Leonid Voloshin

Russian triple jumper (born 1966)

Leonid Voloshin

Personal information

Full name| Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin
Born| 30 March 1966 (1966-03-30) (age 58)
Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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.[1]

## Career

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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

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Representing the  Soviet Union
1988  | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 8th  | Long jump  | 7.89 m
1990  | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st  | Triple jump  | 17.74 m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
1991  | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd  | Triple jump  | 17.04 m
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd  | Triple jump  | 17.75 m PB
Representing the  Unified Team
1992  | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 1st  | Triple jump  | 17.35 m
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 4th  | Triple jump  | 17.32 m
Representing  Russia
1993  | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd  | Triple jump  | 17.65 m
1994  | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st  | Triple jump  | 17.44 m

## References

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1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonid Voloshin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

## External links

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* Leonid Voloshin at World Athletics
* Leonid Voloshin at European Athletics (archive)
* Leonid Voloshin at Olympics.com
* Leonid Voloshin at Olympic.org (archived)
* Leonid Voloshin at Olympedia

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European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump

* 1934:  Willem Peters (NED)
* 1938:  Onni Rajasaari (FIN)
* 1946:  Valdemar Rautio (FIN)
* 1950:  Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
* 1954:  Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
* 1958:  Józef Szmidt (POL)
* 1962:  Józef Szmidt (POL)
* 1966:  Georgi Stoykovski (BUL)
* 1969:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1971:  Jörg Drehmel (GDR)
* 1974:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1978:  Miloš Srejović (YUG)
* 1982:  Keith Connor (GBR)
* 1986:  Khristo Markov (BUL)
* 1990:  Leonid Voloshin (URS)
* 1994:  Denis Kapustin (RUS)
* 1998:  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
* 2002:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2006:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2010:  Phillips Idowu (GBR)
* 2014:  Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
* 2014:  Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
* 2016:  Max Heß (GER)
* 2018:  Nelson Évora (POR)
* 2022:  Pedro Pichardo (POR)
* 2024:  Jordan Díaz (ESP)

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European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's triple jump

* 1966:  Șerban Ciochină (ROM)
* 1967:  Nikolay Dudkin (TCH)
* 1968:  Nikolay Dudkin (URS)
* 1969:  Nikolay Dudkin (URS)
* 1970:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1971:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1972:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1973:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1973:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1973:  Carol Corbu (ROU)
* 1974:  Michał Joachimowski (POL)
* 1975:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1976:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1977:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1978:  Anatoliy Piskulin (URS)
* 1979:  Gennadiy Valyukevich (URS)
* 1980:  Béla Bakosi (HUN)
* 1981:  Shamil Abbyasov (URS)
* 1982:  Béla Bakosi (HUN)
* 1983:  Nikolay Musiyenko (URS)
* 1984:  Grigoriy Yemets (URS)
* 1985:  Khristo Markov (BUL)
* 1986:  Māris Bružiks (URS)
* 1987:  Serge Hélan (FRA)
* 1988:  Oleg Sakirkin (URS)
* 1989:  Mykola Musiyenko (URS)
* 1990:  Igor Lapshin (RUS)
* 1992:  Leonid Voloshin (RUS)
* 1994:  Leonid Voloshin (RUS)
* 1996:  Māris Bružiks (LAT)
* 1998:  Jonathan Edwards (GER)
* 2000:  Charles Friedek (GER)
* 2002:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2005:  Igor Spasovkhodskiy (RUS)
* 2007:  Phillips Idowu (GBR)
* 2009:  Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
* 2011:  Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
* 2013:  Daniele Greco (ITA)
* 2015:  Nelson Évora (POR)
* 2017:  Nelson Évora (POR)
* 2019:  Nazim Babayev (AZE)
* 2021:  Pedro Pichardo (POR)
* 2023:  Pedro Pichardo (POR)

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