Aleksei Pushkarev

Aleksei Pushkarev

Pushkarev at IBSF World Cup in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 (age 38) Staronizhestebliyevskaya, Russian SSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Bobsleigh

Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Пушкарёв; born 4 November 1986), also known as Aleksey Pushkaryov, is a Russian bobsledder.^[1]

Pushkarev competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He teamed with driver Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Belugin and Ilvir Huzin as the Russia-2 bobsledding team in the four-man event, finishing fourth, missing out on the bronze medal position by three-hundredths of a second.^[2][3]

As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 11th, coming in the four-man event in 2013.^[1]

Pushkarev made his World Cup debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, he has two World Cup podium finishes, a pair of bronze medals in 2013-14.^[1]

On 29 November 2017, he was disqualified for doping.^[4]

^[1]

Season	Date	Location	Teammates	Discipline	Place
2013–14	7 December 2013	Park City, United States	Alexander Kasjanov Philipp Egorov Maxim Belugin	Four-man	3rd
	4 January 2014	Winterberg, Germany	Alexander Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov	Four-man	3rd
2014–15	13 December 2014	Lake Placid, United States	Alexander Kasjanov Maxim Mokrousov Ilvir Huzin	Four-man	2nd
	1 February 2015	La Plagne, France	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksey Zaytsev	Four-man	2nd
	15 February 2015	Sochi, Russia	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksey Zaytsev	Four-man	2nd
2015–16	9 January 2016	Lake Placid, United States	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksey Zaytsev	Four-man	2nd
	16 January 2016	Park City, United States	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksey Zaytsev	Four-man	1st
	23 January 2016	Whistler, Canada	Alexander Kasjanov	Two-man	3rd
	24 January 2016	Whistler, Canada	Alexander Kasjanov	Two-man	3rd
2016–17	4 December 2016	Whistler, Canada	Alexander Kasjanov Aleksey Zaytsev Maxim Belugin	Four-man	1st
	1 January 2017	Altenberg, Germany	Alexander Kasjanov	Two-man	2nd

• Aleksei Pushkarev at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Aleksei Pushkarev at Olympics.com
• Aleksey Pushkaryov at Olympedia (archive)