Russian Triathlon Federation

The president of the RTF from 2010 to 2016 was Sergey Bystrov [ru], born 13 April 1957 in Tver Oblast.

In 2000, Bystrov was the vice coordinator of Putin's election campaign in Tver Oblast, from 2001 to 2004 he was Vice Minister of Labour and Social Development, from 2004 on he has worked in various functions in the Ministry of Transport and has been in charge of the infrastructure and logistics department for the Olympic Games in Sochi.

[1] He was replaced between December 2016 and 2020 by Pyotr Ivanov [ru], and he in turn by Kseniya Shoygu [ru], daughter of Russian defense minister Sergey Shoygu, in 2020.

[4] Europe Triathlon said that it strongly supported the decision of the International Olympic Committee and World Triathlon to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from European sporting events, and to not organise international events in Russia or Belarus.

[5] In the year before the Olympic Games in London 2012, two male triathletes and one female triathlete have emerged as the greatest Olympic hopes: Alexander Bryukhankov, Dmitry Polyanski, and Irina Abysova: Igor Sysoyev took part in two Olympic Games and can be considered Russia's most successful triathlete of the last decade.

Irina Abysova , still the undisputed female Russian top triathlete.
Alexander Bryukhankov , one of the leading male Russian triathletes.
Alexandra Razarenova , Russian Champion of the year 2011.
Anastasiya Polyanskaya at the World Cup triathlon in Tiszaújáros, 2011.
Anastasia Protasenya , one of the promising young Russian triathletes.
Anastasia Protasenya at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011.
Olga Agapova, one of the most promising Russian U23 triathletes.
Anastasiya Gorbunova, one of the most promising Russian Junior triathletes.
Anastasiya Gorbunova at the mysterious European Cup in Tabor, 2011.