Leonid Moseyev

Leonid Nikolayevich Mossejew (Russian Леонид Николаевич Мосеев, English transcription Leonid Moseyev, . Born October 21, 1952 at Rajon Kasli, Chelyabinsk Oblast ) is a retired Russian long-distance runner, who competed for the Soviet Union in 1978 and became European Champion in the marathon.

At the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, he represented the Soviet Union for the first time at a major event. After 2:13:33,4 hours, he finished in seventh place with two and a half minutes behind the Belgian Karel Lismont ranked third in 1977 won Mossejew in the 10,000 -meter run his first Soviet title. In the Universiade in Sofia he won the 10,000 meters and was ranked 3 over 5000 meters. At the Athletics European Cup he was in 1977 more than 10,000 meters of third parties. At the end of the year he was second in the Fukuoka Marathon behind Bill Rodgers in 2:11:57 h, at the same time personal record and the second fastest time of the year.

The following year, he did not take part in the Soviet championships, but focused entirely on the European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague. Together with his teammate Nikolay Pensin he held from the outset in the top group. At the memorial in Lidice, the inflection point of the route, were ten runners in the lead. As the first in the stadium were Mossejew and Pensin the first to reach the stadium and with just one and a half seconds ahead Mossejew prevailed in 2:11:57,5 h. Behind him, with Karel Lismont and Olympic champion Waldemar Cierpinski two runners to the finish, which one would rather have expected to win, and three other athletes within one minute. Like 20 years ago Sergei Popov and Ivan Filin was the Soviet runners a double victory succeeded.

1979 Mossejew was the first time Soviet champion in the marathon. In the championship in the 10,000 meters, he finished second behind Aleksandra Antipovas. The race was won, however, by the Ethiopians Miruts Yifter that the opportunity of the ongoing open Soviet Championship took like the Belgians to Lismont to test the conditions of Moscow a year before the Olympics. Mossejew occurred in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow on the marathon distance on. Behind Cierpinski and Dutchman Gerard Nijboer three Soviet runners finished in the squares 3-5 finish, with Mossejew in 2:12:14 h was surprisingly only fifth behind the Kyrgyz Satymkul Dschumanasarow and the White Russians Vladimir Kotov. His last Soviet championship titles won Mossejew 1982 at the marathon distance.

In addition to his career as a rail and road runner Mossejew was also in the cross-country running successfully, with the Soviet team, he won at the World Championships in 1977 and 1979 bronze, 1978, the fourth team in 1980 finished fifth. His best individual finish was 7th place at the World Cross Country Championships 1980.

The 1.80 m wide Mossejew weighed in his match Time 64 kg.

Bests

• 5000 meters: 13:34,7 min ( 1978)
• 10,000 meters: 28:00,9 min ( 1978)
• Marathon: 2:11:57 h (1977 )