Personal information | |
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Born | (1961-07-23) 23 July 1961 (age 62) |
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 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 |
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Representing the ![]() | |||||
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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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Kazakhstani male sprinters
- Soviet male sprinters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Friendship Games medalists in athletics
- Soviet Athletics Championships winners
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- Kazakhstani athletics biography stubs