Aleksey Leonidovich Fyodorov (, also known as Aleksey Fedorov; born 25 May 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. A former champion at world and European junior level (under-19), he was the bronze medallist at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
He won the 2011 Russian national title and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics and the European Athletics Championships. His personal best for the discipline is 17.19 metres.
Career Born in Russia's Smolensk Oblast, Fyodorov had international success at a young age, taking the silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics.Alexsey Federov. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. He marked himself out as one of the world's most promising jumpers by clearing sixteen metres in 2008 before winning gold medals at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.Alexsey Fedorov. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. He was Russia's first world junior champion in that event since Sergey Bykov's win in 1990.Men's Triple Jump final. IAAF (2010-07-25). Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
His first clearance over seventeen metres was in June 2010 and his mark of 17.12 m was a Russian junior record.Aleksey Fyodorov. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. In one of the competition's strongest ever fields, the 20-year-old Fyodorov was runner-up at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. The winner, Sheryf El-Sheryf, jumped 17.72 m which ranked him fourth in the world that year.2011 Men's Triple Jump Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. Fyodorov's best that year was 17.01 m and he transitioned into the senior ranks with a win at the Russian Championships in July.Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2011-07-24). Martynova impresses with 4:01.68 win in Cheboksary - Russian Champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. This earned him a place at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but he failed to get beyond the qualifiers of the men's triple jump competition.
Fyodorov reached his first major final at the 2012 European Athletics Championships and finished in fourth place, beaten out of the bronze medal by a wind-assisted Aliaksei Tsapik.Donato hits heights of form to outdo El-Sheryf in the rain . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. He was runner-up to Lyukman Adams at the national championships and had his season's best performance of 17.19 m later that month.Dolgopolov, Nickolai & Orlov, Rostislav (2012-07-06). Four world season leads and one national record at Russian championships – Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-07. That jump was one centimetre off the Olympic 'A' standard and meant that he missed the Russian team for the 2012 London Olympics.
Despite this set back he rebounded at the start of 2013 by taking second at the Russian indoor championships, then set an indoor best of 17.12 m in the triple jump final at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, securing third place and his first medal at the senior level.Greco smashes his best to take triple jump gold in world-leading 17.70m . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
Achievements Representing 2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic2ndTriple jump15.59 m2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stTriple jump16.67 m2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada1stTriple jump16.68 m2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic2ndTriple jump16.85 m (+1.3 m/s)World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea18th(q)Triple jump16.42 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4thTriple jump16.83 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Swedish3rdTriple jump17.12 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1stTriple jump17.13 m (-0.1 m/s)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia5thTriple jump16.90 m2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland3rdTriple jump17.04 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic4thTriple jump16.88 mUniversiadeGwangju, South Korea5thTriple jump16.35 mMilitary World GamesMungyeong, South Korea2ndTriple jump16.56 mCompeting as 2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (q)Triple jump16.29 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom11th (q)Triple jump16.28 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar18th (q)Triple jump16.71 m
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