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{{Short description|Soviet athletics competitor (1957–2024)}}
'''Aleksandr Nikolayevich Puchkov''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Николаевич Пучков}}; 25 March 1957 – 9 October 2024) was a Soviet and Russian [[110 metres hurdles|hurdler]] and Olympic bronze medallist, who competed for the [[Soviet Union]] during his career. Born in [[Ulyanovsk]] on 25 March 1957, he died on 9 October 2024, at the age of 67.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ушёл из жизни бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр по лёгкой атлетике Александр Пучков |url=https://78.ru/news/2024-10-10/ushel-iz-zhizni-bronzovii-prizer-olimpiiskih-igr-po-legkoi-atletike-aleksandr-puchkov |website=78.ru |access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Year
!Tournament
!Venue
!Result
!Extra
|-
|1979
|[[Universiade]] 
|[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|110 m hurdles
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Moscow]], [[USSR]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|110 m hurdles
|-
|1982
|[[1982 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Milan]], [[Italy]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|60 m hurdles
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/printableversion.asp?HeroID=2447 Sporting Heroes]
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/aleksandr-puchkov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172626/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/aleksandr-puchkov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Aleksandr Puchkov}}
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{{Footer European Indoor Champions 60m Hurdles Men}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Soviet male hurdlers]]
[[Category:Russian male hurdlers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ulyanovsk]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]


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