Alexander Kosenkow

Alexander Kosenkow (Russian: Александр Косенков; born 14 March 1977) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.^[1][2] He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid.

Alexander Kosenkow

Kosenkow at the 2010 European Championships
Personal information
Born	(1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 48) Tokmok, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	4 × 100m relay
Medal record European Championships 2012 Helsinki 4 x 100 m relay 2014 Zürich 4 x 100 m relay 2010 Barcelona 4 x 100 m relay

Biography

Kosenkow was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz SSR, but represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2]

In 1991, Alexander Kosenkow, whose mother is a Kyrgyz-German, came to Germany as an emigrant and found a new home in Neuenkirchen-Vörden.

He competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay together with Tobias Unger, Till Helmke and Martin Keller. In their qualification heat they placed third behind Jamaica and Canada, but in front of China. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth time.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Germany
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	40.29
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.45
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (sf)	100m	10.60 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.69
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.88
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	4 × 100 m relay	38.48 (SB)
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.44
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.15

Personal bests

• 100 m: 10.14 s (2003) - seventh on the German all-time list, behind Frank Emmelmann, Thomas Schröder, Sven Matthes, Eugen Ray, Steffen Bringmann and Marc Blume.^[3]
• 200 m: 20.55 s (2004)

See also

• German all-time top lists - 100 metres