| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin |
| Born | 30 March 1966 (1966-03-30) (age 58) Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Leonid Anatolyevich Voloshin (Russian: Леонид Анатолъевич Волошин; born 30 March 1966 in Ordzhonikidze) is a retired triple jumper from Russia. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Career
Voloshin won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two World Championship 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 he is ranked 22nd with a personal best jump of 8.46 metres (Russia national record until 2013 when Aleksandr Menkov jumped 8.56 m). He switched to triple jump in 1990.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the  Soviet Union
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| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 8th | Long jump | 7.89 m |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | Triple jump | 17.74 m (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.04 m |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.75 m PB | |
Representing the  Unified Team
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| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 1st | Triple jump | 17.35 m |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | Triple jump | 17.32 m | |
Representing  Russia
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| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.65 m |
| 1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | Triple jump | 17.44 m |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonid Voloshin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Leonid Voloshin at World Athletics
- Leonid Voloshin at European Athletics (archive)
- Leonid Voloshin at Olympics.com
- Leonid Voloshin at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leonid Voloshin at Olympedia (archive)
| European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump | |
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