Ruslan Samitov

Ruslan Rustemovich Samitov (Russian: Руслан Рустемович Самитов; born 11 July 1991) is a Russian bobsleigh athlete and former track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump.

Samitov made his international debut at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he finished fourth.

[1] He also cleared sixteen metres in the event for the first time that year.

[2] At the regional Volga championships in 2011 he pushed himself into second in the Russian rankings behind Lyukman Adams by clearing 17.25 m.[3][4] He was chosen to compete at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, but did not progress beyond the qualifiers.

He represented Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, then competed at the European and World Bobsleigh Championships in 2019 and 2020.