Sergey Rakhmanin Born| (1961-10-18) October 18, 1961 (age 60) Nationality| Russia Website| sergeyrakhmanin.com Sergey Stanislavovich Rakhmanin (Russian: Сергей Станиславович Рахманин) (born October 18, 1961 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Germany) is a Russian powered and glider aerobatic pilot and flight instructor. ## Contents * 1 Powered aerobatic competitions * 2 Glider aerobatic competitions * 3 Red Bull Air Races * 4 Awards and honours * 5 Family * 6 See also * 7 References ## Powered aerobatic competitions[edit] In 1991, he became the last USSR Absolute Aerobatic Champion.[1] Sergei Rakhmanin won the title in the overall category of FAI European Aerobatic Championships in 1999 and FAI World Aerobatic Championships in 2003 and in 2005.[2] ## Glider aerobatic competitions[edit] He won the bronze medal in the 1995 World Glider Aerobatic Championships and the team gold together with Mikhail Mamistov and Victor Tchmal.[3] Additionally, he won the team gold medal in the 1996 European Glider Aerobatic Championships together with Mikhail Mamistov and Sergei Krikalev.[4] ## Red Bull Air Races[edit] He raced in 2007 and 2008 Red Bull Air Race World Championships. Sergey Rakhmanin at the Red Bull Air Race World Series[citation needed] Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | Wins | Rank | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2007 | 12th | 9th | 9th | 10th | CAN | 13th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 11th | CAN | 11th | 0 | 0 | 12th 2008 | 10th | 11th | 10th | CAN | 9th | 12th | 9th | 11th | CAN | 11th | | | 2 | 0 | 11th 2009 | 6th | 8th | 5th | 15th | 13th | 13th | | | | | | | 17 | 0 | 11th 2010 | 15th | 12th | 14th | 8th | 12th | 14th | CAN | CAN | | | | | 4 | 0 | 13th Legend: * CAN: Cancelled * DNP: Did not participate * DNS: Did not show * DQ: Disqualified * NC: Not classified ## Awards and honours[edit] He is awarded "Honored Master of Sport of Russia", and received in 2006 the FAI Air Sport Medal.[5] ## Family[edit] He lives in St. Petersburg, Russia and is married with one child. ## See also[edit] * Competition aerobatics * FAI World Aerobatic Championships * FAI European Aerobatic Championships ## References[edit] 1. ^ Haute-Voltige Archived 2006-05-10 at the Wayback Machine 2. ^ FAI: pilot profile of Sergei Rakhmanin Archived 2006-08-12 at the Wayback Machine 3. ^ 6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships Archived 2007-11-03 at the Wayback Machine \- accessed 2008-02-15 4. ^ 3rd FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine \- accessed 2008-01-11 5. ^ FAI Awards Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine * Sergey Rakhmanin Racing Team official website * Red Bull Air Race World Series official website * v * t * e Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilots Current pilots (Master)| * Cristian Bolton * Mikaël Brageot * Kirby Chambliss * Matthias Dolderer * Michael Goulian * Matt Hall * Nicolas Ivanoff * Petr Kopfstein * François Le Vot * Pete McLeod * Yoshihide Muroya * Ben Murphy * Martin Šonka * Juan Velarde Current pilots (Challenger)| * Mélanie Astles * Florian Bergér * Kenny Chiang * Kevin Coleman * Dario Costa * Luke Czepiela * Patrick Davidson * Daniel Genevey * Daniel Ryfa * Baptiste Vignes Former pilots| * Hannes Arch * Péter Besenyei * Paul Bonhomme * Glen Dell * Steve Jones * Jurgis Kairys * Adilson Kindlemann * Nigel Lamb * Alejandro Maclean * Mike Mangold * David Martin * Peter Podlunšek * Sergey Rakhmanin * Klaus Schrodt * Frank Versteegh * v * t * e Aerobatics Aircraft| * List of aerobatic aircraft Competitions| * European Gliding Championships * FAI European Aerobatic Championships * FAI World Aerobatic Championships * FAI World Grand Prix * Red Bull Air Race World Championship * World Gliding Championships Maneuvers| * Loop (inside & outside) * Aileron roll * Barrel roll * Cuban eight * Falling leaf * Hesitation roll * Immelmann turn * Kulbit * Lomcovak * Cobra maneuver * Slip * Spin * Split S * Stall turn/hammerhead * Tailslide * Scissors * Whifferdill turn * Zurabatic cartwheel Organizations| * British Aerobatic Association * Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog) * International Aerobatic Club * International Miniature Aerobatic Club Pilots| * Cecilia R. 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