Aleksandr Lesnoy

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Aleksandr Lesnoy
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country Russia
Sportshot put

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lesnoy (Russian: Александр Михайлович Лесной; born 28 July 1988) is a 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

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

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