Artyom Kuznetsov

Artyom Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Артём Александрович Кузнецов; born 14 November 1987) is a Russian speed skater. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 meters finishing 19th overall with a best time of 35.14 seconds.[2][3] He received a gold medal in race 1 for his 34.85 seconds time on November 30, 2013, and a bronze medal in race 2 for his 34.92 seconds time on December 1, 2013, at the ISU 2013-14 Speed Skating World Cup 3 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. He competes with Cherepovets Dynamo in Vologda Oblast.[4]

Artyom Kuznetsov
Personal information
Born (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987
Yartsevo, Soviet Union
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportSpeed skating

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.[5]

References

  1. "Artyom Kuznetsov". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. "Artyom Kuznetsov". sochi2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. "Speed Skating Results: Artyom Kuzneczov". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  4. "Кузнецов Артём Александрович". Russian Skating. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  5. "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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