Ilvir Huzin Explained

Ilvir Huzin
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:1990 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Neftekamsk, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.9m (06.2feet)
Weight:940NaN0
Sport: Bobsleigh

Ilvir Ildarovich Huzin[1] (Russian: Ильвир Ильдарович Хузин; born 14 June 1990) is a Russian bobsledder.[2]

Career

Huzin competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He teamed with driver Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Belugin and Aleksei Pushkarev as the Russia-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing fourth, missing out on the bronze medal position by three-hundredths of a second.[3] [4]

As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 11th, coming in the four-man event in 2012.[2]

Huzin made his World Cup debut in November 2012. As of April 2014, he has three World Cup podium finishes, with the best a silver medal at Whistler in 2012-13.[2]

On November 29, 2017, he was disqualified for doping.[5]

World Cup Podiums

[2]

SeasonDateLocationTeammatesDisciplinePlace
2012–13 24 November 2012 Whistler, Canada align=center Four-man align=center 2nd
16 December 2012 La Plagne, France align=center Four-man align=center 3rd
17 February 2013 Sochi, Russia 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

Notes and References

  1. Alternative spelling: Khuzin
  2. http://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/122655/HUZIN FIBT Profile
  3. Web site: Sports Reference Profile . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427172137/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/ilvir-khuzin-1.html . 2014-04-27 .
  4. Web site: Sochi2014.com profile . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319071401/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-ilvir-huzin . March 19, 2014 .
  5. Web site: IOC sanctions three Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News.