Alexey Volkov (biathlete)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anatolyevich and the family name is Volkov.

Alexey Volkov
File:Biathlon European Championships 2017 Sprint Men 1107.JPG
Born	(1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 Raduzhny, Russian SFSR
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup career
Seasons	2009/10–
Indiv. podiums	2
Medal record Olympic Games Disqualified 2014 Sochi 4 × 7.5 km relay World Championships Gold medal – first place 2017 Hochfilzen 4 × 7.5 km relay Junior World Championships Silver medal – second place 2009 Canmore 15 km individual Silver medal – second place 2009 Canmore 4 × 7.5 km relay European Championships Gold medal – first place 2010 Otepää 12.5 km pursuit Gold medal – first place 2011 Ridnaun 12.5 km pursuit Gold medal – first place 2012 Osrblie 10 km sprint Gold medal – first place 2012 Osrblie 12.5 km pursuit Gold medal – first place 2015 Otepää 10 km sprint Gold medal – first place 2015 Otepää 4x7.5 km relay Gold medal – first place 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój 2x6+2x7.5 km mixed relay Silver medal – second place 2010 Otepää 10 km sprint Silver medal – second place 2011 Ridnaun 10 km sprint Silver medal – second place 2010 Otepää 4x7.5 km relay Bronze medal – third place 2010 Otepää 20 km individual Bronze medal – third place 2012 Osrblie 4x7.5 km relay

Alexey Anatolyevich Volkov (Russian: Алексей Анатольевич Волков, born 5 April 1988) is a Russian former biathlete.

Career

He competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding, and at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nove Mesto na Morave. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the individual and in the Men's relay. Together with Anton Shipulin, Evgeny Ustyugov and Dmitry Malyshko he won the gold medal in the Men's Relay.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2014 Sochi	64th	—	—	—	DSQ (1st)	—

World Championships

1 medal (1 gold)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2012 Ruhpolding	21st	—	—	—	—	—
2013 Nové Město	15th	—	—	—	—	—
2015 Kontiolahti	9th	—	—	—	4th	—
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen	39th	—	—	—	—	—
2017 Hochfilzen	11th	—	—	—	Gold	—

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

Biathlon World Cup

File:Alexey Volkov Kontiolahti 2010.jpg

Alexey Volkov Kontiolahti 2010

World Cup rankings

Year	Overall	Sprint	Pursuit	Individual	Mass Start
2009–10	51st	45th	50th	—	—
2010–11	56th	82nd	48th	34th	—
2011–12	38th	43rd	40th	15th	32nd
2012–13	33rd	43rd	27th	20th	35th
2013–14	20th	38th	27th	4th	3rd

Overall record

Result	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed Relay	Total
							Individual events	Team events	All events
1st place					1	2		3	3
2nd place	1			1	1		2	1	3
3rd place					2			2	2
Podiums	1			1	4	2	2	6	8
Top 10	1	5	5	1	5	3	12	8	20

Podiums

Date	Place	Competition	Placement
5 January 2014	Oberhof	Mass Start	2nd
11 January 2014	Ruhpolding	Individual	2nd

External links

• International Biathlon Union – Alexey Volkov
• This article has no link in Wikidata