Aleksandr Menkov

Aleksandr Menkov

Menkov at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1990-12-07) December 7, 1990 (age 26)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	8.56 m (2013)
Medal record World Championships 2013 Moscow Long jump World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Long jump European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg Long jump European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava Long jump European Junior Championships 2009 Novi Sad Long jump Universiade 2013 Kazan Long jump
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (Russian: Александр Александрович Меньков, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.

He set a personal best jump of 8.16 metres in June 2009 in Kemerovo. He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships, and competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. He improved his best by a centimetre to 8.17 m in his 2011 season opener at the Siberian regional championships in January.

Menkov won gold at the 2013 World Championships with a personal best of 8.56 metres. He was 6th both at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2011 World Championships.