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menkov at the 2013 world championships 15 august 2012 long jump 74 kg lb on 1.78 200px 8.56 m -lrb- 2013 -rrb- athletics 7 december 1990 aleksandr menkov moscow 2013.jpg aleksandr menkov

aleksandr menkov

aleksandr aleksandrovich menkov -lrb- , born 7 december 1990 in minusinsk , krasnoyarsk krai -rrb- is a russian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump .
he set a personal best jump of 8.16 metres in june 2009 in kemerovo .
he won the gold medal at the 2009 european junior championships , and competed at the 2009 world championships without reaching the final .
he improved his best by a centimetre to 8.17 m in his 2011 season opener at the siberian regional championships in january .
menkov won gold at the 2013 world championships with a personal best of 8.56 metres .
he was 6th both at the 2015 world championships and at the 2011 world championships .
