Aleksei Pushkarev

Aleksei Pushkarev
Personal information
Nationality Russian
Born (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986
Staronizhestebliyevskaya, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Bobsleigh

Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Пушкарёв; born November 4, 1986) is a Russian bobsledder.[1]

Career

Pushkarev competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He teamed with driver Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Belugin and Ilvir Huzin as the Russia-2 bobsledding team in the four-man event, finishing fourth, missing out on the bronze medal position by three-hundredths of a second.[2][3]

As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 11th, coming in the four-man event in 2013.[1]

Pushkarev made his World Cup debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, he has two World Cup podium finishes, a pair of bronze medals in 2013-14.[1]

On November 29, 2017, he was disqualified for doping.[4]

World Cup Podiums

[1]

Season Date Location Teammates Discipline Place
2013–147 December 2013United States Park City, United StatesAlexander Kasjanov
Philipp Egorov
Maxim Belugin		Four-man3rd
4 January 2014Germany Winterberg, GermanyAlexander Zubkov
Alexey Negodaylo
Dmitry Trunenkov		Four-man3rd
2014–1513 December 2014United States Lake Placid, United StatesAlexander Kasjanov
Maxim Mokrousov
Ilvir Huzin		Four-man2nd
1 February 2015Austria La Plagne, FranceAlexander Kasjanov
Ilvir Huzin
Aleksey Zaytsev		Four-man2nd
15 February 2015Russia Sochi, RussiaAlexander Kasjanov
Ilvir Huzin
Aleksey Zaytsev		Four-man2nd
2015–169 January 2016United States Lake Placid, United StatesAlexander Kasjanov
Ilvir Huzin
Aleksey Zaytsev		Four-man2nd
16 January 2016United States Park City, United StatesAlexander Kasjanov
Ilvir Huzin
Aleksey Zaytsev		Four-man1st
23 January 2016Canada Whistler, CanadaAlexander KasjanovTwo-man3rd
24 January 2016Canada Whistler, CanadaAlexander KasjanovTwo-man3rd
2016–174 December 2016Canada Whistler, CanadaAlexander Kasjanov
Aleksey Zaytsev
Maxim Belugin		Four-man1st
1 January 2017Germany Altenberg, GermanyAlexander KasjanovTwo-man2nd

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FIBT Profile
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile".
  3. ↑ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-three-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings
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