He won the
Zurich Marathon in 2008, recording a personal best time of 2:11:15. This qualified him to represent
Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and he finished 29th overall in the marathon at the
2008 Beijing Games. He equalled his personal best time at the 2011
Seoul International Marathon, taking third place behind
Abderrahim Goumri and
Jeong Jin-Hyeong. That October, he ran another race in Korea, the
Gyeongju International Marathon, and finished in fifth place. ==References==