Vienna 2013-04-14 Vienna City Marathon - 9 Aleksey Vladimirovich Sokolov

Aleksey Vladimirovich Sokolov (russian: Алексей Владимирович Соколов) (born November 14, 1979) is a

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

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. He represented his country at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He won the Dublin Marathon twice and was Russia's national marathon champion in 2007. His time of 2:09:07 hours in Dublin that year is the Russian record for the event.

Career

In his early running career at national level, he was second at the 2002

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, then won the Ufa Marathon the following year. He was the winner of the Moscow race in 2005. In 2008, he came ninth at the London Marathon and placed 21st in the men's Olympic marathon. His best run of 2009 was a runner-up finish at the Dublin Marathon in a time of 2:10:38 hours. He was not selected to run for Russia at the

2010 European Athletics Championships The 2010 European Athletics Championships were the 20th edition of the European Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the European Athletic Association. They were held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Cat ...

due to misunderstanding. Sokolov had his second fastest ever run at the Zurich Marathon in 2011, coming in as runner-up in a time of 2:10:23 hours. Aleksey Sokolov is sometimes confused with Aleksey Sokolov (Jr), another top marathon runner from Saint Petersburg. Aleksey Sokolov is a trainer for Aleksey Sokolov (Jr).

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* 1979 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Russian male long-distance runners Russian male marathon runners Olympic male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub