Alexander John (athlete)

{{Short description|German hurdler (born 1986)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Empfang Olympioniken Hamburg, 2012.jpg

| caption = Alexander John in 2012

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|3 May 1986}}

| birth_place = Zeulenroda, East Germany

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}}

Alexander John (born 3 May 1986 in Zeulenroda, East Germany) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles.

International competitions

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colspan="6" | Representing {{flag|Germany}}
2003

| World Youth Championships

| Sherbrooke, Canada

| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

| 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)

| 13.50

2004

| World Junior Championships

| Grosseto, Italy

| 8th (sf)

| 110 m hurdles

| 14.10 (-0.3 m/s)

2005

| European Junior Championships

| Kaunas, Lithuania

| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

| 110 m hurdles

| 14.10

2007

| European U23 Championships

| Debrecen, Hungary

| 14th (h)

| 110 m hurdles

| 15.84 (-2.6 m/s)

2009

| World Championships

| Berlin, Germany

| 22nd (sf)

| 110 m hurdles

| 13.64

2010

| European Championships

| Barcelona, Spain

| 8th

| 110 m hurdles

| 13.71

2012

| European Championships

| Helsinki, Finland

| 4th

| 110 m hurdles

| 13.38 (PB)

2015

| World Championships

| Beijing, China

| —

| 110 m hurdles

| DSQ

rowspan=2|2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|16th (sf)

|110 m hurdles

|13.60

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|34th (h)

|110 m hurdles

|14.13

2018

|European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|10th (h)

|110 m hurdles

|13.691

1Disqualified in the semifinals