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    Sochi 2014

    XXII Olympic Winter Games
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    7-23 February 2014
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    Alexey VOEVODA
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    Alexey VOEVODA

    Russian Fed.
    • Gender: Male
    • Nationality: Russian Fed.
    • Birthday: 9 May 1980
    • Age: 34
    • Height: 1.95 m (6' 5'')
    • Weight: 114 kg / 251 lbs
    • Place of Birth: -
    • Place of Residence: Russian Fed., SOCHI
    Bobsleigh
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    Medals

    • Bobsleigh
    • Four-man
    • Gold
    • Bobsleigh
    • Two-man
    • Gold

    Athlete competitions and results

    • 16 February, 20:15 Two-man Heat 1
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 56.25 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 16 February, 21:50 Two-man Heat 2
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 1:52.82 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 17 February, 18:30 Two-man Heat 3
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 2:48.90 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 17 February, 20:05 Two-man Heat 4
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 3:45.39 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 22 February, 20:30 Four-man Heat 1
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 54.82 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 22 February, 22:00 Four-man Heat 2
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 1:50.19 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 23 February, 13:30 Four-man Heat 3
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 2:45.21 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1
    • 23 February, 15:00 Four-man Heat 4
    • Team: RUS
      Time: 3:40.60 (0.00)
    • Rank: 1

    Additional Information

    Highlights

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Olympic Winter Games
    2Four-man2006Torino, ITA3:40.55
    3Two-man2010Vancouver, BC, CAN3:27.51
    4Two-man2006Torino, ITA3:44.00
    World Championships
    1Two-man2011Konigssee, GER3:20.72
    3Two-man2008Altenberg, GER3:41.97
    5Mixed Team2011Konigssee, GER3:28.06
    11Four-man2013St. Moritz, SUI4:21.89
    Two-man2013St. Moritz, SUIDSQ

    Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011
    SeasonTwo-manFour-man
    2013/20142 x 2nd1 x 2nd
    2012/20131 x 13th-
    2010/20111 x 1st-

    RankEventYearLocationResult
    Ten best World Cup performances in current season
    2Two-man2013/2014St. Moritz, SUI2:13.58
    2Two-man2013/2014Winterberg, GER1:53.14
    2Four-man2013/2014St. Moritz, SUI2:09.75
    7Two-man2013/2014Calgary, AB, CAN1:49.78
    10Two-man2013/2014Park City, UT, USA1:36.23
    16Four-man2013/2014Calgary, AB, CAN1:49.42
    18Four-man2013/2014Park City, UT, USA1:35.58
    European Championships
    1Two-man2011Winterberg, GER1:52.21
    1Two-man2008Cesana Pariol, ITA1:51.97
    8Four-man2013Igls, AUT1:43.97


    Legend
    DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for final run, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
    • Nickname: Lyosha (kuban.kp.ru, 24 Feb 2010)
    • Occupation: Athlete
    • Club Name: Centre of Winter Sports Preparation, Sochi, RUS
    • Position Style: Push athlete (dni.ru, 25 Oct 2013)
    • Debut: 1999 for Russia, World Cup (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)
    • Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006
    • Hobbies: Cars. (op-media.ru, 15 Feb 2010)
    • Education: Sport Management - Sochi State University, Russia
    • Coach: Viktor Isaev [personal], RUS; Pierre Lueders [national], CAN (rusbob.ru, 25 Dec 2013; team-russia2014.ru, 01 Jun 2013)
    • Other Sports: He was the absolute arm wrestling world champion between 2000 and 2004. (armpower.net, 13 Jan 2010)
    • Injuries: At the 2013 European Championships in Igls, Austria, he fell out of the bobsleigh during a four-man training run and hit his shoulder against a concrete wall. He did not miss any competitions but continues to experience pain from the injury. (team-russia2014.ru, 25 Jan 2013)

      In January 2009 he pulled a hamstring during the World Cup stage in Konigssee, Germany. He recovered in time to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid, NY, United States. (fibt.com, 21 Feb 2009; allsportinfo.ru, 23 Jan 2009)

    Additional Information

    Member of national team since
    1999 (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)

    Start of sporting career
    He took up bobsleigh at the end of the 1990s and turned professional in 2002. (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)

    Reason for taking up this sport
    He has been doing different sports since childhood, including karate, judo and arm wrestling. After becoming an absolute champion in arm wrestling, he switched to bobsleigh where he could apply his strength and energy. (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)

    Awards
    Following the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, he was awarded the Order for Merits to the Fatherland [second grade]. (kremlin.ru, 05 Mar 2010)

    In 2010 he became an Honoured Citizen of Sochi and an ambassador for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (sovsport.ru, 04 Jul 2010; sochi-24.ru, 14 Nov 2010)

    He holds the titles of Honoured Master of Sport in bobsleigh and arm wrestling. (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)

    General
    NATIONAL FIRST
    Competing in the two-man event, he and Alexander Zubkov won Russia's first Olympic gold medal in bobsleigh at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (ONS, 17 Feb 2014)

    STRONGMAN
    He attributes his strength to being so active during his childhood. "I grew up in the mountains, and I would always climb trees with the other children. I was the fastest of the little tree climbers. That is how I became strong." (nbcsports.com, 16 Jan 2014)

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    Bobsleigh

    Two-man
    • Position: Crew
    Four-man
    • Position: Crew
    News: Alexey VOEVODA
    Russian four-man bobsleigh team won gold medals of the Sochi Olympic Games in the last day of competitions.
    23 FebruaryRussian bobsleighers win 13th gold medal for the national team
    Russian four-man bobsleigh team won gold medals of the Sochi Olympic Games in the last day of competitions. 
    17 FebruaryRussia win two-man bobsleigh
    Russia's team of pilot Alexander Zubkov and brakeman Alexey Voevoda earned their country's fifth gold medal at the Sochi Olympics by winning the two-man bobsleigh.
    16 FebruaryRussia lead two-man bobsleigh
    Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda of Russia led the two-man bobsleigh event at the 2014 Olympics after the first day of competition at the Sanki Sliding Centre.
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    Media
    • Russian bobsleighers win 13th gold medal for the national team
      23 February
      Russian bobsleighers win 13th gold medal for the national team
    • Sochi 2014 Day 17 - Bobsleigh Four-man
      23 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 17 - Bobsleigh Four-man
    • Sochi 2014 Day 11 - Bobsleigh Two-man Heat
      17 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 11 - Bobsleigh Two-man Heat
    • Sochi 2014 Day 11 - Bobsleigh Two-man Heat
      17 February
      Sochi 2014 Day 11 - Bobsleigh Two-man Heat
    • Russia win two-man bobsleigh
      17 February
      Russia win two-man bobsleigh
    • Russia lead two-man bobsleigh
      16 February
      Russia lead two-man bobsleigh
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