Aleksandr Borisovich Goremykin (; born 3 March 1971), also known as Aleksandr Sokolov (), is a Soviet-Russian former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He competed at two editions of the World Championships in Athletics: first for the Soviet Union in 1991, where he placed eighth in the 200 m final and seventh in the 4 × 100 metres relay with the Soviet team, then at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics for Russia, where he ran in qualifying only individually and in the relay. He set his 200 m personal best at the 1991 championships, running 20.36 seconds in the quarter-finals.

Goremykin won three senior international medals. He was a silver medallist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1991 European Cup for the Soviet Union, the bronze medallist in the 200 m for the Commonwealth of Independent States team at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships, and the 200 m bronze medallist for Russia at the 1995 European Cup. He was a three-time national champion in the 200 m, winning at the 1991 Soviet Athletics Championships and in 1992 and 1995 at the Russian Athletics Championships.

Aleksandr Goremykin

As a junior athlete he set a championship record time of 20.47 seconds to win the 200 m at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics and also anchored a team including Sergejs Inšakovs, Konstantin Gromadskiy and Vitaliy Semyonov to the 4 × 100 metres relay silver medal behind the United States.

Aleksandr Goremykin

He is one of the current national record holders in 4 × 100 metres relay with 38.46 seconds, achieved at the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, Croatia.

Aleksandr Goremykin

He mostly competed under the name Goremykin prior to 1992 and as Sokolov thereafter.

Personal bests

100 metres – 10.30 seconds (1990) 200 metres – 20.36 seconds (1991)

International competitions

National titles

Soviet Athletics Championships

200 m: 1991

CIS Indoor Athletics Championships

200 m: 1992

Russian Athletics Championships

200 m: 1992, 1995

See also

List of 200 metres national champions (men)

References

External links

1971 births

Living people

Soviet male sprinters

Russian male sprinters

World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union

World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia

World Athletics U20 Championships winners

Soviet Athletics Championships winners

Russian Athletics Championships winners