Aleksei Pushkarev Explained

Aleksei Pushkarev
Full Name:	Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev
Nationality:	Russian
Birth Date:	1986 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Staronizhestebliyevskaya, Russian SSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height:	1.82 m
Weight:	90 kg
Sport:	Bobsleigh

Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Пушкарёв; born 4 November 1986), also known as Aleksey Pushkaryov, 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]

World Cup Debut

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]

Disqualified

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

World Cup Podiums

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Season	Date	Location	Teammates	Discipline	Place
2013–14	7 December 2013	Park City, United States		align=center	Four-man	align=center	3rd
4 January 2014	Winterberg, Germany		align=center	Four-man	align=center	3rd
2014–15	13 December 2014	Lake Placid, United States		align=center	Four-man	align=center	2nd
1 February 2015	La Plagne, France		align=center	Four-man	align=center	2nd
15 February 2015	Sochi, Russia		align=center	Four-man	align=center	2nd
2015–16	9 January 2016	Lake Placid, United States		align=center	Four-man	align=center	2nd
16 January 2016	Park City, United States		Four-man	1st
23 January 2016	Whistler, Canada		align=center	Two-man	align=center	3rd
24 January 2016	Whistler, Canada		align=center	Two-man	align=center	3rd
2016–17	4 December 2016	Whistler, Canada		Four-man	1st
1 January 2017			align=center	Two-man	align=center	2nd

Notes and References

Web site: Aleksei Pushkarev . IBSF.org . . 9 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161207225317/http://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/129460/PUSHKAREV . 7 December 2016 . dead.
Aleksey Pushkaryov . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203202436/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/aleksey-pushkaryov-1.html . dead . 2016-12-03.
Web site: Aleksei Pushkarev . Sochi2014.com . . 19 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319223241/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-aleksei-pushkarev . 19 March 2014.
Web site: IOC sanctions three Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News . Olympic.org . . 29 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171129114313/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-three-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings . 29 November 2017 . live.