Alexander Kosenkow
Personal information | |
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Born | Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan | 14 March 1977
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
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Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 4 × 100m relay |
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. 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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Representing Germany | |||||
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[]
- German all-time top lists - 100 metres
References[]
- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Alexander Kosenkow". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
- ^ 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 2016-12-04.
- ^ "„Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04.
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 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Alexander Kosenkow at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Chuy Region
- German male sprinters
- German people of Kyrgyzstani descent
- German national athletics champions
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- Russian and Soviet-German people