Alexander Shevchenko (curler)
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| Curler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 3, 1971 Solnechnogorsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Stolitsa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Andrey Smirnov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Konstantin Kurokhtin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Svetlana Pakhomova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Alexander Shevchenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Marat Romanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexander Alexeevich Shevchenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алексе́евич Шевче́нко; born 3 June 1971) is a Russian wheelchair curler playing as lead for the Russian wheelchair curling team. He and his team won the silver medal at the 2014 Paralympic Games and gold medals at the 2012 and 2015 World Championships.
Biography
Shevhcenko came to curling after a car accident.[1]
Awards
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class (17 March 2014) – for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for the high athletic performances at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi[2]
- Merited Master of Sports of Russia
- Laureate of the "Return to Life" award in 2013[3]
References
External links
- Personal details at the World Curling Federation's website
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