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Aleksandr Lesnoy

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Aleksandr Lesnoy
Lesnoy at the 2015 European Team Championships.
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Mikhailovich Lesnoy
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1988-07-29) 29 July 1988 (age 36)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country Russia
Sportshot put

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lesnoy (Russian: Александр Михайлович Лесной; born 28 July 1988) is Russian athlete specialising in the shot put.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

His personal bests in the event are 21.40 metres outdoors (Sochi 2014) and 20.51 metres indoors (Moscow 2014).

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Russia
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st Shot put 20.30 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 21st (q) Shot put 19.01 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 8th Shot put 20.16 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 10th Shot put 19.83 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 10th (q) Shot put 19.91 m
World Championships Beijing, China 16th (q) Shot put 19.78 m
Competing as neutral
2017 World Championships London, Great Britain 26th (q) Shot put 19.67 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th Shot put 21.04 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 31st (q) Shot put 19.62 m

References

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