Alexander Denisyev Explained

Alexander Denisyev
Fullname:Alexander Vladimirovich Denisyev
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:1991 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Krasnoyarsk, RSFSR, USSR
Height:1.89 m
Weight:96 kg
Country: Russia
Sport:Luge
Event:Doubles

Alexander Vladimirovich Denisyev (Russian: Александр Владимирович Денисьев, born 29 July 1991) is a Russian luger. Denisyev, together with Vladislav Antonov, participated in doubles and in team relay competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] Denisyev and Antonov came fifth in the doubles, and, together with Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko, they won the silver medal in the team relay.[2]

Denisyev was later stripped of that medal, after Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova were banned for doping violations on 22 December 2017, and the results of the Russian team were annulled.[3] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[4]

He and Vladislav Antonov became the first Russians in post-Soviet era to win a WC stage, doing this in the Sochi stage of the 2018–19 Luge World Cup.[5]

World Cup podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
align=center rowspan=12016–17 4 February 2017 Oberhof, Germany align=center Team Relay align=center 2nd
align=center rowspan=22017–18 18 November 2017 Innsbruck, Austria align=center Team Relay align=center 3rd
27 January 2018 Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 1st
align=center rowspan=32018–19 23 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Doubles 1st
24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Doubles (sprint) 1st
24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Team Relay 1st
align=center rowspan=52019–20 11 January 2020 align=center Doubles align=center 3rd
12 January 2020 Team Relay 1st
18 January 2020 Lillehammer, Norway Doubles 1st
23 February 2020 Winterberg, Germany Doubles 1st
23 February 2020 Winterberg, Germany Team Relay 1st
2020–21 6 December 2020 align=center Team Relay align=center 2nd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIL Luge Profile . International Luge Federation . 23 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Team Relay Competition . Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi . 13 February 2014 . 19 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719180523/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-team-relay-competition . dead .
  3. News: IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings. 22 December 2017. International Olympic Committee. 22 December 2017.
  4. Web site: 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. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 1 February 2018.
  5. https://www.championat.com/other/news-3685543-rossijskie-sanochniki-vpervye-v-novejshej-istorii-vyigrali-etap-km-v-dvojkah.html Российские саночники впервые в новейшей истории выиграли этап КМ в двойках