Leonid Voloshin Explained

Full Name:Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin
Birth Place:Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin (Russian: Леонид Анатолъевич Волошин; born 30 March 1966 in Ordzhonikidze) is a retired triple jumper from Russia. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Career

Voloshin won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two World Championship silvers, in 1991 and 1993. In Tokyo 1991 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 18th in the all-time performers list.

In long jump he is ranked 22nd with a personal best jump of 8.46 metres (Russia national record until 2013 when Aleksandr Menkov jumped 8.56 m). He switched to triple jump in 1990.

Achievements

Representing the
1988Seoul, South Korea8thLong jump7.89 m
1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia1stTriple jump17.74 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
1991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain2ndTriple jump17.04 m
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan2ndTriple jump17.75 m PB
Representing the
1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy1stTriple jump17.35 m
Barcelona, Spain4thTriple jump17.32 m
Representing
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany2ndTriple jump17.65 m
1994European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France1stTriple jump17.44 m

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