Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 3 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 3:30.75 |
| 15 | Men | 2006 | Torino, ITA | 1:59.03 |
| World Championships |
| 1 | Men | 2013 | St. Moritz, SUI | 4:32.35 |
| 2 | Men | 2011 | Konigssee, GER | 3:25.44 |
| 3 | Men | 2009 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | 2:47.09 |
| 6 | Mixed Team | 2011 | Konigssee, GER | 3:28.24 |
| 8 | Mixed Team | 2012 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | 3:47.67 |
| 12 | Men | 2012 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | 3:41.35 |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | Men |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 4 |
| 2012/2013 | 4 |
| 2011/2012 | 4 |
| 2010/2011 | 5 |
| 2008/2009 | 1 |
| 2006/2007 | 3 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | Men | Team |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 1st | - |
| 2012/2013 | 4 x 2nd | - |
| 2011/2012 | 3 x 2nd | 1 x 3rd |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 1st | 1 x 3rd |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 1 | Men | 2013/2014 | Park City, UT, USA | 1:37.59 |
| 2 | Men | 2013/2014 | Igls, AUT | 1:46.01 |
| 2 | Men | 2013/2014 | Lake Placid, NY, USA | 1:48.21 |
| 2 | Men | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 1:52.14 |
| 3 | Men | 2013/2014 | Winterberg, GER | 1:56.46 |
| 4 | Men | 2013/2014 | St. Moritz, SUI | 2:19.98 |
| 7 | Men | 2013/2014 | St. Moritz, SUI | 2:17.62 |
| European Championships |
| 1 | Men | 2007 | Konigssee, GER | 1:36.13 |
| 2 | Men | 2013 | Igls, AUT | 1:45.88 |
| 3 | Men | 2011 | Winterberg, GER | 1:55.71 |
| 3 | Men | 2010 | Igls, AUT | 1:46.49 |
| 6 | Men | 2012 | Altenberg, GER | 1:56.60 |
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- Nickname: Russian Rocket (latimes.com, 05 May 2009)
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Family: Wife Anastasia, daughter Eva
- Club Name: Lokomotiv, Russia
- Sporting Relatives: His wife Anastasia Aksyonova won medals in the Russian junior championships in skeleton, and has worked as a skeleton coach. His sister Viktoria has also competed in skeleton. (ekhoplanet.ru, 27 Apr 2011)
- Debut: 2002 for Russia (fibt.com, 05 May 2009)
- Hobbies: Fishing, active leisure. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- Education: Finance - Siberian State Technological University, Krasnoyarsk, RUS
- Languages Spoken: Russian
- Coach: Anatoly Chelyshev, RUS; Sergey Smirnov, RUS (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- Other Sports: He has competed in bobsleigh, and was part of the Russia team that competed at the world championships in 2008, 2011 and 2012. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jan 2014)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006
Additional Information
Member of national team since
2004 (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Start of sporting career
He began competing in skeleton in 2000. (fibt.com, 18 Jan 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Becoming world champion in 2013, finishing on the podium at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, his victory in the 2009 World Cup. (sovsport.ru, 06 Mar 2013)
Superstitions / Rituals
He believes dropping a helmet before competition is bad luck. (redyarsk.ru, 26 Feb 2013)
Awards
In 2010 he received a medal of Order for Merit to the Fatherland [second grade], in recognition of his contribution to the development of sport in Russia. (kremlin.ru, 05 Mar 2010)
He holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Russia. (infosport.ru, 28 Jan 2014)
General
OTHER ROLES
He is an ambassador for the 2019 Winter World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, where he was born. (sport-express.ru, 26 Apr 2013)