Aleksandr Borisovich Goremykin (; born 3 March 1971), also known as Aleksandr Sokolov (), is a Soviet-

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n former

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. He competed at two editions of the

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: first for the Soviet Union in

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, where he placed eighth in the 200 m final and seventh in the

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with the Soviet team, then at the

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for Russia, where he ran in qualifying only individually and in the relay. He set his 200 m personal best at the 1991 championships, running 20.36 seconds in the quarter-finals. Goremykin won three senior international medals. He was a silver medallist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1991 European Cup for the Soviet Union, the bronze medallist in the 200 m for the

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team at the

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, and the 200 m bronze medallist for Russia at the 1995 European Cup. He was a three-time national champion in the 200 m, winning at the 1991 Soviet Athletics Championships and in 1992 and 1995 at the

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. As a junior athlete he set a championship record time of 20.47 seconds to win the 200 m at the

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and also anchored a team including

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, Konstantin Gromadskiy and Vitaliy Semyonov to the 4 × 100 metres relay silver medal behind the United States. He is one of the current national record holders in

with 38.46 seconds, achieved at the

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. He mostly competed under the name Goremykin prior to 1992 and as Sokolov thereafter.

Personal bests

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– 10.30 seconds (1990) *

– 20.36 seconds (1991)

International competitions

National titles

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**200 m:

Soviet Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-28. * CIS Indoor Athletics Championships **200 m:

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**200 m:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goremykin, Aleksandr 1971 births Living people Soviet male sprinters Russian male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics U20 Championships winners Soviet Athletics Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen

Personal bests

International competitions

National titles

See also

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