Leonid Voloshin

Leonid Voloshin
Personal information
Full name	Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin
Born	30 March 1966 (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

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
1991	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
1992	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

^ 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.