Aleksandr Menkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Aleksandr Menkov

Russian long jumper

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1990

Place of Birth: Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Profession: military personnel, athletics competitor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (Russian: ????????? ????????????? ???????, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian athlete who competes in the long jump. He set a personal best of 8.16 metres in Kemerovo in June 2009.
He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships, and competed at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final.
With his season opener, at the Siberian regional championships in January 2011, he improved his personal best by one centimetre to 8.17 metres. At the season's highlight, the 2011 World Championships, he placed 6th. Menkov won gold at the 2013 World Championships with a new Russian national record of 8.56 metres.
Thereafter, he became 6th at the 2015 World Championships.