Nikolai Alexandrovich Sidorov

Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Sidorow ( Russian: Николай Александрович Сидоров , English transcription Nikolay Sidorov ; born November 23, 1956 in Moscow ) is a former Russian sprinter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Career

Sidorow was the Soviet champion over 200 meters in 1979 and over 100 meters in 1980 and 1981 .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the sprinters from the United States were not at the start because of the Olympic boycott . Nikolai Sidorow still only made it to the semi-finals in the 200-meter run . But in the 4 x 100 meter relay , the Soviet quartet was at least one of the favorites alongside the Poles, the British and the French. In the line-up of Vladimir Murawjow , Nikolai Sidorow, Alexander Aksinin and Andrei Prokofjew , the Soviet relay won the final in 38.26 s before Poland, France, Great Britain and the GDR.

These five teams were also the favorites at the 1982 European Championships in Athens. In the final of the 100-meter run , Nikolai Sidorow was the only representative of the Soviet Union in fifth in 10.32 s. The relay with the line-up of Sergei Sokolow , Aksinin, Prokofjew and Sidorow won the European championship title in 38.60 seconds ahead of the teams from the GDR (silver) and the FRG (bronze), who were at the same time with 38.71 seconds.

At the World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 Sidorow was eliminated in the 100-meter run. The Soviet team consisting of Prokofjew, Sidorow, Muravjow and Wiktor Bryshin won bronze in 38.41 s behind Italy (silver in 38.37 s) and the relay from the USA, which ran a world record with 37.86 s.

Nikolai Sidorow is 1.90 m tall and weighed 84 kg during his active time.

Best times

• 100 m: 10.1 s, May 30, 1981, Sochi (hand-stopped; electronic: 10.32 s, 1982)
• 200 m: 20.4 s, July 7, 1984, Moscow (hand-stopped; electronic: 20.79 s, 1982)

Awards

• Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1980)
• Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union

literature

• ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )

Web links

• Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Sidorow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography of Sidorov on infosport.ru (Russian)