Alexey Bugaev Explained

Alexey Bugaev
Birth Date:30 March 1997
Birth Place:Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Alexey Sergeyevich Bugaev (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Бугаев, also transliterated Aleksei; born 30 March 1997) is a Russian para-alpine skier who competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning five medals.[1] He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2018.[2]

Early life

Bugaev was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He was born missing four fingers and the top of his thumb on his right hand.[1] [3] he took up skiing after his parents took him to a ski resort to help him integrate better into society.[1]

Career

Bugaev competes in the LW6/8 para-alpine skiing classification, for athletes with an impairment in one arm, using two skis and a single ski pole.[1] [3]

At the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships held in La Molina, Spain, he broke his arm whilst finishing 5th in the slalom.[1] Competing with his arm in plaster he won silver medals in the standing super combined and giant slalom events.[1] He also placed 6th in the super-G and 11th in the downhill.[1]

He was selected to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics held in Sochi, Russia. In his first event, the standing downhill, he won a silver medal behind Markus Salcher of Austria.[4] He won a second medal a day later, taking the bronze in the standing super-G as Salcher again won the gold medal.[5] [6] Bugaev won his first Paralympic gold medal in his third event of the Games, the standing slalom. He led the field after the first run and extended his lead on the second to take the gold medal in a combined time of 1 minute 38.97 seconds, 1.27 seconds of second placed Vincent Gauthier-Manuel.[7] [8] He won a second gold medal in the super-combined; he completed the course in 50.30 seconds to lead the field after the slalom portio of the competition and eventually won the event by 1.10 seconds over Matthias Lanzinger following the super-G portion.[9] [10] Bugaev won his second silver medal, and fifth medal overall, in the giant slalom, finishing 1.43 seconds behind gold medalist Gauthier-Manuel on the first run and 0.57 seconds behind him on the second run.[11]

Awards and decorations

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bugaev Alexey . Infostrada Sports . . 15 August 2014 . 19 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083744/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=564&personid=1103545 . live .
  2. Web site: PREMIO SCIACCA: VINCITORE ASSOLUTO UNO SCIENZIATO INDIANO DI 14 ANNI. October 25, 2018. aise.it. aise.it . August 11, 2023.
  3. News: Russian's disability rating unfair: coach . . . 14 March 2014 . 15 August 2014 . 19 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819172536/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/03/14/russians-disability-rating-unfair-coach . live .
  4. Web site: Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill standing . International Paralympic Committee . 15 August 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082200/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results2pdf.php?sport=alpine&competition=2014PWG&gender=m&discipline=&event=Downhill&eclass=standing . 19 August 2014 .
  5. Web site: Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's super-G standing . International Paralympic Committee . 15 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102839/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results2pdf.php?sport=alpine&competition=2014PWG&gender=m&discipline=&event=Super-G&eclass=standing . 19 August 2014 . live .
  6. News: Sochi 2014 Paralympics: Mitchell Gourley and Tony Kane fall victims to tough super-G course . 15 August 2014 . . Australian Associated Press . 10 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819101035/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-10/brutal-day-at-sochi-for-aussie-paralympians/5309398 . 19 August 2014 . live .
  7. News: Paralympics: Slalom Gold for Russian 16-Year-Old Bugaev . 15 August 2014 . . 13 March 2013 . 2014-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083839/http://en.ria.ru/sochi2014/20140313/188394261/Paralympics-Slalom-Gold-for-Russian-16-Year-Old-Bugaev.html . dead .
  8. Web site: Russia’s 16-year-old Alexey Bugaev wins third medal . International Paralympic Committee . 15 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102925/http://www.paralympic.org/news/russia-s-16-year-old-alexey-bugaev-wins-third-medal . 19 August 2014 . live .
  9. Web site: Aleksandra Frantceva, Alexey Bugaev take lead in super-combined. 11 March 2014. International Paralympic Committee. 17 August 2014.
  10. News: Russian Skier Bugaev, 16, Races Ahead for Second Paralympic Gold . 17 August 2014 . RIA Novosti . 14 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082327/http://en.ria.ru/sochi2014/20140314/188430320/Russian-Skier-Bugaev-16-Races-Ahead-for-Second-Paralympic-Gold.html . 2014-08-19 . dead .
  11. Web site: Men's medals decided in Giant Slalom . Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi . 17 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319230426/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/news-men-s-medals-decided-in-giant-slalom . 19 March 2014 . 15 March 2014 . live .
  12. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 марта 2014 года № 144 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации». kremlin.ru. ru. 26 February 2017.
  13. Web site: Приказ Министерства спорта Российской Федерации от 11 марта 2014 г. № 21-нг «О присвоении почетного спортивного звания „Заслуженный мастер спорта России“». 11 March 2014. Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. ru. 26 February 2017.
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZLPYpZFhI Церемония награждения лауреатов Национальной спортивной премии за 2018 год

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