Russian hurdler (born 1978)
Boris Aleksandrovich Gorban (Russian : Борис Александрович Горбань ; born 26 September 1978) is a Russian athlete who ran in the 400 metres hurdles .
Gorban won the silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2001 World Indoor Championships , establishing a national record of 3:04.82 minutes together with teammates Aleksandr Ladeyshchikov , Ruslan Mashchenko and Andrey Semyonov . Gorban won another silver medal in relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships , together with Dmitriy Forshev , Andrey Rudnitskiy and Aleksandr Usov .
He participated at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.
His personal best time is 48.50 seconds, achieved in the semi-final of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton . He has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.
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