Alexander Kosenkow (; born 14 March 1977) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid.
Biography Kosenkow was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, but represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
In 1991, Alexander Kosenkow, whose mother is a Kyrgyz-German, came to Germany as an emigrant and found a new home in Neuenkirchen-Vörden.
He competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Tobias Unger, Till Helmke and Martin Keller. In their qualification heat they placed third behind Jamaica and Canada, but in front of China. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth time.
Achievements Representing 1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary 3rd4 × 100 m relay40.291997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland3rd4 × 100 m relay39.451999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden10th (sf)100 m10.60 (wind: +0.7 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m relay39.692002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany 3rd4 × 100 m relay38.882005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 7th4 × 100 m relay38.48 (SB)2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 2nd4 × 100 m relay38.442015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China 4th4 × 100 m relay38.15
Personal bests 100 m: 10.14 s (2003) - seventh on the German all-time list, behind Frank Emmelmann, Thomas Schröder, Sven Matthes, Eugen Ray, Steffen Bringmann and Marc Blume. 200 m: 20.55 s (2004)
See also German all-time top lists - 100 metres
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