Alexander Denisyev

Alexander Denisyev

File:2017-02-24 Alexander Denisyev, Vladislav Antonov by Sandro Halank (cropped).jpg Aleksandr Denisyev competing in the 2016–17 Luge World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Vladimirovich Denisyev
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 Krasnoyarsk, RSFSR, USSR
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Luge
Event	Doubles
Medal record Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Mixed team World Championships Gold medal – first place 2020 Sochi Sprint Silver medal – second place 2020 Sochi Doubles Bronze medal – third place 2017 Igls Mixed team European Championships Gold medal – first place 2018 Sigulda Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2020 Lillehammer Doubles Silver medal – second place 2015 Sochi Mixed team Bronze medal – third place 2016 Altenberg Mixed team

Alexander Vladimirovich Denisyev (Russian: Александр Владимирович Денисьев, born 29 July 1991) is a Russian luger. Denisyev, together with Vladislav Antonov, participated in the doubles and team relay competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Denisyev and Antonov came fifth in the doubles, and, together with Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko, they won the silver medal in the team relay.

Denisyev was later stripped of that medal by the International Olympic Committee, after Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova were banned for doping violations on 22 December 2017, and the results of the Russian team were annulled.

On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of a successful appeal.

He and Vladislav Antonov became the first Russians in post-Soviet era to win a WC stage, doing this during the Sochi stage of the 2018–19 Luge World Cup.

World Cup podiums

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2016–17	4 February 2017	Oberhof, Germany	Team Relay	2nd
2017–18	18 November 2017	Innsbruck, Austria	Team Relay	3rd
	27 January 2018	Sigulda, Latvia	Team Relay	1st
2018–19	23 February 2019	Sochi, Russia	Doubles	1st
	24 February 2019	Sochi, Russia	Doubles (sprint)	1st
	24 February 2019	Sochi, Russia	Team Relay	1st
2019–20	11 January 2020	Altenberg, Germany	Doubles	3rd
	12 January 2020	Altenberg, Germany	Team Relay	1st
	18 January 2020	Lillehammer, Norway	Doubles	1st
	23 February 2020	Winterberg, Germany	Doubles	1st
	23 February 2020	Winterberg, Germany	Team Relay	1st
2020–21	6 December 2020	Altenberg, Germany	Team Relay	2nd