Artyom Primak

Artyom Primak
Personal information
Native nameАртём Алексеевич Примак
Birth nameArtyom Alekseevich Primak
Artem Primak
Nationality Russia
 Authorised Neutral Athletes
Born14 January 1993 (32 years, 3 days old)[1]
Home townAmur Oblast, Russia[2]
EducationAmur Oblast Regional Sports School[2]
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight77 kg (170 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
Triple jump
ClubKrasnodar-Khabarovsk[1]
Coached bySergey Petrenko[2]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
  • LJ: 8.22m (+0.7) (2017)
  • TJ: 17.17m (+0.2) (2017)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Russia
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Barcelona Triple jump
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tampere Triple jump
Updated on 29 December 2023

Artyom Alekseevich Primak (Russian: Артём Алексеевич Примак; born 14 January 1993), also spelled Artem Primak, is a Russian long and triple jumper. He was the 2012 World U20 Championships silver medallist in the triple jump, and he is a four-time Russian Athletics Championships winner in the horizontal jumps.

Biography

Primak is from Amur Oblast, Russia, where he graduated from the Amur Regional Sports School in 2010 and was coached by Sergey Petrenko.[2]

In 2012, Primak was selected to represent Russia at the World U20 Championships in the triple jump. Primak won the silver medal, losing only to future Olympic gold medalist Pedro Pichardo.[3] He also won the triple jump bronze medal at the 2013 European U23 Championships.[2]

In 2017, Primak set personal bests in both the long and triple jump at the Russian Athletics Championships. He was benefited by the absence of Alexander Menkov, who chose to focus on the world championships instead, allowing Primak to take the win in both events.[4] Coming off of this success, he applied to compete internationally as an Authorized Neutral Athlete (following the ban of Russian athletes by World Athletics), but his application was rejected in 2018.[5]

In May 2021, Primak was finally approved to compete internationally as a neutral athlete.[6]

Primak also won the 2022 All-Russian Summer Sports Spartakiade with a 7.84 metres mark.[7]

Primak won the 2023 Russian Athletics Championships in Chelyabinsk with a mark of 7.89 metres.[8] He now competes representing the Krasnodar and Khabarovsk regions, and focuses primarily on the long jump.[2]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Ref
Long jump 8.22 m (+0.7 m/s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) Russian Athletics Championships Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia 29 July 2017 [1]
Triple jump 17.17 m (+0.2 m/s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) Russian Athletics Championships Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia 29 July 2017 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Artyom Primak at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Экс-амурчанин стал лучшим прыгуном на чемпионате России в Челябинске". ampravda.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Артем Примак – серебряный призёр первенства мира в тройном прыжке". allsportinfo.ru (in Russian).
  4. ^ ""Сражаюсь с достойными, кенгуру мне не надо"". gazeta.ru.
  5. ^ "ИААФ не допустила 18 российских легкоатлетов до международных стартов". gazeta.ru (in Russian).
  6. ^ "World Athletics одобрила заявки 27 россиян на нейтральный статус". gazeta.ru (in Russian).
  7. ^ "Артем Примак выиграл золото в прыжках в длину на Спартакиаде Об этом сообщает "Рамблер"". rambler.ru (in Russian).
  8. ^ "Артём Примак стал чемпионом России в прыжках в длину с лучшим результатом сезона в стране". championat.com (in Russian).