Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton racer)

Aleksandr Tretyakov
	Aleksandr Tretyakov at the Skeleton World Cup 2018/19 in Altenberg
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov
Nationality	Russian
Born	19 April 1985 (age 39); Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Skeleton
Medal record
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Representing Bobsleigh Federation of Russia
World Championships

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Place
2004–05	WIN 32	ALT 37	IGL 19	SIG 33	CES 39	STM 39	LKP 26	—	—	23	34th
2005–06	CAL 9	LKP 29	IGL 28	SIG 10	KON 38	STM 32	ALT —	—	—	92	24th
2006–07	CAL 2	PKC 3	LKP 15	NAG —	IGL 1	CES —	WIN 1	KON 2	—	487	3rd
2007–08	CAL 10	PKC 7	LKP 19	CES1 15	CES2 12	STM 22	KON 13	WIN —	—	794	16th
2008–09	WIN 2	ALT 9	IGL 2	KON 3	STM 9	WHI 9	PKC1 1	PKC2 1	—	1526	1st
2009–10	PKC 11	LKP 7	CES 15	WIN 3	ALT 2	KON 12	STM 9	IGL 3	—	1298	8th
2010–11	WHI 3	CAL 2	PKC 1	LKP 13	IGL 3	WIN 3	STM 23	CES 10	—	1349	5th
2011–12	IGL 2	LPL 3	WIN 3	ALT 6	KON 5	STM 22	WHI 2	CAL 2	—	1446	4th
2012–13	LKP 3	PKC 3	WHI 4	WIN 2	LPL 2	ALT —	KON 3	IGL 2	SOC 2	1632	4th
2013–14	CAL 2	PKC 1	LKP 2	WIN 3	STM1 4	STM2 7	IGL 2	KON —	—	1415	4th
2014–15	LKP —	CAL —	ALT 3	KON 1	STM 10	LAP 2	IGL 2	SOC 1	—	1214	7th
2015–16	ALT 2	WIN 2	KON1 2	LKP —	PKC —	WHI —	STM 5	KON2 —	—	814	12th
2016–17	WHI 2	LKP 1	ALT —	WIN 3	STM 4	KON 1	IGL 2	PYE 4	—	1454	3rd
2017–18	LKP 3	PKC 6	WHI —	WIN 4	IGL 34	ALT 2	STM 4	KON 7	—	1138	9th
2018–19	SIG 4	WIN 1	ALT 1	KON CNX	IGL 4	STM 2	LKP 1	CAL1 1	CAL2 2	1719	1st
2019–20	LKP1 3	LKP2 1	WIN 7	LPL 1	IGL 3	KON 1	STM 6	SIG 5	—	1603	2nd
2020–21	SIG 1 9	SIG 2 10	IGL 1 1	IGL 2 —	WIN 1	STM —	KON 3	IGL 3 1	—	1171	5th
2021–22	IGL 1 1	IGL 2 9	ALT 1 9	WIN 1	ALT 2 4	SIG —	WIN 2 3	STM 8	—	1306	7th

References

^ Дудь, Юрий (16 February 2014). Скелетрон. Почему вы обожаете Александра Третьякова, хотя и не знаете об этом. sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ Быстров, Денис (16 February 2014). Александр Третьяков: «По духу я точно не чиновник, не организатор». sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Four Russian skeleton athletes provisionally suspended on doping allegations".
^ "Decision by IOC Disciplinary Commission" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ "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" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ "Alexander Tretiakov". ibsf.org. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links

[1] Дудь, Юрий (16 February 2014). Скелетрон. Почему вы обожаете Александра Третьякова, хотя и не знаете об этом. sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[2] Быстров, Денис (16 February 2014). Александр Третьяков: «По духу я точно не чиновник, не организатор». sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[3] "Four Russian skeleton athletes provisionally suspended on doping allegations".

[4] "Decision by IOC Disciplinary Commission" (PDF). olympic.org. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

[5] "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" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

[ibsf-profile-6] "Alexander Tretiakov". ibsf.org. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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