Albert Demchenko

Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (Russian: Альберт Михайлович Демченко; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team.[1] His daughter Victoria Demchenko is also a luger.

Albert Demchenko
Demchenko in 2020
Personal information
Native nameАльберт Михайлович Демченко
Full nameAlbert Mikhailovich Demchenko
NationalityRussian
Born (1971-11-27) 27 November 1971
Chusovoy, Perm Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb; 15.4 st)
Sport
Country Russia
Sport Luge
Event(s)Men's singles
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Men's singles
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiMen's singles
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiMixed team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Altenberg Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Altenberg Mixed team
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004–05 Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2009–10 Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007–08 Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010–11 Men's singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Winterberg Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Sigulda Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Paramonovo Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sigulda Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Sigulda Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Cesana Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Sigulda Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Oberhof Mixed team

Career

A seven-time Winter Olympian, he won his first medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a silver in the men's singles event. He competed in his sixth Olympics at the 2010 Winter Olympics, coming fourth. He then competed in his seventh Olympics in Sochi 2014 in his native Russia, winning a further two silver medals.

Demchenko also won eight medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 2006, 2010; Mixed team: 2012, 2014), two silvers (Men's singles: 1996, 2008), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996; Mixed team: 2013).

He was overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2004–05.

Demchenko with Vladimir Putin

In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2] In January 2018, he and Tatyana Ivanova successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to strip his medals from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport.[3] As a result, both his medals were reinstated.

World Cup podiums
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1997–9822 November 1997Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles2nd
2002–0318 November 2002United States Park City, United StatesSingles3rd
2 December 2002Germany Oberhof, GermanySingles1st
20 January 2003Austria Igls, AustriaSingles3rd
2004–058 November 2004Germany Altenberg, GermanySingles2nd
15 November 2004Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles1st
6 December 2004Canada Calgary, CanadaSingles3rd
27 December 2004Germany Oberhof, GermanySingles1st
3 January 2005Germany Königssee, GermanySingles1st
17 January 2005Germany Altenberg, GermanySingles1st
2005–064 November 2005Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles1st
19 November 2005Italy Cesana, ItalySingles2nd
9 December 2005Canada Calgary, CanadaSingles1st
16 December 2005United States Lake Placid, United StatesSingles3rd
28 January 2006Germany Oberhof, GermanySingles3rd
2006–0718 November 2006Italy Cesana, ItalySingles2nd
16 December 2006Japan Nagano, JapanSingles2nd
6 January 2007Germany Königssee, GermanySingles1st
10 February 2007Germany Winterberg, GermanySingles3rd
10 February 2007Germany Winterberg, GermanyTeam Relay2nd
17 February 2007Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles3rd
2007–085 January 2008Germany Königssee, GermanySingles1st
2 February 2008Germany Altenberg, GermanySingles3rd
14 February 2008Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles2nd
16 February 2008Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles1st
2008–096 December 2008Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles1st
13 February 2009Canada Calgary, CanadaSingles3rd
2009–1020 November 2009Canada Calgary, CanadaSingles3rd
5 December 2009Germany Altenberg, GermanySingles3rd
12 December 2009Norway Lillehammer, NorwaySingles1st
2 January 2010Germany Königssee, GermanySingles1st
9 January 2010Germany Winterberg, GermanySingles2nd
2010–115 January 2011Germany Königssee, GermanySingles2nd
22 January 2011Germany Altenberg, GermanySingles3rd
22 January 2011Germany Altenberg, GermanyTeam Relay2nd
12 February 2011Russia Paramonovo, RussiaSingles1st
19 February 2011Latvia Sigulda, LatviaTeam Relay2nd
19 February 2011Latvia Sigulda, LatviaTeam Relay1st
2011–1226 November 2011Austria Igls, AustriaTeam Relay3rd
9 December 2011Canada Whistler, CanadaTeam Relay3rd
5 January 2012Germany Königssee, GermanyTeam Relay3rd
2012–138 December 2012Germany Altenberg, GermanyTeam Relay3rd
15 December 2012Latvia Sigulda, LatviaSingles1st
15 December 2012Latvia Sigulda, LatviaTeam Relay3rd
5 January 2013Germany Königssee, GermanySingles2nd
23 February 2013Russia Sochi, RussiaSingles2nd
23 February 2013Russia Sochi, RussiaTeam Relay2nd
2013–1418 January 2014Germany Altenberg, GermanySingles2nd
18 January 2014Germany Altenberg, GermanyTeam Relay1st

Season titles
  • 1 titles – (1 singles)
 Season  Discipline
2005Men's singles

See also

References
  1. Albert Demchenko Appointed Russian Head Coach
  2. "IOC bans 11 Russian winter athletes for life for Sochi 2014 doping". Reuters. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. "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). THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

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