Aleksey Fyodorov (athlete)

Aleksey Fyodorov

Aleksey Fyodorov at the 2013 World Championships.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Bronze 2014 Zürich Triple jump
European Indoor Championships
Bronze 2013 Gothenburg Triple jump
Summer Universiade
Silver 2013 Kazan Triple jump

Aleksey Leonidovich Fyodorov (Russian: Алексей Леонидович Фёдоров, also known as Aleksey Fedorov; born 25 May 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. A former champion at world and European junior level (under-19), he was the bronze medallist at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

He won the 2011 Russian national title and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics and the European Athletics Championships. His personal best for the discipline is 17.19 metres.

Career

Born in Russia's Smolensk Oblast, Fyodorov had international success at a young age, taking the silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1] He marked himself out as one of the world's most promising jumpers by clearing sixteen metres in 2008 before winning gold medals at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[2][3] He was Russia's first world junior champion in that event since Sergey Bykov's win in 1990.[4]

His first clearance over seventeen metres was in June 2010 and his mark of 17.12 m was a Russian junior record.[5] In one of the competition's strongest ever fields, the 20-year-old Fyodorov was runner-up at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. The winner, Sheryf El-Sheryf, jumped 17.72 m which ranked him fourth in the world that year.[6] Fyodorov's best that year was 17.01 m and he transitioned into the senior ranks with a win at the Russian Championships in July.[7] This earned him a place at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but he failed to get beyond the qualifiers of the men's triple jump competition.[2]

Fyodorov reached his first major final at the 2012 European Athletics Championships and finished in fourth place, beaten out of the bronze medal by a wind-assisted Aliaksei Tsapik.[8] He was runner-up to Lyukman Adams at the national championships and had his season's best performance of 17.19 m later that month.[9] That jump was one centimetre off the Olympic 'A' standard and meant that he missed the Russian team for the 2012 London Olympics.

Despite this set back he rebounded at the start of 2013 by taking second at the Russian indoor championships,[1] then set an indoor best of 17.12 m in the triple jump final at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, securing third place and his first medal at the senior level.[10]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd Triple jump 15.59 m
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st Triple jump 16.67 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 1st Triple jump 16.68 m
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd Triple jump 16.85 m (wind: +1.3m/s)
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th Triple jump 16.83 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Swedish 3rd Triple jump 17.12 m
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st Triple jump 17.13 m (wind: -0.1m/s)
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th Triple jump 16.90 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 3rd Triple jump 17.04 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Praha, Czech Republic 4th Triple jump 16.88 m

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alexsey Federov. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alexsey Fedorov. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  3. ↑ Novi Sad Day 2 wrap: French 100m winner Lemaître sets European junior record. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  4. ↑ Men's Triple Jump final. IAAF (2010-07-25). Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  5. ↑ Aleksey Fyodorov. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  6. ↑ 2011 Men's Triple Jump Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  7. ↑ Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2011-07-24). Martynova impresses with 4:01.68 win in Cheboksary - Russian Champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  8. ↑ Donato hits heights of form to outdo El-Sheryf in the rain. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  9. ↑ Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2012-07-06). Four world season leads and one national record at Russian championships – Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  10. ↑ Greco smashes his best to take triple jump gold in world-leading 17.70m. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.

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