Gold medal	2004 Athens	Athletics Men’s 800m

Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Борзаковский) (born 12 April, 1981 in Kratovo, Russia) is a Russian athlete. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kratovo is a small town 40 kilometers south east of Moscow located between Zhukovskiy and Ramenskoe home to the Olympic Champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy    This article is a stub. ...

He won the men's 800m at the Athens Olympics in 2004. He likes to sit back until the last 200 meters or so when he will use his great kick and endurance to catch up and often win. His 'late charge' is well known in the track circles and somewhat reminiscent of the tactics of Great Britain's Steve Cram. In the Olympics he employed the same strategy, coming from behind in the last 150 meters to take victory and beat out 800 meter great Wilson Kipketer, who was leading with only 20 meters to go but then faded to third. The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... At World Championship 1987 Steve Cram (born October 14, 1960) was a British athlete during the countrys domination of middle distance running in the 1980s. ...

Borzakovskiy's first major international success was the victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the final over 800m in which he made a tactical error and came only sixth. In 2001 he won the World Indoor title over 800m but decided not to participate in the World Championships in Edmonton. However, he was ranked No.1 in the world for 2001 with a time of 1:42.47 min. In 2002, Borzakovskiy ran the 400m at the European Championships in Munich but went out out in the early stages. The following season he picked up a silver medal over 800m at the World Championships in Paris. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

In the 2005 World Championships he took silver in the 800 m competition, overtaking everyone else but Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi on the final straight. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal. Helsinki Olympic Stadium at the opening day of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. ... Rashid Ramzi (born July 17, 1980) is an athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 and 1500 metres. ... The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations will be held in Moscow, Russia during March 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex. ...