Alexander Tretyakov - Russian skeletonist, world champion and Olympic Games in Sochi

Alexander Tretyakov - skeletonist, was born in April 19, 1985 in the city of Krasnoyarsk in the Soviet Union. First skated, athletics, then bobsledding, then moved to the skeleton, because he wanted to be the bobsled accelerates but it was not enough weight.

Biography Alexander Tretyakov

All childhood Alexander was held in Krasnoyarsk. Both parents were athletes, and his mother was in athletics, the father - in football and hockey, this phenomenon has helped his son to instill a love for the sport. In parallel, he loved to study archeology and history, read detective stories, fantasy and adventure. In Latvia in Sigulda young Alexander first had a chance to try his hand in the skeleton, it immediately liked to control the sled at a high speed, so the skeleton Alexander Tretyakov decided to remain seized already on a professional level.

The first major tournament of

In order to make the most loudly about himself, Alexander Tretyakov moved to Moscow in 2000. Also in Moscow, more trails, and one of the workouts he noticed two well-known specialist in Russian - Sergey Smirnov and Anatoly Chelishev. At that time, Alexander was only 14 years old, but the coaches have seen in the youth potential, so he began to actively help work towards mastery. At first, the result was not as impressive as we would - just a 15th place at the Olympic Games 2006 in Turin.

The unexpected success of

Having analyzed all the mistakes, the athlete continued to progress, and in a few years at the Vancouver Olympics Alexander Tretyakov showed himself worthy, taking third place. Nobody put it at the time, considering that the skeleton is not the main sport in Russia, therefore such a high result was quite unexpected for everyone. From that moment it became clear that the Russian Olympic team is able to win not only in figure skating and skiing.

The great achievements of the athlete

From the great variety of different victories and prizes in the biggest tournaments, perhaps particularly noteworthy that Alexander Tretyakov - Olympic champion 2014, world champion in 2013, winner at the end of the overall World Cup in 2009, 2007 champion of Europe. Also won prizes in European and world tournaments, getting better at the youth level.

Much of the success at the Olympic Games in Sochi was due to the fact that Alexander and his team thoroughly studied the track charges for 3 weeks and worked a lot on its passage. Ibid during the third check Tret'yakov set a record portion - 56, 28 seconds. His main rival, he was ahead by almost a second, that skeleton is a major advantage, the gap between Martins Dukurs amounted to as much as 0, 81 seconds.

His gold medals Alexander puts on one level with bronze and silver, as for him, they have the same value as the highest and most honorable in the sport. In addition, the athlete has never been seen "star disease", all their grand success, he believes only a coincidence.

Other awards and titles

February 24, 2014 the athlete was awarded the Order of Friendship for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.

Medal of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" II degree was received March 5, 2010 for outstanding contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high achievements in sports at the XXI Olympic Games in 2010 in Vancouver. It has the sign "For merits in development of the Russian Railways" II degree.

Alexander Tretyakov, a Merited Master of Sports of Russia.

The doping scandal

There is nothing more frustrating for an athlete than a ban to do their work. December 30, 2016 International Federation of Bobsleigh and Skeleton decided to remove Alexander from the competition until January 19, 2017 in connection with the anti-doping rule violations.

November 22, 2017 The International Olympic Committee stripped gold athlete Olympic Games in Sochi and lifetime ban from participating in the games. It should be noted that prior to this case doping control at all tournaments skeleton Alexander Tretyakov was held successfully.

The reason for the charges was the "report McLaren", which details the candid testimony of the former head of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory of Gregory Rodchenkova who moved to the United States. Being undercover FBI Rodchenkov stated that he personally substituted for doping tests by Russian athletes and gave them a special cocktail, after which they were more likely to achieve outstanding results. At the same time, for some strange reason none of the sports officials did not ask about the composition of the drug and its properties. There was the fact that no one not even going to carry out a detailed investigation into the more serious. Most importantly, it is unclear how this cocktail could help Tretyakov. In general, the issues were much more questions than answers. A number of independent experts and other analysts immediately questioned the veracity of the evidence. Scandal different impact on different social mass. Some said that Russia is to blame and gloating, while others have seen in all this deliberate desire to offend the honor and dignity of Russian athletes.

After missed the World Cup and torn preparatory schedule Alexander yet resumed participation in competitions. The International Federation of Bobsleigh has come to the conclusion that "the report of the McLaren" has no tangible evidence to suspend an athlete from performing.

Following this decision, the athlete won a bronze medal at the European Championships and won a stage of the World Cup January 28, 2017 in Germany.

February 1, 2018 Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the decision on lifelong suspension from the Olympic Games and has confirmed the 1st place at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014.