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Leonid Masunov

Personal information

Native name

Леонід Іванович Масунов

Full name

Leonid Ivanovych Masunov

National team

Soviet Union

Citizenship

Soviet Union→Ukraine

Born

May 5, 1962 (age 61)
Omsk, Soviet Russia, Soviet Union

Alma mater

Odesa State Pedagogical Institute (1988)

Occupation

Academic personnel

Sport

Country

Soviet Union, Soviet Ukraine

Sport

Track and field

Middle-distance running

800 m, 1500 m

Club

Armed Forces

Retired

1988

Achievements and titles

Personal bests

800 m: 1:45.08 (1984, NR); 1:47.52i (1985)
1500 m: 3:38.11 (1984)

Medal record

European Indoor Championships

	1985 Pireus	800 m
Soviet Championships
	1987 Bryansk	1500 m
Soviet Indoor Championships
	1984 Moscow	800 m
	1985 Chișinău	800 m

Leonid Ivanovych Masunov (Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Масунов, born 5 May 1962) is a retired Ukrainian middle-distance runner who represented Soviet Union at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships in 800 and 1500 metres where he won a bronze medal in 800 metres. He also represented Soviet Union at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in 1500 metres.

In Soviet national competitions, Masunov represented Ukraine and won several medals at the national championships, both indoors and outdoors.

He is a current Ukrainian record holder in 800 metres (1:45.08) set in 1984 and held the indoor national record in the same event between 1985 and 2004.

After retirement, he worked as an athletics coach in Odesa (1990-1998).

Since 1998 he has been a teacher at the Odesa Regional Institute for Public Administration [uk].^[1]