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Alexander DENISYEV

Russian Fed.

Gender: Male
Nationality: -

Birthday: 29 July 1991
Age: 22

Height: 1.89 m (6' 2'')
Weight: 100 kg / 220 lbs

Place of Birth: -
Place of Residence: -

Luge

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Medals

Luge
Team Relay
Silver

Athlete competitions and results

12 February, 18:15 Doubles Run 1
Team: RUS
Time: 49.936 (+0.563)
Rank: 6

12 February, 19:45 Doubles Run 2
Team: RUS
Time: 1:39.949 (+1.016)
Rank: 5

13 February, 20:15 Team Relay Competition
Team: RUS
Time: 2:46.679 (+1.030)
Rank: 2

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
12	Doubles	2013	Whistler, BC, CAN	1:13.609
12	Doubles	2012	Altenberg, GER	1:24.479

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Doubles
2013/2014	11
2012/2013	24
2011/2012	24

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	Doubles	Relay
2013/2014	1 x 6th	-
2012/2013	1 x 7th	-
2011/2012	1 x 12th	1 x 6th

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
6	Doubles	2013/2014	Sigulda, LAT	1:23.694
7	Doubles	2013/2014	Altenberg, GER	1:24.257
7	Doubles	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	1:36.144
8	Doubles	2013/2014	Winterberg, GER	1:28.579
12	Doubles	2013/2014	Konigssee, GER	1:41.900
16	Doubles	2013/2014	Igls, AUT	1:21.984
20	Doubles	2013/2014	Oberhof, GER	2:18.323
European Championships
6	Doubles	2014	Sigulda, LAT	1:23.694
Junior World Championships
6	Doubles	2011	Oberhof, GER	1:19.070

Legend
DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Nickname: Sasha (rusluge.ru, 29 Sep 2012)
Occupation: Athlete
Coach: Zhanna Zheman, RUS; Alexander Osipenko, RUS; Walter Plaikner [national], ITA, from 2013 (rusluge.ru, 27 Dec 2013)

Hobbies: Sports, reading, computer games. (VK profile, 27 Dec 2013)
Languages Spoken: Russian

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He took up luge at age 12 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Athlete, 27 Dec 2013)

Reason for taking up this sport
Vladislav Antonov, a former classmate who has since become his partner in doubles, invited him to try the sport. (rusluge.ru, 29 Sep 2012)

General
TEAMMATES SINCE CHILDHOOD
His partnership with doubles partner Vladislav Antonov began when the pair were still in school. "At the beginning of the school year, we were writing an essay on how we had spent the summer. My friend wrote that he had been luge sliding over the holidays. I was so envious that I also wanted to try it, so he took me to the club. That classmate was Vlad Antonov. Together, we have come from school to the world championships. In no way can we let each other down." (team-russia2014.ru, 09 Feb 2012)

Social Media
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