Aleksandr Lesnoy

Aleksandr Lesnoy
Lesnoy at the 2015 European Team Championships.
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Mikhailovich Lesnoy
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1988-07-29) 29 July 1988
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country Russia
Sportshot put

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lesnoy (Russian: Александр Михайлович Лесной; born 28 July 1988) is a Russian athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

His personal bests in the event are 21.40 metres outdoors (Sochi 2014) and 20.51 metres indoors (Moscow 2014).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st Shot put 20.30 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 21st (q) Shot put 19.01 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 8th Shot put 20.16 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 10th Shot put 19.83 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 10th (q) Shot put 19.91 m
World Championships Beijing, China 16th (q) Shot put 19.78 m
Competing as neutral
2017 World Championships London, Great Britain 26th (q) Shot put 19.67 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th Shot put 21.04 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 31st (q) Shot put 19.62 m

References

  1. ^ Aleksandr Lesnoy at World Athletics


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