Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships

European Championships in Athletics

The European Athletics Championships is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It is organised every four years, the same year as the Commonwealth Games and between the Summer Olympic Games cycle. After the 2010 Championships in Barcelona, the European Championships will take...

 during his career (1998 and 2002). He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004), and set his personal best (48.06s) in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in Helsinki, Finland.