Aleksandr Borisovich Goremykin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Горемы́кин; born 3 March 1971), also known as Aleksandr Sokolov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Соколо́в),[1] is a Soviet-Russian former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.

He competed at two editions of the World Championships in Athletics: first for the Soviet Union in 1991, where he placed eighth in the 200 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 was a silver medallist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1991 European Cup for the Soviet Union,[3] the bronze medallist in the 200 m for the Commonwealth of Independent States team at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships,[4] and the 200 m bronze medallist for Russia at the 1995 European Cup.

[6] As a junior athlete he set a championship record time of 20.47 seconds to win the 200 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.

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