Aleksandr Viktorovich Markin (

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: Александр Викторович Маркин; born 8 September 1962) is a retired

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n athlete who specialised in the

sprint hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. He competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, as well as one outdoor and two indoor World Championships. His personal bests are 13.20 seconds in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

(+1.8 m/s, Leningrad 1988) and 7.53 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

(Lipetsk 1989).All-Athletics profile
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International competitions

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1962 births Living people Russian male hurdlers Soviet male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union People from Moscow Oblast Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub