Serhiy Lebid

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Serhiy Lebid or Serhii Lebid ({{langx|uk|Сергій Лебідь}}; born 15 July 1975 in Dnipropetrovsk)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/serhiy-lebid-1.html Serhiy Lebid]. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2011-02-01. is a Ukrainian long-distance runner.

Career

He has won the European Cross Country championships on nine occasions,{{Cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=3|title = European Athletics}} winning in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Serhiy Lebid finished seventh in the 5,000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games, but did not qualify from his heat in the same event at the 2004 Olympics.

He won a bronze medal in the 5,000 m final at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and came fifth in the 10,000 m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

Lebid came second in ( Great Manchester Run) in 2008. third at the Great Manchester Run in May 2010.Martin, David (2010-05-16).[http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56769.html Gebrselassie and Kidane score Ethiopian sweep in Manchester 10Km]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-27. In October he was the best performing European at the Giro al Sas 10K in Trento as he finished third behind Edwin Soi and Wilson Busienei with a time of 28:48.3.[http://www.iaaf.org/WHM10/news/kind=100/newsid=58473.html Soi defends title at Giro Al Sas]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-10. He won his record ninth title in the men's race at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, taking the lead in the final stages after a moderately paced start.[http://www.european-athletics.org/17th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/senior-mens-final-lebid-leaves-it-late-but-triumphs-again.html SENIOR MEN'S FINAL: Lebid leaves it late but triumphs again]. European Athletics (2010-12-12). Retrieved on 2010-12-12. This also extended his appearance record at the championships – he is the only athlete to have competed every year since the championships' creation in 1994.[http://www.european-athletics.org/17th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/records-set-in-albufeira.html Records set in Albufeira] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219131302/http://www.european-athletics.org/17th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/records-set-in-albufeira.html |date=2010-12-19 }}. European Athletics (2010-12-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-14. He secured a second career win at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels later that month, holding off the Kenyan challengers.Hendrix, Ivo (2009-12-20). [http://www.iaaf.org/CROS10/news/newsid=55168.html Lalli and Herzog triumph in wintry Brussels]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08. A fourth-place finish at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in January helped the Europeans to the team title,Wenig, Jorg (2011-01-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/CROS11/news/newsid=59023.html Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09. and he was the first European home at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián with a third-place finish.Valiente, Emeterio (2011-02-01). [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59182.html Menjo and Fernández excel in San Sebastián XC while Cáceres eyes indoor success – Spanish weekend round-up]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-01.

He returned to the Manchester 10K in May 2011 and came third behind Haile Gebrselassie and Chris Thompson.Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-15). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR11/news/newsid=60030.html Gebrselassie takes fourth Manchester 10Km victory, Clitheroe surprises]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-27.

Serhiy Lebid won the 2014 Nagano Marathon (2:13:56). He took 10th place in the 2015 London Marathon with a time of 2:10:21.