Alexander Evgenevich Gerunov (born December 10, 1979, in Tolyatti, Russia), is a Russian Karateka who won the World Championships (2004), European Championships (2004) and World Games (2005). He is also an instructor of the School of Combat Skills "Soyuz" (Tolyatti], Russia). Gerunov was born and trained in Tolyatti by trainer, Valerie P. Kokshin.[1] He's trained in Shotokan, Wado-ryuGoju-ryu, Shito-ryu and Taekwondo.
In 2008, Gerunov headed the election headquarters of Sergei Savvateyev, a candidate for the post of Mayor of Tolyatti, president of the Forpost group of security companies, and Gerunov's sponsor.[5][6]
In 2013-2015, Gerunov was head of the Civic Platform party project "Sports accessible to all" and ran for deputy of the 6th Tolyatti City Duma in the intramunicipal district No. 5 as part of the party's list.[7][8]