Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton racer)

Aleksandr Tretyakov
Aleksandr Tretyakov at the Medal Ceremony at Whistler on Day 9 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov
Nationality Russian
Born (1985-04-19) 19 April 1985
Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Skeleton
Medal record
Olympic Games
2014 SochiMen
2010 VancouverMen
World Championships
2013 St. MoritzMen
2011 KönigsseeMen
2015 WinterbergMen
2016 IglsMixed team
2016 IglsMen
2009 Lake PlacidMen
2015 WinterbergMixed team

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Третьяков; born 19 April 1985) is a Russian skeleton rider.

Career

Tretyakov is the first Russian who won the World Championships (2013 in St. Moritz), the overall Skeleton World Cup (2008–09) and an Olympics bronze medal (at the 2010 Winter Olympics). He is the silver medalist of the 2011 World Championships in Königssee and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg, as well as of bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid (men's skeleton event) and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg (mixed team). In 2013 in St. Moritz, he became the world champion.[1]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Tretyakov won three out of four runs, established track (55.95) and start (4.47) records, and became the champion ahead of Martins Dukurs, who was universally considered to be the strongest gold medal contender.[2] This was the first gold medal in skeleton for Russia. To sleep well before the second day of the competitions, Tretyakov downloaded on his cell phone the series of Russian Wikipedia articles on the economy of the Tsardom of Russia and fell asleep while reading them.[3]

Tretyakov resides in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. His wife Anastasia is a former skeleton rider. Their daughter was born in 2013.[1]

Doping ban

Tretyakov's bottles of urine had scratch marks so he was provisionally suspended in 2016.[4] On 22 November 2017, he was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics and had his gold medal stripped from him.[5] On 1 February 2018, the ban was lifted and his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alexander Tretyakov wins Russia's first skeleton gold". Voice of Russia. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Дудь, Юрий (16 February 2014). Скелетрон. Почему вы обожаете Александра Третьякова, хотя и не знаете об этом. sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Быстров, Денис. Александр Третьяков: «По духу я точно не чиновник, не организатор». sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ↑ http://tass.com/sport/923464
  5. ↑ https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2017/SML-022-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision-Operative-Part-Aleksandr-TRETIAKOV.pdf#_ga=2.77405526.2130718839.1511363399-1668388724.1484259175
  6. ↑ "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.
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