Aleksandr Menkov

Aleksandr Menkov
	Menkov at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born	7 December 1990; Minusinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	8.56 m NR (Moscow 2013)
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships
European U23 Championships
European Junior Championships
Universiade
	Updated on 15 August 2012.

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

Menkov set a personal best of 8.16 metres in Kemerovo in June 2009. He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships, and competed at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final. At his first competition in 2011, at the Siberian regional championships in January, he improved his personal best by one centimetre to 8.17 metres.[2][3] The highlight of his season was a 6th place at the 2011 World Championships.

Menkov won gold at the 2013 World Championships with a new Russian national record of 8.56 metres. He came 6th at the 2015 World Championships.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Russia
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	1st	7.98 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	32nd (q)	7.72 m
2011	European Team Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	8.20 m
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	8.08 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	6th	8.19 m
	DécaNation	Nice, France	1st	8.20 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	8.22 m
2012	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
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	13th (q)	7.78 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	6th	8.02 m
Competing as neutral
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	8.27 m

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References

Menkov Aleksandr. Russian Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
Aleksandr Menkov at World Athletics
World leads for Menkov and Syreva in Omsk Archived 2011-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

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[1] Menkov Aleksandr. Russian Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

[bio-2] Aleksandr Menkov at World Athletics

[3] World leads for Menkov and Syreva in Omsk Archived 2011-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.