Aleksey Fyodorov (triple jumper) explained

Aleksey Leonidovich Fyodorov (Russian: Алексей Леонидович Фёдоров, also known as Aleksey Fedorov; born 25 May 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. A former champion at world and European junior level (under-19), he was the bronze medallist at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

He won the 2011 Russian national title and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics and the European Athletics Championships. His personal best for the discipline is 17.19 metres.

Career

Born in Russia's Smolensk Oblast, Fyodorov had international success at a young age, taking the silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[1] He marked himself out as one of the world's most promising jumpers by clearing sixteen metres in 2008 before winning gold medals at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[2] [3] He was Russia's first world junior champion in that event since Sergey Bykov's win in 1990.[4]

His first clearance over seventeen metres was in June 2010 and his mark of 17.12 m was a Russian junior record.[5] In one of the competition's strongest ever fields, the 20-year-old Fyodorov was runner-up at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. The winner, Sheryf El-Sheryf, jumped 17.72 m which ranked him fourth in the world that year.[6] Fyodorov's best that year was 17.01 m and he transitioned into the senior ranks with a win at the Russian Championships in July.[7] This earned him a place at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but he failed to get beyond the qualifiers of the men's triple jump competition.[2]

Fyodorov reached his first major final at the 2012 European Athletics Championships and finished in fourth place, beaten out of the bronze medal by a wind-assisted Aliaksei Tsapik.[8] He was runner-up to Lyukman Adams at the national championships and had his season's best performance of 17.19 m later that month.[9] That jump was one centimetre off the Olympic 'A' standard and meant that he missed the Russian team for the 2012 London Olympics.

Despite this set back he rebounded at the start of 2013 by taking second at the Russian indoor championships,[1] then set an indoor best of 17.12 m in the triple jump final at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, securing third place and his first medal at the senior level.[10]

Achievements

Representing
2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic2ndTriple jump15.59 m
2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stTriple jump16.67 m
2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada1stTriple jump16.68 m
2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republicbgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump16.85 m (+1.3 m/s)
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea18th(q)Triple jump16.42 m
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4thTriple jump16.83 m
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Swedish3rdTriple jump17.12 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finlandbgcolor=gold1stTriple jump17.13 m (-0.1 m/s)
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5thTriple jump16.90 m
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland3rdTriple jump17.04 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4thTriple jump16.88 m
UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea5thTriple jump16.35 m
Military World GamesMungyeong, South Koreabgcolor=silver2ndTriple jump16.56 m
Competing as
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (q)Triple jump16.29 m
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom11th (q)Triple jump16.28 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar18th (q)Triple jump16.71 m

Notes and References

  1. http://eng.rusathletics.com/sbo/athletes.4778.htm Alexsey Federov
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/russia/aleksey-fedorov#progression Alexsey Fedorov
  3. https://archive.today/20130414191203/http://www.european-athletics.org/20th-european-athletics-junior-championships/7580--novi-sad-day-2-wrap-french-100m-winner-lemae-sets-european-junior-record.html Novi Sad Day 2 wrap: French 100m winner Lemaître sets European junior record
  4. http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/mens-triple-jump-final-8 Men's Triple Jump final
  5. http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=90900&Season=2010&Odd=0 Aleksey Fyodorov
  6. http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/horizontal-jumps/triple-jump/outdoor/men/senior/2011 2011 Men's Triple Jump Rankings
  7. Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2011-07-24). Martynova impresses with 4:01.68 win in Cheboksary - Russian Champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  8. http://www.european-athletics.org/european-athletics-championships-2012/11236-donato-hits-heights-of-form-to-outdo-el-sheryf-in-the-rain.html Donato hits heights of form to outdo El-Sheryf in the rain
  9. Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2012-07-06). Four world season leads and one national record at Russian championships – Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  10. http://www.european-athletics.org/32nd-european-athletics-indoor-championships/11803-greco-smashes-his-best-to-take-triple-jump-gold-in-world-leading-17-70m.html Greco smashes his best to take triple jump gold in world-leading 17.70m

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