Aleksandr Aksinin
Alexander Timofejewitsch Aksinin (Russian: Александр Тимофеевич Аксинин, * November 4, 1954 in Leningrad ) is a former Russian track and field athlete and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union. At a height of 1.73 m his competition weight was 67 kg.
His first major international appearance was Alexander Aksinin at the European Championships 1974 in Rome, when he was in 39.03 seconds in fourth with the Soviet 4 x 100 - meter relay, four hundredths of a second behind the relay from the GDR in 3rd place In the European Indoor Championships 1975 in Katowice, he took over 60 meters in 6.67 seconds 2nd place behind his squadron colleagues Valery Borzov.
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal failed Aksinin in the 100 -meter run in the semifinals. With the season in the occupation of Alexander Aksinin, Nikolai Kolesnikov, Juris Silovs and Valery Borzov the Soviet Union was represented in the final and won in 38.78 seconds behind the seasons from the United States and the GDR bronze.
At the European Indoor Championships 1978 in Milan Aksinin won bronze in 6.73 seconds bronze. Outdoors at the European Championships 1978 Aksinin seventh in the 200 - meter dash in 20.87 seconds. The Soviet relay won with Aksinin as the third runner in 38.82 seconds bronze, four hundredths of a second behind the GDR, while the Poles were well forward. At the European Indoor Championships in Vienna in 1979 Aksinin finished in 6.66 seconds 4th place one year later in Sindelfingen he won bronze in 6.63 seconds.
At the Olympic Games in 1980, the sprinter from the United States were due to the Olympic boycott not at the start. Alexander Aksinin stood in the 100 -meter final, finishing in 10.42 seconds ranked 4th in the relay the preparation Vladimir Murawjow, Nikolai Sidorov, Alexander Aksinin and Andrei Prokofiev ran and won the final in 38.26 seconds ahead of Poland, France, Great Britain and the GDR.
These five seasons were the favorites at the European Championships in 1982 in Athens. The squadron of the Soviet Union in the cast Sergei Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofiev and Sidorov won the European title in 38.60 seconds before the same time with 38.71 seconds squadrons from the GDR (Silver) and from Germany (bronze).
Alexander Aksinin 1976 was a Soviet champion over 200 meters.