Alexander Andreevich Bessmertnych

	Alexander Bessmertnych
	Alexander Bessmertnych (2019)
Full name	Alexander Andrejewitsch Bessmertnych ; russian Александр Андреевич Бессмертных
nation	Russia
birthday	15th September 1986 (age 33)
place of birth	Beryozovsky , Russian SFSR
Career
status	active
Medal table
Nordic World Ski Championships
Russian championships
	Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup	March 8, 2009
World Cup victories in the team	2 ( details )
Overall World Cup	15th ( 2016/17 )
Sprint World Cup	62nd (2016/17)
Distance World Cup	11. (2016/17)
Tour de Ski	13. ( 2016/17 )
	Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup	November 22, 2007
Continental Cup victories	6 ( details )
EEC overall rating	3rd ( 2010/11 )
	last change: March 1st, 2020

Alexander Andrejewitsch Bessmertnych ( Russian Александр Андреевич Бессмертных ; born September 15, 1986 in Berjosowski ) is a Russian cross-country skier .

Career

From 2007 to 2010 Bessmertnych mainly took part in the Eastern Europe Cup . At the U23 World Championships in Praz de Lys in 2009 , he won silver in the 30 km skiathlon race and bronze in the 15 km freestyle. He had his first start in the cross-country skiing world cup in March 2009 in Lahti . Over 15 km freestyle he finished 29th and also got his first World Cup points. The 2010/11 season began for him in the Eastern Europe Cup. He took part in the Tour de Ski , which he finished with 25th place. He finished the season in the Eastern Europe Cup, which he finished with third place in the overall standings. At the Russian cross-country skiing championships in Rybinsk in 2011 , he won silver over 15 km classic.

In the 2011/12 season, Bessmertnych was only able to occupy midfield positions in the World Cup , his best result was a 14th place. He finished the Tour de Ski in 25th place. After several successful competitions at the Eastern Europe Cup, the following World Cup season began for him at the Tour de Ski, which he finished in 20th place. In La Clusaz he reached his first podium in the World Cup with second place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , he reached 23rd place over 50 km classic. He won gold over 50 km classic at the Russian cross-country skiing championships.

At the beginning of the 2013/14 season , Bessmertnych won his first relay World Cup victory in Lillehammer . At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he finished seventh over 15 km classic and won silver with the relay. At the beginning of November 2017, the Russian team was stripped of the medal because of Alexander Legkow's doping . At the beginning of the 2014/15 season he reached the 61st place at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer. He finished the Tour de Ski 2015 in 18th place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , he came tenth in the 50 km mass start race and fourth in the relay. After 29th place at the Nordic Opening in Ruka at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, she finished second and one at the Alpine Cup in Prémanon over 15 km and came second over 15 km classic at the World Cup in Toblach . He finished the Tour de Ski 2016 in 24th place. In February 2016 he finished second in the 10 km classic at the World Cup in Falun. At the end of the season he came in 13th place in the Ski Tour Canada and reached 19th place in the overall World Cup and tenth place in the Distance World Cup. In the 2016/17 season he came 28th in the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer and 13th in the Tour de Ski 2016/17 . At the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , he won the silver medal with the relay. He also achieved 17th place in the skiathlon and fourth place over 15 km classic. In March 2017, he finished third in the 50 km mass start race in Oslo and 14th in the World Cup final in Québec . He achieved third place in the mass start stage over 15 km. He finished the season in 15th place in the overall World Cup and 11th in the Distance World Cup.

After second place over 15 km classic and first place over 10 km freestyle at the Eastern Europe Cup in Vershina Tjoi , at the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Bessmertnych won over 30 km classic at the Eastern Europe Cup in Krasnogorsk and achieved 33rd place 2nd place at the Tour de Ski 2018/19 . This was followed by first place with the relay in Ulricehamn and third place over 15 km classic at the World Cup in Cogne and at the end of the season 46th place in the overall World Cup. At the 2019 World Ski Championships in Seefeld in Tirol , he won the silver medal with the relay and over 15 kilometers in the classic technique behind the Norwegian Martin Johnsrud Sundby .

successes

World Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 8, 2013	Norway Lillehammer	4 × 7.5 km relay ¹
2.	January 27, 2019	Sweden Ulricehamn	4 × 7.5 km relay ²

¹With Dmitri Japarow , Alexander Legkow and Maxim Wylegschanin .

²With Evgeni Below , Denis Spizow and Artjom Malzew .

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	November 24, 2010	Russia Vershina Tjoi	15 km classic	Eastern Europe Cup
2.	November 24, 2012	Russia Vershina Tjoi	15 km classic	Eastern Europe Cup
3.	December 28, 2014	Russia Krasnogorsk	30 km classic	Eastern Europe Cup
4th	December 13, 2015	France Prémanon	15 km classic	Alpine Cup
5.	23rd November 2018	Russia Vershina Tjoi	10 km freestyle	Eastern Europe Cup
6th	December 26, 2018	Russia Krasnogorsk	30 km classic	Eastern Europe Cup

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

2014 Sochi : 2nd place relay, 7th place 15 km classic

Nordic World Ski Championships

2013 Val di Fiemme : 23rd place, 50 km classic mass start
2015 Falun : 4th place relay, 10th place 50 km classic mass start
2017 Lahti : 2nd place relay, 4th place 15 km classic, 17th place 30 km skiathlon
2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 2nd place relay, 2nd place 15 km classic

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races ^a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	team
placement	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km	Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race ^b	total	sprint	Season
1st place											2
2nd place		1	2						3
3rd place			2		1				3		1
Top 10	1	3	13	2	1	5		1	26th		7th
Scoring	4th	6th	34	3	5	31	5	12	100		7th
Starts	7th	10	40	3	7th	46	26th	18th	157		7th
Status: end of season 2019/20

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
season	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
2008/09	2	178.	2	112.	-	-
2009/10	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	78	70.	54	47.	-	-
2011/12	148	55.	120	39.	4th	95.
2012/13	282	30th	238	17th	-	-
2013/14	155	49.	91	37.	12	80.
2014/15	257	28.	205	20th	-	-
2015/16	490	19th	362	18th	16	69.
2016/17	512	15th	375	11.	15th	62.
2017/18	177	37.	139	27.	-	-
2018/19	139	46.	139	27.	-	-
2019/20	88	60.	88	40.	-	-

Web links

Alexander Andrejewitsch Bessmertnych in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Alexander Andrejewitsch Bessmertnych in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ IOC sanctions two Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings . In: Olympic News . Retrieved November 2, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Bessmertnych, Alexander Andrejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Бессмертных, Александр Андреевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beryozovsky , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union

[1] IOC sanctions two Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings . In: Olympic News . Retrieved November 2, 2017.