Aleksandr Goremykin

Aleksandr Borisovich Goremykin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Горемы́кин; born 3 March 1971), also known as Aleksandr Sokolov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Соколо́в),[1] is a Soviet-Russian former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He competed at two editions of the World Championships in Athletics: first for the Soviet Union in 1991, where he placed eighth in the 200 m final and seventh in the 4 × 100 metres relay with the Soviet team, then at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics for Russia, where he ran in qualifying only individually and in the relay. He set his 200 m personal best at the 1991 championships, running 20.36 seconds in the quarter-finals.[2]

Aleksandr Goremykin
Personal information
Birth nameAleksandr Borisovich Goremykin
Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Горемы́кин
Born (1971-03-03) 3 March 1971
Sport
Country Soviet Union
 Russia
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 metres
Retired2000
Achievements and titles
World finals8th (1991)
National finals1 Soviet title
1 CIS title
2 Russian titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place1992 Genoa200 m

Goremykin won three senior international medals. He was a silver medallist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1991 European Cup for the Soviet Union,[3] the bronze medallist in the 200 m for the Commonwealth of Independent States team at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships,[4] and the 200 m bronze medallist for Russia at the 1995 European Cup.[5] He was a three-time national champion in the 200 m, winning at the 1991 Soviet Athletics Championships and in 1992 and 1995 at the Russian Athletics Championships.[6]

As a junior athlete he set a championship record time of 20.47 seconds to win the 200 m at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics and also anchored a team including Sergejs Inšakovs, Konstantin Gromadskiy and Vitaliy Semyonov to the 4 × 100 metres relay silver medal behind the United States.[7]

He is one of the current national record holders in 4 × 100 metres relay with 38.46 seconds, achieved at the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, Croatia.

He mostly competed under the name Goremykin prior to 1992 and as Sokolov thereafter.

Personal bests

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 6th 200 m 21.12 w (wind: +4.2 m/s)
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.46 NR
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st 200 m 20.47 (wind: -0.5 m/s) CR
2nd 4 × 100m relay 39.58
1991 European Cup Frankfurt, Germany 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.87
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 8th 200 m 20.78
7th 4 × 100 m relay 38.68
Representing the  Commonwealth of Independent States
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 3rd 200 m 21.09
Representing  Russia
1995 European Cup Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 3rd 200 m 20.64
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden qual. 200 m 21.17
6th (semis) 4 × 100 m relay 38.78

National titles

See also

References
  1. World men's all-time best 200m indoor, 14 March 2001, retrieved December 27, 2015
  2. Aleksandr Sokolov. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. 1991 Men's 4 × 100 metres relay. Lista Anno. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  4. European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  5. European Cup (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  6. Russian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  7. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 August 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  8. Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
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