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| Born | (1954-11-04)4 November 1954 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 2020(2020-07-28) (aged 65) | |||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin (Russian: Александр Тимофеевич Аксинин, 4 November 1954 – 28 July 2020) was a Russian athlete and gold medal winner of the 4 × 100m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Aksinin trained at Dynamo in Leningrad. At the 1976 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal as a member of Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. He won silver in 1975, bronze in 1978 and 1980 European Indoor Championships in Athletics. At the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, he was seventh in 200 m and won again bronze medal as a member of Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. Aksinin also won gold in 4 × 100 m relay event of the 1977 Summer Universiade.
At the Moscow Olympics, Aksinin was fourth in the 100 m final and ran the third leg in the gold medal winning Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. Aksinin ended his running career after the 1982 European Championships in Athletics, where he won the gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay.
Aksinin died 28 July 2020, aged 65.
References
- ^ Shteinbakh, Valeri (2006). "Аксинин Александр Тимофеевич". Great Olympic Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Olympia Press. ISBN 5-94299-088-3.
- Соболезнования: Аксинин Александр Тимофеевич
- 1954 births
- 2020 deaths
- Athletes from Saint Petersburg
- Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
- Soviet male sprinters
- Russian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade
- Soviet Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen