Aleksandr Menkov

Aleksandr Menkov

Menkov at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born December 7, 1990
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (Russian: Александр Александрович Меньков, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai)[1] is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.

He set a personal best jump of 8.16 metres in June 2009 in Kemerovo. He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships, and competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. He improved his best by a centimetre to 8.17 m in his 2011 season opener at the Siberian regional championships in January.[2][3]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Russia
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st 7.98 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 32nd 7.72 m
2011 European Team Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 8.20 m
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 1st 8.08 m (wind: +0.1m/s)
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 6th 8.19 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 8.22 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 11th 7.78 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 8.31 m
Universiade Kazan, Russia 2nd 8.42 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 8.56 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 5th 8.08 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 13th (q) 7.78 m

References

  1. ↑ Menkov Aleksandr. Russian Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
  2. ↑ Aleksandr Menkov profile at IAAF
  3. ↑ World leads for Menkov and Syreva in Omsk. European Athletics (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.