Nikita Tregubov

Nikita Tregubov
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Nikita Tregubov in 2018
Personal information
Full name Nikita Mikhailovich Tregubov
Nationality Russian
Born (1995-02-14) 14 February 1995
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Skeleton
Medal record
Men's skeleton
Representing
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangMen
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2017 KönigsseeMen
European Championships
2018 IglsMen
2016 St. MoritzMen

Nikita Mikhailovich Tregubov (Russian: Никита Михайлович Трегубов; born 14 February 1995) is a Russian skeleton racer.

Career

He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] He won a silver medal in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics, competing for the Olympic Athletes from Russia.[2][3] During the Games, Tregubov remarked that US and British athletes refused to acknowledge him "because they’re set against us politically."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Nikita Tregubov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Russian skeleton racer Tregubov wins Olympic silver in PyeongChang". TASS. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nikita Tregubov Wins Sixth Olympic Medal for Russia in South Korea". Sputnik. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Harlan, Chico; Troianovski, Anton (14 February 2018). "For Olympic Athletes from Russia, a sense of unity and defiance". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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