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{{Short description|Soviet-Russian sprinter}}
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| birth_name = Aleksandr Borisovich Goremykin<br>Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Горемы́кин
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| worlds = 8th (1991)
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| nationals = 1 Soviet title<br>1 CIS title<br>2 Russian titles
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*[[100 metres]]: 10.30 (1990)
*[[200 metres]]: 20.36 (1991)
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'''Aleksandr Borisovich Goremykin''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Горемы́кин}}; born 3 March 1971), also known as '''Aleksandr Sokolov''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Соколо́в}}),<ref name=sok_01>{{ Citation | date = 14 March 2001| title = World men's all-time best 200m indoor| url = http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-i02.htm | accessdate = December 27, 2015}}</ref> is a Soviet-[[Russia]]n former [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprint]]er who specialized in the [[200 metres]]. He competed at two editions of the [[World Championships in Athletics]]: first for the Soviet Union in [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991]], where he placed eighth in the 200&nbsp;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&nbsp;m personal best at the 1991 championships, running 20.36 seconds in the quarter-finals.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/russia/aleksandr-sokolov-4086#honours Aleksandr Sokolov]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-18.</ref>

Goremykin won three senior international medals. He was a silver medallist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the [[1991 European Cup (athletics)|1991 European Cup]] for the Soviet Union,<ref>[https://digilander.libero.it/vdany/Stagionali/WRL/1991/4x100.htm 1991 Men's 4 × 100 metres relay]. Lista Anno. Retrieved 2020-12-28.</ref> the bronze medallist in the 200&nbsp;m for the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] team at the [[1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships]],<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ei.htm European Indoor Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-28.</ref> and the 200&nbsp;m bronze medallist for Russia at the [[1995 European Cup (athletics)|1995 European Cup]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epm.htm European Cup (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.</ref> He was a three-time national champion in the 200&nbsp;m, winning at the [[1991 Soviet Athletics Championships]] and in 1992 and 1995 at the [[Russian Athletics Championships]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/rus.htm Russian Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-18.</ref>

As a junior athlete he set a championship record time of 20.47 seconds to win the 200&nbsp;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.<ref name=wjah>{{ Citation | last = Peters | first = Lionel | last2 = Magnusson | first2 = Tomas | title = WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12 | url = http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831125751/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html | archive-date = 31 August 2013 | publisher = WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") | access-date = 13 June 2015}}</ref>

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

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==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=Yes}}
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!colspan="7"|Representing the {{URS}}
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|1988
|[[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Canada
|6th
|[[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|21.12
|{{AthAbbr|w}} <small>(wind: +4.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|rowspan=3|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Split, Croatia|Split]], Yugoslavia
| 4th
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.46
|{{AthAbbr|NR|Russian}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.47
|<small>(wind: -0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small> {{AthAbbr|CR}}
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100m relay]]
|39.58
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1991
|[[1991 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Frankfurt]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|38.87
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|8th
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.78
|
|-
|7th
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.68
|
|-
!colspan="7"|Representing the {{flag|Commonwealth of Independent States|1992}}
|-
|1992
|[[1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Genoa]], Italy
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|200 m
|21.09
|
|-
!colspan="7"|Representing {{RUS}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
|[[1995 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]], France
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|200 m
|20.64
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|qual.
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|21.17
|
|-
|6th (semis)
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|38.78
|
|}

==National titles==
*[[Soviet Athletics Championships]]
**200 m: [[1991 Soviet Athletics Championships|1991]]<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/urs.htm Soviet Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-28.</ref>
*[[CIS Indoor Athletics Championships]]
**200 m: [[1992 CIS Indoor Athletics Championships|1992]]
*[[Russian Athletics Championships]]
**200 m: [[1992 Russian Athletics Championships|1992]], [[1995 Russian Athletics Championships|1995]]

==See also==
*[[List of 200 metres national champions (men)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

{{Footer World Junior Champions men's 200 metres}}
{{Russian Athletics Championships men's 200 metres champions}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Soviet male sprinters]]
[[Category:Russian male sprinters]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia]]
[[Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Russian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]