Aleksei Pushkarev

Aleksei Pushkarev
Personal information
Nationality Russian
Born (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986
Staronizhestebliyevskaya, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Bobsleigh

Aleksei Pushkarev (born November 4, 1986 in Staronizhestebliyevskaya) 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]

World Cup Podiums

[1]

Date Location Rank Event Teammates
7 December 2013 Park City 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Four-man Alexander Kasjanov
Philipp Egorov
Maxim Belugin
4 January 2014 Winterberg 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Four-man Alexander Zubkov
Alexey Negodaylo
Dmitry Trunenkov

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