Aleksandr Kurochkin

Aleksandr Kurochkin
Personal information
Born	(1961-07-23) 23 July 1961 (age 62)
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)^[1]
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres

Aleksandr Kurochkin (Cyrillic: Александр Курочкин; born 23 July 1961) is a retired Kazakhstani sprinter specialising in the 400 metres who competed for the Soviet Union.^[2] He took part at the 1987 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, he won the bronze medal at the 1984 Friendship Games which were a competition for countries boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also won several medals with the Soviet 4 × 400 metres relay.

His personal bests in the event are 45.52 outdoors (Moscow 1984) and 47.86 seconds indoors (Moscow 1986).^[3] The first result is the standing Kazakhstani record.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	3rd	400 m	45.52
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.16
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	5th	400 m	45.67
	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.25
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	11th (sf)	400 m	46.01
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.47
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	15th (sf)	400 m	45.73
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	7th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.61¹