Mikhail Iakovlev
Iakovlev at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mikhail Sergeyevich Yakovlev |
| Born | 1 September 2000 Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
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Medal record | |
Mikhail Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Яковлев; Hebrew: מיכאיל סרגייביץ' יקובלב; born 1 September 2000), also known as Mikhail Iakovlev, is an Olympic Israeli unofficial world-record-holding racing cyclist. Born in Russia, he and his family moved to Israel, and he represents Israel internationally. He won the bronze medal in the keirin event at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (representing Russia), and bronze medals in Sprint in the 2021 European Championship (representing Russia), and in the 2024 European Championship (representing Israel). In 2022 Yakovlev set a new unofficial world record in the 200m flying trial in 9.099 seconds.
Iakovlev represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in cycling in the Men's sprint. In it, he came in seventh, losing to Hamish Turnbull of the United Kingdom in the 1/8 finals by 0.001 seconds. He also represented Israel in the Men's keirin, in which he came in 13th as he won his heat in the qualifiers and was eliminated in the quarter-finals. He set an Olympic record in the men’s track cycling sprint at the competition.