Alexander Denisyev

Alexander Denisyev
Aleksandr Denisyev competing in the 2016–17 Luge World Cup
Personal information
Full nameAlexander Vladimirovich Denisyev
NationalityRussian
Born (1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 33)
Krasnoyarsk, RSFSR, USSR
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportLuge
EventDoubles
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sochi Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2020 Sochi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Igls Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sigulda Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Lillehammer Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Sochi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Altenberg Mixed team

Alexander Vladimirovich Denisyev (Russian: Александр Владимирович Денисьев, born 29 July 1991) is a Russian luger. Denisyev, together with Vladislav Antonov, participated in doubles and in team relay competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] Denisyev and Antonov came fifth in the doubles, and, together with Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko, they won the silver medal in the team relay.[2]

Denisyev was later stripped of that medal, after Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova were banned for doping violations on 22 December 2017, and the results of the Russian team were annulled.[3] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[4]

He and Vladislav Antonov became the first Russians in post-Soviet era to win a WC stage, doing this in the Sochi stage of the 2018–19 Luge World Cup.[5]

World Cup podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2016–17 4 February 2017 Germany Oberhof, Germany Team Relay 2nd
2017–18 18 November 2017 Austria Innsbruck, Austria Team Relay 3rd
27 January 2018 Latvia Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 1st
2018–19 23 February 2019 Russia Sochi, Russia Doubles 1st
24 February 2019 Russia Sochi, Russia Doubles (sprint) 1st
24 February 2019 Russia Sochi, Russia Team Relay 1st
2019–20 11 January 2020 Germany Altenberg, Germany Doubles 3rd
12 January 2020 Germany Altenberg, Germany Team Relay 1st
18 January 2020 Norway Lillehammer, Norway Doubles 1st
23 February 2020 Germany Winterberg, Germany Doubles 1st
23 February 2020 Germany Winterberg, Germany Team Relay 1st
2020–21 6 December 2020 Germany Altenberg, Germany Team Relay 2nd

References

  1. ^ "FIL Luge Profile". International Luge Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Relay Competition". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ^ "IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ^ Российские саночники впервые в новейшей истории выиграли этап КМ в двойках
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