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| Born | 29 November 1884 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
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| Died | 5 October 1922 (aged 37) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Aleksandr Appolonovich Alenitsyn (Russian : Александр Аполлонович Аленицын, 29 November 1884 – 5 October 1922) was a Russian tennis player. He competed in the men's outdoor doubles event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. [1] He committed suicide in prison in 1922 after being arrested and tortured by Soviet authorities for "having contacts with other countries". [2]
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian freestyle wrestler of Russian ethnicity who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing body. Between 1962 and 1972 he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world and three European titles. He served as the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union in 1972, for Belarus in 2004 and recited the Judge's Oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Olympics.
Aleksandr "Alex" Valeryevich Averbukh is a retired Russian decathlete and Israeli Olympic athlete, who competed in the pole vault.
The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Moiseyev was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was Jewish, and trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. and played for CSKA Moscow. He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played all eight matches.
Alexandr Nikolayevich Sukhorukov is a Russian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He competed in the 200 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, the 4 × 200 m relay at the 2012 Olympics and the 4 × 100 m freestyle at the 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in the relay in 2008.
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Korneev is a retired volleyball player from Russia.
Aleksandr Borisovich Ermilov is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Aleksandr Borisovich Savin is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Aleksandr Grigorevich Klepikov was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Viktorovich Lukyanov is a Russian coxswain who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Matveyevich Elizarov is a former Soviet biathlete. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team, and an individual bronze medal.
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov was a Soviet and Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He is one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.
Aleksandr Aleksejevich Muzychenko is a retired Soviet/Russian sailor, Olympic champion for the USSR team.
Aleksandr Shirshov is a Russian former sabre fencer. He was born in Moscow, and was a member of CSKA Moscow. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the Unified Team, and came in 13th in the individual sabre. He is now a fencing coach. 2013 world team champion Kamil Ibragimov and four-time junior world champion Konstantin Lokhanov have been his pupils. He is married to two-time Olympic team épée champion Oksana Yermakova.
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Ivanitsky was a Russian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling who competed for the Soviet Union.
Alexander Igorevich Shibaev is a Russian table tennis player. He won the doubles crown with Alexey Smirnov at the 2010 Slovenian Open. In 2011, he won a silver medal with Kirill Skachkov in the double event at the European Championships.
Aleksandr Igorevich Bondar is a Ukrainian-born Russian diver.
Aleksandr Bakatin was a diver from Russia. He competed in the 10m platform at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh place.
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Popkov is a Russian swimmer. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Andreyevich Sema is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union.
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