Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin (russian: Леонид Анатолъевич Волошин; born 30 March 1966 in Ordzhonikidze) is a retired

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er from

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. 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 ...

and the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Career

Voloshin won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two

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silvers, in 1991 and 1993. In Tokyo 1991 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 18th in the all-time performers list. In

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

he is ranked 22nd with a personal best jump of 8.46 metres (Russia national record until 2013 when

Aleksandr Menkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (russian: Александр Александрович Меньков, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian athlete who competes in the long jump. Career Menkov set a personal best ...

jumped 8.56 m). He switched to triple jump in 1990.

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* * * * 1966 births Living people Russian male triple jumpers Russian male long jumpers Soviet male long jumpers Soviet male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic athletes of the Unified Team World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz Soviet Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub