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Pavel Kharagezov

Athletics
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy

Further personal information

Family
Daughter Kira
Residence
Novocherkassk, RUS
Languages
English, Russian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up the sport in 2001 at age 14 in Novocherkassk, Russian Federation.
Why this sport?
He enjoys running so it was natural for him to take up athletics.

International debut

Year
2006
Competing for
Russia
Tournament
World Championships
Location
Assen, NED

General interest

Nicknames
Pasha (pronovocherkassk.ru, 19 Sep 2012)
Hero / Idol
Russian middle distance runner Yuriy Borzakovskiy. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
Awards and honours
He took part in the torch relays ahead of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (dontr.ru, 05 Mar 2014; donnews.ru, 21 Jan 2014)

For his performance at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, he received the Order for Merits to the Fatherland [second grade] in the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 30 Sep 2009)

He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (paralymp.ru, 06 Mar 2020; minsport.gov.ru, 30 Dec 2019)
Impairment
He has had cerebral palsy since childhood. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
Other information
RETIREMENT
In 2020 he retired from the sport. (Athlete, 16 Aug 2020)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 400 m T36 Final Round 4
Men's 800 m T36 Final Round 3
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 1500 m T36 Final 2011-01-23 4
Men's 800 m T36 Heat 2 2011-01-27 3
Men's 800 m T36 Final 2011-01-28 5
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 800 m T36 Final Round 2012-09-06 4
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 800 m T36 Final 1 2013-07-22 3
Men's 1500 m T36 Final 1 2013-07-24 2