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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Dmitry Erokhin
| full_name        = Dmitry Yurievich Erokhin
| image            = Dmitry Erokhin in Losiny Ostrov 08.jpg
| caption          = 2017
| native_name      = Дмитрий Юрьевич Ерохин
| native_name_lang = ru
| nationality      = Russian
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|11|1}}
| birth_place      = [[Novokuznetsk]], [[Kemerovo Oblast]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| residence        = [[Moscow]]
| education        = 
| alma_mater       = 
| occupation       = lawyer
| years_active     = 2006—
| height           = {{height|m=1.93}}
| weight           = {{convert|88|kg|lb}}
| spouse           = 
| life_partner     = 
| other_interests  = 
| <!-- Sport -->
| country          = 
| sport            = [[Road running]]
| event            = [[Half marathon]], [[ultramarathon]], [[trail running]]
| event_type       = 
| universityteam   = 
| collegeteam      = 
| club             = [[Dynamo Sports Club]]
| team             = 
| coach            = Vsevolod Hudyakov
| retired          = 
| coaching         = 
| module2          = 
| <!-- Achievements and titles -->
| pb               = '''5 km''' — 18:44 (2014)<br>'''10 km''' — 37:14 (2014)<br>'''Half marathon''' — 01:23:31 (2013)<br>'''Marathon''' — 03:01:02 (2013)<br>'''100 km''' — 10:09:48 (2009)
| updated          = 2 February 2017
}}
'''Dmitry Yurievich Erokhin''' ({{lang-ru|Дмитрий Юрьевич Ерохин}}; born 1 November 1979 in [[Novokuznetsk]]) is a [[Russia]]n [[ultramarathon]] and [[trail running|trail runner]], [[amateur sports]] person and a public character. He is known as road running sports popularizer, [[Health promotion|healthy lifestyle promoter]] and Russian Wikimedia personality.

== Biography ==
Dmitry Erokhin was born in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast in 1979. At the current moment he is a resident of Moscow disctrict [[Golyanovo]]. He has a degree in law<ref name="Мун">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/innuendo/903838.html|title=«На награждение его выносят на носилках – стоять сам он не может». Человек, который пробежал от Москвы до Сочи|trans_title="At the medals ceremony he is brought on the stretcher because he can't physically stand" — The man who has run the distance from Moscow to Sochi|language=Russian|author=Roman Mun|publisher=[[sports.ru]]|date=2016-02-27|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>.

=== Sports career beginning ===
In summer of 2006 Dmitry Erokhin took an interest in running. He confesses that he was invovled in sports thanks to the book "Running for help" written by Andrey Chirkov. The author described 100-days preparation for his first marathon<ref name="Гусарова">{{cite web|url=https://snob.ru/selected/entry/81221/page/4|title=О чем они говорят, когда говорят о беге. Шесть марафонских историй|trans_title=What are they talking when telling about running. Six marathon stories|language=Russian|author=Yulia Gusarova|publisher=[[snob.ru]]|date=2014-09-20|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>:

{{Cquote|text=I didn't like sports, but I was inspired by this story. I immediatelly created the plan of my workouts and chose the date of the very next race for 100-days workout term. That was a marathon in Nizhny Novgorod. So in 96 days I realized what I had been planning.|author=Dmitry Erokhin|source=snob.ru}}

Thanks to the same book Erokhin got involved in ultramarathon races: in April 2009 he debuted in 100 km Running Russian Championship in [[Pushchino]], [[Moscow Oblast]]<ref name="100m">{{cite web|url=http://100marathonclub.ru/m/erokhin.html|title=Дмитрий Ерохин|trans_title=Dmitry Erokhin|publisher=Russian Club "100 Marathons"|language=Russian|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref><ref name="Мун"/>. He came 8th and met the champion Vsevolod Hudyakov. Hudyakov has been the coach of Dmitry since 2009.

Dmitry realized his propensity to extreme sports and took an interest in [[trail running]]<ref name="Гусарова"/>. In July 2008 he took part in first [[cross country running]] race at the Konzhak-XIII [[fell running]] marathon in the Northern Ural<ref name="100m"/>{{sfn|Chirkov|2014|p=60}}. The first ultramarathon distance ran by Erokhin was Salomon Race Karpatia 2012 in [[Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]<ref name="100m"/>. Dmitry specially took part there because there had not been any similar competitions in Russia yet.

=== Sahara-2013 ===
The biggest and the most difficult Erokhin's challenge in meaning of ambitious task and sports self-realization, from his personal opinion, was Marathon des Sables in [[Sahara]] in April 2013<ref name="Мун"/>. Dmitry began his preparations for Marathon des Sables in winter when the temperature was from -10 to -15°C. The race in Sahara had to take 6 days, the distance was about {{convert|230|km|mi}}<ref name="Жилин">{{cite web|url=http://x-race.info/news/11365/|title=Fifty guys - Sultan Marathon des Sables 2013|author=Denis Zhilin|publisher=x-race.info|date=2013-04-25|accessdate=2016-12-28}}</ref> and the temperature was from +30 to +50°C<ref name="Бабак">{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/ru/ru/stories/1331836296756/dmitriy-erokhin-interview|title=Бегущий человек|trans_title=Running Man|language=Russian|author=Roman Babak|publisher=[[Red Bull|redbull.com]]|date=2016-12-23|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. The competition planners provided all the participants with water, but the other equipment (including food and clothes, sleeping bags or tents) had to be carried in runners' rucksacks<ref name="Мун"/>. 

The minimal goal set by Dmitry was to get into Top-100 finishers, the maximal goal was to get into Top-50. The contents of the rucksack was prepared for 6 stages, but Erokhin made a serious mistake when he chose the [[lard]] as the main source of calories. The lard has melt down on the second day of the race{{sfn|Chirkov|2014|p=62}}, so Dmitry has to finish the distance while being huntry. Fortunately, another Russian participant, Vladimir Voloshin, has shared the pack of the [[energy gel]] and two cereal candy bars with Dmitry{{sfn|Chirkov|2014|p=63}}. Dmitry finished the 43rd, and this result became the best among all seven Russian ultramarathon runners of Marathon des Sables 2013{{sfn|Chirkov|2014|p=60}}. Dmitry commented his result<ref name="Жилин"/>:

{{Cquote|text=I had to train more and more. I liked the Alexey Dyuzhakov's phrase said after the finish, "I prepared the spirit, but it was to prepare the body". I see some unused reserves. Had I not made a mistake with food, I wouldn't lose 2 or 3 hours and would finish in Top-30.|author=Dmitry Erokhin|source=x-race.info}}

=== Moscow-Sochi 2014 ===
Dmitry Erokhin took part in a charity race before the start of [[2014 Winter Olympics]]. This race from Moscow to Sochi was dedicated to the fight against [[stroke]], and its main goal was to collect 100 roubles for a social commercial for ORBI foundation, whose president Darya Lisichenko is also fond of marathon running<ref name="РИА2">{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/disabled_help/20140129/992006108.html|title=Дмитрий Ерохин: бегом от Москвы до Сочи против инсульта|trans_title=Dmitry Erokhin: running from Moscow to Sochi against the stroke|language=Russian|author=|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=2014-01-29|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. The race was announced by the biggest media agencies, and crowdfounding platform Planeta.ru began gathering the finances<ref name="РИА1">{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/disabled_vzrosl/20131222/985446130.html|title=Известный спортсмен посвятит свой марафонский забег борьбе с инсультом|trans_title=The famous sportsman dedicates his marathon race to the fight against the stroke|language=Russian|author=|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=2013-12-22|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>:

{{Cquote|text=There is a tradition in the United States and Europe: a sportsman's any serious races must be arranged for supporting charity idea close to his ideals. So I decided to dedicate my race to the fight against the stroke. I know how serious this problem is both in Russia and the whole world. Moreover, any running is very good prophylaxis of stroke, and the foundation helps to people who suffered from this disease. One can compare my race with recovery after the stroke: this is a daily monotonous work when you overcome yourself, do not dare yourself to retreat from your goal and surely believe in your victory.|author=Dmitry Erokhin|source=[[RIA Novosti]]}}

Erokhin started on January 7, 2014 in 10:00 ([[UTC+03:00|Moscow time]]) at the road sign of Zero kilometre on the [[Red Square]]. Everyone might support Dmitry, and some runners joined him at the very begniing of the race. During the whole distance Erokhin was escorted by his friend Alexey Merkulov who drove the car<ref name="Кремер">{{cite web|url=https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/here_and_now/chto_obschego_mezhdu_vosstanovleniem_zdorovja_posle_insulta_i_marafonom_moskva_sochi-361808/|title=Что общего между восстановлением здоровья после инсульта и марафоном Москва-Сочи?|trans_title=What is common between health recovery after the stroke and Moscow-Sochi marathon?|language=Russian|author=Lika Kremer|publisher=[[Dozhd]]|date=2014-02-01|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. Other runners joined Erokhin amd Merkulov, and some of them has ran dozens of kilometres<ref name="Кравченко">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84HSUaHseic|title=55 км в день: россиянин бежит на Олимпиаду в Сочи|trans_title=55 km a day: a Russian runs to the Sochi Olympics|author=Michael Kravchenko|publisher=[[Russia Today]]|date=2014-01-15|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. 

According to the schedule Erokhin was to run from 55 to 60 km a day and finish in Sochi in 30 days on February 7 exactly at the [[2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]]. The main part of the distance was ran along the [[M4 highway (Russia)|M4 Don highway]]. Erokhin passed 1376 km in 23 days and on 29 January he was in Krasnodar. He managed to visit [[Lipetsk]], [[Voronezh]] and [[Rostov-on-Don]] while housing in hotels, publisihing photos from his route in [[Instagram]] account<ref name="Кравченко"/> and giving interviews to journalists<ref name="Гордин">{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.ru/video/722887/|title=Российский спортсмен устроил ультрамарафон до Сочи в помощь больным инсультом|trans_title=Russian sportsman arranged the marathon to Sochi for people suffered from stroke|language=Russian|author=Svyatoslav Gordin|publisher=[[NTV (Russia)|NTV]]|date=|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref><ref name="СЭ">{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/running/news/656362/|title=Марафонец в честь Игр-2014 пробежал 1700 км от Москвы до Сочи|trans_title=Marathon runner has ran 1700 km from Moscow to Sochi in honor of 2014 Games|language=Russian|author=|publisher=[[Sport Express]]|date=2014-02-06|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. He took some more days to reach Sochi, the goal of his race. Dmitry used to run sometimes 80 or 90 km per day<ref name="furfur">{{cite web|url=http://www.furfur.me/furfur/heros/heroes-furfur/214047-kak-soyti-s-uma-po-primeru-russkih-ekstremalov|title=Как сойти с ума этим летом по примеру русских экстремалов|trans_title=How to go crazy this summer: fllow the Russian extremals|language=Russian|author=|publisher=furfur.me|date=2015-07-06|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>, so he finished on February 2 in a microdistrict Magri, at the administrative border of Sochi, the city of 2014 Winter Olympics<ref name="Кантор">{{cite web|url=http://www.mn.ru/society/89196|title=Ультрамарафонец пробежал от Москвы до Сочи|trans_title=Ultramarathon runner has ran from Moscow to Sochi|language=Russian|author=Vadim Kantor|publisher=[[Moscow News]]|date=2014-02-06|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. He has ran more than 1700 km, and on February 8 more than 130 thousands Russian roubles were gathered.

=== Issyk-Kul 2014 ===
In October 2014 Dmitry Erokhin ran 350 km along the shore of the [[Issyk-Kul]] Lake for supporting the [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] foundation for fight against [[childhood cancer]]<ref name="ozero">{{cite web|url=http://mir24.tv/news/sport/11470197|title=Российский Форрест Гамп намерен обежать озеро Иссык-Куль в Кыргызстане за 4 дня|trans_title=Russian Forrest Gamp shall run Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan in 4 days|language=Russian|publisher=[[Mir (Russian public service broadcaster)|MIR 24]]|date=2014-10-23|accessdate=2017-01-06}}</ref>.

=== Three Sisters ===
In 2015 Dmitry Erokihn created the idea of the summer Three Sisters Ultramarathon and took part in it. The idea of marathon is the similar start of Russian, Ukrainan and Belorussian athelets from Moscow, Kiev and Minsk respectively to reach the Three Sisters Memorial located in the tripoint of three states' borders<ref name="Болотин">{{cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2016/07/15/rossijskie-marafoncy-probegut-630-km-v-mezhdunarodnom-zabege-tri-sestry.html|title=Забег «Три сестры» вновь соберет бегунов из РФ, Украины и Белоруссии|trans_title=The Three Sisters Running will gather again runners from Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus|language=Russian|author=Vladimir Bolotin|publisher=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]|date=2016-07-15|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>. The next race took part in 2016 but without Erokhin who was preparing for his next ambitious project, for running around the [[Baikal]] Lake<ref name="Болотин"/>. The distance was from 1400 to 2000 km (regarding from occasions), the term was 50 days<ref name="Байкал24">{{cite web|url=http://baikal24.ru/text/03-07-2016/ultaramarafonech/|title=Ультарамарафонец Дмитрий Ерохин - бегом вокруг Байкала|trans_title=Ultramarathon runner Dmitry Erokhin — running around Baikal|language=Russian|author=|publisher=Baikal24|date=2016-07-03|accessdate=2016-12-30}}</ref>.

=== Baikal 2016 ===
Ultratrail running Baikal was created by Dmitry as humainty media action: he expected to attract public attention to Baikal and Transbaikal region, to its ecological problems and perspectives of health resort and recreation zone. Moreover, Dmitry positioned his race as a Wiki-expedition during which he was going to gather encyclopaedic materials and take photos of different objects. These photos had to be to Wikimedia Commons and used as illustrations of Wikipedia articles dedicated to theme of Baikal and the region<ref name="Дементьева">{{cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2016/07/04/reg-sibfo/marafonec-otpravilsia-v-50-dnevnyj-probeg-vokrug-bajkala.html|title=Марафонец отправился в 50-дневный пробег вокруг Байкала|trans_title=Marathon runner began his 50-days race around Baikal|language=Russian|author=Yekaterina Dementyeva|publisher=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]|date=2016-07-04|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref><ref name="Байкал24"/>.

On July 1, 2016 Dmitry Erokhin moved by ferry from village Listvyanka, [[Irkutskiy District]] to Port Baikal where he began his race<ref name="Дементьева"/><ref name="ВИ1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCD5ZhZRBpE|title=Ультрамарафонец Дмитрий Ерохин стартовал из посёлка Порт Байкал|trans_title=Ultramarathon runner Dmitry Erokhin started from Port Baikal town|language=Russian|author=|publisher=[[Vesti (VGTRK)|Vesti Irkutsk]]|date=2016-07-01|accessdate=2016-12-30}}</ref>. Dmitry had consultants, financial support and an escorting group with cat and catamaran. Moreover, another extreme sportsman Alexander Soldatov took part similarly with Erokhin using [[kayak]]. However, most of his race Erokhin spent alone with map, compass and satellite phone. He had a snack only once a day and he could meet the group only at the evenings. He used to spend nights at touristic bases or camping places<ref name="Байкал24"/>. The progress of Dmitry's expedition was available on the Internet<ref name="ВИ1"/> at the site Iridium360<ref>[https://www.iridium360.ru/public/ee6b11cd]</ref>.

The main difficulty of the route was the unstable conditions including temperature drops, landscape variability and the degree of terrain habitability (from fully-populated districts to totally wild at the eastern part of the shore). A runner also had to be ready for force-major situations: swamps, [[gnat]]s, [[wildfire]]s and wild animals. During a couple of days Dmitry had to move along the burning forest and twice drive a bear away using [[flare]]s. In an interview Erokhin noticed that the Baikal trail had the same difficulty as Marathon des Sables in Sahara (in some aspects it was even harder)<ref name="Байкал24"/>.

On July 28 Erokhin went 24 km from Kotelnikovsky Cape and spent a night in a winter hut. In the morning he woke up with body temperature over 40 °C. Next day he felt worse, the hallucinations began:

{{Cquote|text=Zero kilometres. The temperature is 39.6. I'm laying in a winter hut and covered by a sleeping bag. I'm going hot and cold. Every standing for me is a torture. The organism is appreciably weakened. For the first time I saw Baikal dreams at night.|author=Dmitry Erokhin|source=Dmitry Erokhin's diary}}

Erokhin was immediatelly sent into a [[Severobaikalsk]] railway hospital, section of infectional diseases with suspicions of [[tick-borne encephalitis]]. He underwent course of immunoglobulin treatment and in some days he moved to [[Ulan-Ude]] hospital. On August 12 Dmitry came back to Moscow to continue his treatment. During 28 days Erokhin ran 1200 km and with 500 km to finish<ref name="ВИ"">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frFujMn1JKo|title=Марафонец Дмитрий Ерохин госпитализирован с подозрением на энцефалит|trans_title=Marathon runner Dmitry Erokhin is hospitalised with possible tick-borne encephalitis|language=Russian|author=|publisher=[[Vesti (VGTRK)|Vesti Irkutsk]]|date=2016-08-03|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref>.

=== 2017 plans ===
[[File:Dmitry Erokhin in Losiny Ostrov 01.jpg|thumb|250px|Dmitry Erokhin's workout in [[Losiny Ostrov National Park]], February 2017]]
As for the end of 2016, Dmitry Erokhin took part in 46 marathons and a number of ultramarathons<ref name="Бабак"/>. On January 1, 2017 he took part in a Moscow parkrun and the III Moscow New Year Marathon under the motto "Feel the most sensless day of the year with the sense". He has been keeping the custom of the New Year celebration in running since 2009 and popularizing the road running as the alternative of copious dinners<ref name="МИР">{{cite web|url=http://mirtv.ru/video/47904/|title=Возможно ли встретить Новый год без излишеств|trans_title=May one celebrate New Year without luxury?|language=Russian|author=|publisher=[[Mir (Russian public service broadcaster)|MIR TV]]|date=2016-12-27|accessdate=2016-12-30}}</ref>.

{{Cquote|text=When January, 1 with one million kilometres ran by us comes, we will change a bit the world. And if we ran a billion kilometres, next day we will wake up in another world|author=Dmitry Erokhin|source=Mir TV}}

The main goals of 2017 for Erokhin are Everest race (start on May 29) and ultramarathon in [[Golden Ring|Golden Ring of Russia]] which will pass through eight cities<ref name="Бабак"/>.

== Wikimedia movement ==
[[Image:Jimmy Wales in Moscow 2016-09-14 17.jpg|thumb|250px|Dmitry Erokhin (at the center) at Jimmy Wales' visit in Moscow, September 2016]]
Dmitry Erokhin is an active Russian Wikipedia user since 2009 (nickname '''Erokhin'''). He began more than 5000 articles. In 2012 year he was awarded as author of the biggest number of articles (4294 created pages)<ref name="Байкал24"/>. He has been a Wikipedia popularizer since 2015 thanks to giving the comments about free encyclopedia work principles to the media and telling about his participation in Wikipedia filling<ref name="Pravda">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YadtJxPVrCs|title=«Википедию» ждёт запрет в России?|trans_title=Is Wikipedia waiting for the ban in Russia?|author=|publisher=[[Pravda.ru]]|date=2015-01-22|accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref><ref name="Байкал24"/>. 

Baikal Ultramarathon of 2016 was positioned by Erokhin as Wiki-expedition. Multiple images were made during this expedition and uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons, different articles on the theme of Baikal were created and completed<ref name="Байкал24"/>. In September 2016 Wikipedia founder Jimmi Wales at his meeting with Moscow Wikipedians told about Erokhin's expedition to the [[Baikal]] Lake and invited him for the round table of visit's organizers. In June 2017 Erokhin shall take part in Wiki-expedition through [[Sakhalin]] Island (from the north to the south, 948 km in 15 days) with many other Wikipedians.

== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}

== References ==
=== Books and articles ===
* {{cite book |last= Chirkov |first= A.L.|date= 2014|title=Бег в мудрость|trans_title= Running for wisdom|url= |location= Moscow|publisher= VINITI-Nauka|pages= 60—64|isbn=978-5-600-00636-2|author-link= |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |last= Chirkov |first= A.L.|date= 2015|title=За бег!|trans_title=For the running!|location=Moscow|publisher= |pages=350—355|isbn=978-5-9906626-1-2|author-link= |ref=harv}}
* {{cite journal |date= September 5, 2015|title= 440 км за 7 дней|trans_title= 440 km in 7 days|url=http://s3cdn.joomag.com/pdf/0/429/429407/0390037001475135938.pdf?name=RUN+Magazine+%E2%84%965&1476240014|journal= Run. Русский журнал о беге|pages=56—61|doi= |access-date= }}

=== External links ===
{{Commons category|Dmitry Erokhin}}
* {{cite web|url=http://openmonte.com/community_item/montenegro/614.html|title=Дмитрий Ерохин: «Марафон в Подгорице располагает к рекордам»|trans_title=Podgorica Marathon inclines to records, Dmitry Erokhin says|language=Russian|author=Jelena Jačimović|publisher=openmonte.com|date=2013-10-28|accessdate=2016-12-27|ref=Ячимович}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8xZrBk4mps|title=Moscow Marathon|author=|language=Russian|publisher=[[TV Tsentr]]|date=2013-09-12|accessdate=2016-12-27|ref=ТВЦ}}

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