Alexander Kosenkow
German sprinter
Kosenkow at the 2010 European Championships | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 47) Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 100m relay | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexander Kosenkow (Russian: Александр Косенков; born 14 March 1977) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.[1][2] He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid.
Biography
Kosenkow was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, but represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Tobias Unger, Till Helmke and Martin Keller. In their qualification heat they placed third behind Jamaica and Canada, but in front of China. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth time.[1]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1995 | European Junior Championships | Nyíregyháza, Hungary | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.29 |
1997 | European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.45 |
1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th (sf) | 100m | 10.60 (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.69 | |||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.88 |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.48 (SB) |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.44 |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.15 |
Personal bests
- 100 m: 10.14 s (2003) - seventh on the German all-time list, behind Frank Emmelmann, Thomas Schröder, Sven Matthes, Eugen Ray, Steffen Bringmann and Marc Blume.[3]
- 200 m: 20.55 s (2004)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Alexander Kosenkow". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexander Kosenkow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
External links
- Alexander Kosenkow at World Athletics
- Alexander Kosenkow at Olympics.com
- Alexander Kosenkow at Olympic.org (archived)
- Alexander Kosenkow at Olympedia
- Alexander Kosenkow at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
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German champions in men's 100 metres
- 1991–92: Steffen Bringmann
- 1993–98: Marc Blume
- 1999: Holger Blume
- 2000: Marc Blume
- 2001: Tim Goebel
- 2002: Marc Blume
- 2003: Alexander Kosenkow
- 2004: Ronny Ostwald
- 2005: Tobias Unger
- 2006: Ronny Ostwald
- 2007: Alexander Kosenkow
- 2008: Tobias Unger
- 2009: Tobias Unger
- 2010: Alexander Kosenkow
- 2011: Tobias Unger
- 2012: Lucas Jakubczyk
- 2013–17: Julian Reus
- 2018: Kevin Kranz
- 2019: Michael Pohl
- 2020: Deniz Almas