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Leonid Voloshin

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Leonid Voloshin
Personal information
Full nameLeonid Anatolyevich Voloshin
Born30 March 1966 (1966-03-30) (age 58)
Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin (Russian: Леонид Анатолъевич Волошин; born 30 March 1966 in Ordzhonikidze) is a retired triple jumper from Russia. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

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Voloshin won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two World Championship silvers, in 1991 and 1993. In Tokyo 1991 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 18th in the all-time performers list.

In long jump he is ranked 22nd with a personal best jump of 8.46 metres (Russia national record until 2013 when Aleksandr Menkov jumped 8.56 m). He switched to triple jump in 1990.

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 8th Long jump 7.89 m
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st Triple jump 17.74 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 2nd Triple jump 17.04 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd Triple jump 17.75 m PB
Representing the  Unified Team
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 1st Triple jump 17.35 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 4th Triple jump 17.32 m
Representing  Russia
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 2nd Triple jump 17.65 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st Triple jump 17.44 m

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonid Voloshin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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