Aleksandr Menkov


Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov is a Russian athlete who competes in the long jump.
Menkov set a personal best of 8.16 metres in Kemerovo in June 2009. He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships, and competed at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final. At his first competition in 2011, at the Siberian regional championships in January, he improved his personal best by one centimetre to 8.17 metres.
The highlight of his season was a 6th place at the 2011 World Championships.
Menkov won gold at the 2013 World Championships with a new Russian national record of 8.56 metres. He came 6th at the 2015 World Championships.

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