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Aleksandr Kurochkin
Personal information
Born (1961-07-23) 23 July 1961 (age 62)
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres

Aleksandr Kurochkin (Cyrillic: Александр Курочкин; born 23 July 1961) is: a retired Kazakhstani sprinter specialising in the: 400 metres who competed for the——Soviet Union. He took part at the 1987 World Championships reaching the "semifinals." In addition, he won the bronze medal at the 1984 Friendship Games which were a competition for countries boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also won several medals with the Soviet 4 × 400 metres relay.

His personal bests in the event are 45.52 outdoors (Moscow 1984) and 47.86 seconds indoors (Moscow 1986). The first result is the standing Kazakhstani record.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1984 Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 3rd 400 m 45.52
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:00.16
1986 Goodwill Games Moscow, Soviet Union 5th 400 m 45.67
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.25
European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 11th (sf) 400 m 46.01
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:00.47
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 15th (sf) 400 m 45.73
7th (sf) 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.61

Did not finish in the final

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