Alexandr Zubkov

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For Russian footballer, see Aleksandr Zubkov (footballer).
Alexandr Zubkov
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Alexandr Zubkov at the 2014 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Alexandr Yuryevich Zubkov
Nationality Russian
Born (1974-08-10) 10 August 1974 (age 49)
Bratsk, Russian SFSR,  Soviet Union
Residence Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Bobsleigh (pilot)
Turned pro 1999
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2nd3rd
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2014 Sochi Two-man
Disqualified 2014 Sochi Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Two-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Königssee Two-man
Silver medal – second place 2005 Calgary Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2008 Altenberg Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2013 St. Moritz Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Altenberg Two-man
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004–05 Four-man
Gold medal – first place 2005–06 Four-man
Gold medal – first place 2008–09 Combined
Gold medal – first place 2008–09 Four-man
Gold medal – first place 2010–11 Two-man
Gold medal – first place 2011–12 Four-man
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2003–04 Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2004–05 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2005–06 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2005–06 Two-man
Silver medal – second place 2007–08 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2007–08 Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2010–11 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2011–12 Combined
Silver medal – second place 2012–13 Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2004–05 Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 2007–08 Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 2010–11 Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2011–12 Two-man

Alexandr Yuryevich Zubkov (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Зубков, born 10 August 1974) is a Russian retired bobsledder who has competed since 1999. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals with a silver in 2006 (four-man) and a bronze in 2010 (two-man).[1]

Career

Zubkov with President Vladimir Putin at the award ceremonies for Russian athletes, 24 February 2014

Zubkov also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (Four-man: 2005, 2008) and two bronzes (Two-man: 2008, Four-man: 2003). He won the Bobsleigh World Cup in the four-man event three times as well (2004-5, 2005–6, 2008–9).

Prior to competing in bobsleigh, he competed in luge. Zubkov finished 20th in the men's singles event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

2014 Winter Olympics

In 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he was the flag bearer of Russia for the Opening Ceremony. Zubkov won Gold in both Two-Man and Four-Man Bobsleigh. 39-year-old Zubkov is the third-oldest pilot to win two-man gold in Bobsleigh[2]

In the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Zubkov was coached by a former rival, Canadian Pierre Lueders.[3] Zubkov also paid a fee to borrow personal skids from the 2011 World Champion, Germany's Manuel Machata. Machata bought the skids for 29'000 EUR in Switzerland, and had not qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The 2014 Olympics saw Germany failing to win a bobsleigh medal at an Olympics for the first time since Innsbruck 1964. Machata did not inform German Bobsleigh Luge and Skeleton Federation of this loan and received a one-year competitive ban and fine of €5,000 (250,000 rubles) from the Federation.[4][5][6][7]

Zubkov received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" award 4th class with Russian President Vladimir Putin handing the state awards.[8]

In October 2014 Zubkov announced his retirement from the sport due to a long-term injury which prevented him from competing at the start of the 2014–15 season.[9]

In May 2016, Zubkov was named in a New York Times investigation of Russian athletic doping during the Sochi Games.[10] On 24 November 2017, Zubkov was disqualified of his medals from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[11]

Personal life

His daughter, Elisaveta Zubkova, is a Russian skeleton slider.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Aleksandr Zubkov. Sports-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Eric Reguly (19 February 2014) "How Canadian Lueders helped put Russian bobsleigh team on right track". The Globe and Mail.
  4. ↑ Nick Butler (3 March 2014) "German banned for loaning bobsled to double gold medal winning Russian rival Zubkov". insidethegames.biz.
  5. ↑ Anno Hecker (14 February 2014) Russisches Gold mit deutschen Kufen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. ↑ Sperre und Geldstrafe für Machata, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Christoph Becker (17 February 2014) Kein „olympiawürdiger“ Schlitten. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  11. ↑ https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2017/SML-028-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision-Aleksandr-ZUBKOV.pdf#_ga=2.64360495.1450016167.1511540161-1668388724.1484259175
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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