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Krasnoyarsk Krai

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Track and field

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 athlete who competes in the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

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He set a personal best jump of 8.16 metres in June 2009 in Kemerovo

Kemerovo

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. He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships

2009 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 20th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 23 and 26 July 2009 in the Stadion Karađorđe in Novi Sad, Serbia.- Men's results :- Women's results :- Medal table :- References :Day reports...

, and competed at the 2009 World Championships

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 22 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Irving Saladino. The other athlete to jump...

 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.

Achievements

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2009	European Junior Championships 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships The 20th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 23 and 26 July 2009 in the Stadion Karađorđe in Novi Sad, Serbia.- Men's results :- Women's results :- Medal table :- References :Day reports...	Novi Sad Novi Sad Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.... , Serbia	1st	7.98 m
	World Championships 2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....	Berlin, Germany	32nd	7.72 m 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump The men's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 22 August. The season had seen a number of athletes performing to a high level before the championships, with reigning World and Olympic champion Irving Saladino. The other athlete to jump...
2011	European Team Championships 2011 European Team Championships The third SPAR European Team Championships took place on 18 and 19 June 2011. The Super League was won by the Russian team with the record 385 points.-Calendar:-Super League:*Place: Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	1st	8.20 m 2011 European Team Championships Super League – Results These are the complete results of the 2011 European Team Championships Super League on 18 and 19 June 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. As with the previous championships there were a couple of rules applying specifically to this competition, such as the limit of three attempts in the throwing events,...
	World Championships 2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....	Daegu, South Korea	6th	8.19 m 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump The Men's long jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2Defending champion Dwight Phillips had not done well early in the season, only finishing tenth in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. But as defending champion, he...