Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton racer) explained

Aleksandr Tretyakov
Fullname:Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov
Headercolor:lightsteelblue
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:19 April 1985
Birth Place:Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.86 m
Weight:84 kg
Country: Russia
Sport:Skeleton
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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Третьяков; born 19 April 1985) is a Russian skeleton rider. Tretyakov is Olympic champion (2014), World champion (2013), European champion (2007) as well as two-times winner of the Skeleton World Cup, which he won in 2008–09 and 2018–19.

Career

Tretyakov is the first Russian who won the World Championships (2013 in St. Moritz), the overall Skeleton World Cup (2008–09) and an Olympics bronze medal (at the 2010 Winter Olympics). He is the silver medalist of the 2011 World Championships in Königssee and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg, as well as of bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid (men's skeleton event) and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg (mixed team). In 2013 in St. Moritz, he became the world champion.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Tretyakov won three out of four runs, established track (55.95) and start (4.47) records, and became the champion ahead of Martins Dukurs, who was universally considered to be the strongest gold medal contender.[1] This was the first gold medal in skeleton for Russia. To sleep well before the second day of the competitions, Tretyakov downloaded on his cell phone the series of Russian Wikipedia articles on the economy of the Tsardom of Russia and fell asleep while reading them.[2]

Tretyakov resides in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. His wife Anastasia is a former skeleton rider. Their daughter was born in 2013.

Controversy

Tretyakov's bottles of urine had scratch marks so he was provisionally suspended in 2016.[3] On 22 November 2017, he was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics and had his gold medal stripped from him.[4] On 1 February 2018, the ban was overturned and his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[5]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[6]

Season123456789PointsPlace
2004–05WIN
32
ALT
37
IGL
19
SIG
33
CES
39
STM
39
LKP
26
2334th
2005–06CAL
9
LKP
29
IGL
28
SIG
10
KON
38
STM
32
ALT
9224th
2006–07CAL
2
PKC
3
LKP
15
NAG
IGL
1
CES
WIN
1
KON
2
4873rd
2007–08CAL
10
PKC
7
LKP
19
CES1
15
CES2
12
STM
22
KON
13
WIN
79416th
2008–09WIN
2
ALT
9
IGL
2
KON
3
STM
9
WHI
9
PKC1
1
PKC2
1
15261st
2009–10PKC
11
LKP
7
CES
15
WIN
3
ALT
2
KON
12
STM
9
IGL
3
12988th
2010–11WHI
3
CAL
2
PKC
1
LKP
13
IGL
3
WIN
3
STM
23
CES
10
13495th
2011–12IGL
2
LPL
3
WIN
3
ALT
6
KON
5
STM
22
WHI
2
CAL
2
14464th
2012–13LKP
3
PKC
3
WHI
4
WIN
2
LPL
2
ALT
KON
3
IGL
2
SOC
2
16324th
2013–14CAL
2
PKC
1
LKP
2
WIN
3
STM1
4
STM2
7
IGL
2
KON
14154th
2014–15LKP
CAL
ALT
3
KON
1
STM
10
LAP
2
IGL
2
SOC
1
12147th
2015–16ALT
2
WIN
2
KON1
2
LKP
PKC
WHI
STM
5
KON2
81412th
2016–17WHI
2
LKP
1
ALT
WIN
3
STM
4
KON
1
IGL
2
PYE
4
14543rd
2017–18LKP
3
PKC
6
WHI
WIN
4
IGL
34
ALT
2
STM
4
KON
7
11389th
2018–19SIG
4
WIN
1
ALT
1
KON
IGL
4
STM
2
LKP
1
CAL1
1
CAL2
2
17191st
2019–20LKP1
3
LKP2
1
WIN
7
LPL
1
IGL
3
KON
1
STM
6
SIG
5
16032nd
2020–21SIG 1
9
SIG 2
10
IGL 1
1
IGL 2
WIN
1
STM
KON
3
IGL 3
1
11715th
2021–22IGL 1
1
IGL 2
9
ALT 1
9
WIN
1
ALT 2
4
SIG
WIN 2
3
STM
8
13067th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/dud/574695.html. ru:Скелетрон. Почему вы обожаете Александра Третьякова, хотя и не знаете об этом. Дудь. Юрий. 16 February 2014. sports.ru. ru. 16 February 2014.
  2. Web site: http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/festival/574572.html. ru:Александр Третьяков: «По духу я точно не чиновник, не организатор». Быстров. Денис. sports.ru . 16 February 2014 . Russian. 16 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Four Russian skeleton athletes provisionally suspended on doping allegations.
  4. Web site: Decision by IOC Disciplinary Commission. 23 April 2023. olympic.org.
  5. Web site: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 1 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Alexander Tretiakov. ibsf.org. 14 January 2022 . 23 April 2023.