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| birth_name    =Denis Viktorovich Urubko
| birth_date    =  {{Birth date and age|1973|7|29|df=y}} 
| birth_place   =  [[Nevinnomyssk]], [[RSFSR]], [[USSR]]
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| citizenship   = Russian, Polish
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| occupation    = mountaineer
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| known_for     = 19 ascents of 8,000 metre peaks
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'''Denis Urubko''' ({{lang-ru|Дени́с Ви́кторович Уру́бко}}; 29 July 1973 in [[Nevinnomyssk]], [[RSFSR]]) is a [[Russians|Russian]] [[mountaineer]]. In 2009, as a citizen of [[Kazakhstan]] he became the 15th person to climb all 14 [[eight-thousander]]s and the 8th person to achieve the feat without the use of supplementary oxygen. He had [[Soviet]] citizenship, after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] received a citizen of Kazakhstan, which renounced in 2012. In 2013, he received Russian citizenship, and February 12, 2015 received [[Poland|Polish]] citizenship.

In 2006, he won the [[Elbrus]] Speed Climbing competition which he did by setting a new speed record, climbing from Azau station to the summit in 3 hours, 55 minutes and 58 seconds (record beaten in 2010 by [[Andrzej Bargiel]]). This climb represents a vertical rise of almost 3,250 metres or more than 10,600 feet and thus a speed of more than 800 vertical metres (2,600 vertical feet) an hour. He summited almost 40 minutes ahead of the next finisher.<ref>[http://www.climbing.com/news/urubko-crushes-mt-elbrus-course/ Urubko Crushes Mt. Elbrus Course. climbing.com]</ref> He has also won the [[Khan Tengri]] Mountain Festival when he speed climbed the mountain from Base Camp at 4,200 metres to the summit at 7,010 metres and then back to Base Camp in 12 hours and 21 minutes, winning by over 3 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2camels.com/khan-tengri-mountain-festival.php|title=Khan Tengri Mountain Festival|work=2camels.com}}</ref>

He has climbed two 8,000 metre peaks in winter. [[Makalu]] in 2009 together with [[Simone Moro]] and [[Gasherbrum II]] in 2011 together with [[Cory Richards]] and again [[Simone Moro]]. He has also opened new routes on [[Cho Oyu]], [[Manaslu]] and [[Broad Peak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.8000ers.com/cms/download.html?func=startdown&id=155|title=Climbers - First 14|work=8000ers.com}}</ref> All together he has 19 ascents of 8,000 metre peaks. He is also a "[[Snow Leopard award|Snow Leopard]]" having summited the five 7,000 metre peaks of the former [[USSR]] in only 42 days in 1999. He climbs without additional [[oxygen]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.staeudtner.com/allgemein/Denis-Urubko-Makalu/ Painting of Denis Urubko on Makalu]
* [http://lenin-peak.net/services/ Urubko Denis in Kyrgyzstan]   

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[[Category:Summiters of Mount Everest]]
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