Aleksandr Fedotkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Федо́ткин; November 3, 1955 – before 2005) was a long-distance runner who represented the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He won a silver medal at the

1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given i ...

, tied with

Markus Ryffel Markus Ryffel (born 5 February 1955 in Bern) is a former long-distance runner from Switzerland who won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Biography He set the Swiss record at 13:07.54 min. ...

,Sporting-heroes.net
1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Mens Results
as well as a bronze medal at the

1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Vienna, the capital city in Austria, on 24 and 25 February 1979. It was the second time the championships had been held in that city. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Partici ...

, 5,000 meters finalGbrathletics.com
European Indoor Championships (Men)
3,000 meters

Achievements

References

1955 births Year of death missing Soviet male long-distance runners European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub