		10 November 2019	Montreal, Canada	1000 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
37		30 November 2019	Nagoya, Japan	1000 m	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
38		9 February 2019	Dresden, Germany	1500 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
39	2021–22	23 October 2021	Beijing, China	1500 m	1st place, gold medalist(s)
40		24 October 2021	Beijing, China	1000 m	2nd place, silver medalist(s)

External links

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• Semion Elistratov at the International Skating Union