Men
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Alexander Rumyantsev
RUS- Date of birth05 Dec 1986
- Height185 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownArkhangelsk
- Place of birthArkhangelsk
- Start skating Club He began the sport in 1998 in Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation. Pomorie Sports School of Olympic Reserve: Arkhangelsk, RUS
- HobbiesSport, fishing, travelling, going to the cinema and the theatre, reading, visiting Russian saunas, spending time with his children. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2020)
- LanguagesRussian
- Other nameRumy, Sasha (Instagram profile, 16 Feb 2021; arh.aif.ru, 27 Feb 2014)
- FamliyWife Evgenia, sons Arseniy and Saveliy
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2021 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 21 Jun 2021)
"Work hard." (Athlete, 04 Dec 2015)
Coaches Vladimir Syutkovsky and Viktor Sivkov. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019)
Winning the overall title in the 5000m/10,000m for the 2018/19 World Cup season. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2020)
SANCTION OVERTURNED
In November 2017 the International Olympic Committee [IOC] found that he had committed an anti-doping violation at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. His result from the Games was disqualified, and he received a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games. In February 2018 the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] overturned the IOC decision against him and a number of other Russian athletes, annulling the sanctions and reinstating his results. However, the IOC did not invite him to compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (rsport.ria.ru, 05 Feb 2018; tas-cas.org, 01 Feb 2018; reuters.com, 24 Nov 2017; olympic.org, 24 Nov 2017)
In November 2017 the International Olympic Committee [IOC] found that he had committed an anti-doping violation at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. His result from the Games was disqualified, and he received a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games. In February 2018 the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] overturned the IOC decision against him and a number of other Russian athletes, annulling the sanctions and reinstating his results. However, the IOC did not invite him to compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (rsport.ria.ru, 05 Feb 2018; tas-cas.org, 01 Feb 2018; reuters.com, 24 Nov 2017; olympic.org, 24 Nov 2017)
His parents wanted him to take up a sport so he would stay busy. His mother asked her friend, speed skating coach Tatiana Syutkovskaya, to accept him in her training group.
