Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 2 | Four-man | 2006 | Torino, ITA | 3:40.55 |
| 3 | Two-man | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 3:27.51 |
| 4 | Two-man | 2006 | Torino, ITA | 3:44.00 |
| World Championships |
| 1 | Two-man | 2011 | Konigssee, GER | 3:20.72 |
| 3 | Two-man | 2008 | Altenberg, GER | 3:41.97 |
| 5 | Mixed Team | 2011 | Konigssee, GER | 3:28.06 |
| 11 | Four-man | 2013 | St. Moritz, SUI | 4:21.89 |
| Two-man | 2013 | St. Moritz, SUI | DSQ |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | Two-man | Four-man |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 2 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 13th | - |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 1st | - |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 2 | Two-man | 2013/2014 | St. Moritz, SUI | 2:13.58 |
| 2 | Two-man | 2013/2014 | Winterberg, GER | 1:53.14 |
| 2 | Four-man | 2013/2014 | St. Moritz, SUI | 2:09.75 |
| 7 | Two-man | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 1:49.78 |
| 10 | Two-man | 2013/2014 | Park City, UT, USA | 1:36.23 |
| 16 | Four-man | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 1:49.42 |
| 18 | Four-man | 2013/2014 | Park City, UT, USA | 1:35.58 |
| European Championships |
| 1 | Two-man | 2011 | Winterberg, GER | 1:52.21 |
| 1 | Two-man | 2008 | Cesana Pariol, ITA | 1:51.97 |
| 8 | Four-man | 2013 | Igls, AUT | 1:43.97 |
LegendDNS-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 since1999 (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)
Start of sporting careerHe took up bobsleigh at the end of the 1990s and turned professional in 2002. (vokrug-tv.ru, 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportHe 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)
AwardsFollowing 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)
GeneralNATIONAL 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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