Alexander Sergeevich Volkov

Alexander Volkov
Full name	Alexander Sergeevich Volkov
nation	Russia
birthday	March 28, 1978
place of birth	Kirov ,  Russian SFSR
Career
National squad	since 1996
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 7, 1996
Overall World Cup	65th ( 1996/97 )
Jump World Cup	62nd (1996/97)

Alexander Sergejewitsch Wolkow ( Russian Александр Сергеевич Волков ; born March 28, 1978 in Kirov ) is a former Russian ski jumper .

Career

Alexander Volkov started in the Continental Cup (COC) in 1996 . Due to good performance, he was nominated for the first time on December 7, 1996 for a jumping in the ski jumping World Cup . in Kuusamo , however, he only landed in the back of both competitions. On January 18, 1997, he jumped for the first time in the World Cup jumping in Sapporo with 12th place in the points. However, it was the only point he won in his career. He finished the 1996/97 World Cup season in 65th place overall.

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Volkov jumped 27th on the normal and large hill. In the team competition, he reached 9th place with the team.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein , Wolkow reached 58th place on the normal hill and 56th place on the large hill.

After the world championship, Volkov started in the Continental Cup for three years before ending his active ski jumping career in 2002 rather unsuccessfully.

Web links

• Alexander Volkov in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alexander Volkov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Alexander Volkov in the database of infosport.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Russia Ski Jumping at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2009.