Aleksei Churkin

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Aleksei Churkin
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Paralympic athletics
Disability class F32
Event shot put
ClubParalympic Adaptive Sports School
Coached byDenis Babak
Lyudmila Babak
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing Flag placeholder.svg  RPC
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Shot put F32
Representing Paralympic flag.svg  Neutral Paralympic Athletes  (NPA)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Kobe Shot put F32
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Kobe Club throw F32
Representing Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Bydgoszcz Shot put F20

Aleksei Churkin (born 2 July 1998) is a Russian para-athlete who specializes in shot put. He represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [1]

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Career

Churkin represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the shot put F32 event and won a silver medal. [2]

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References

  1. "Aleksei Churkin". paralympic.org. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. "Aleksei Churkin". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.