Alexander Vasilyevich Archipenko

Alexander Archipenko
Full name	Alexander Vasilyevich Archipenko
nation	Russia
birthday	November 4th 1980
place of birth	Soviet Union
size	175 cm
Weight	82 kg
Career
society	Army sports club
National squad	since 2001
status	not active
Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Debut in the World Cup 2002
last change: March 18, 2009

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Archipenko ( Russian Александр Васильевич Архипенко ; born November 4, 1980 in the Lithuanian SSR ) is a former Russian skeleton pilot .

Alexander Archipenko started skeleton in 2001 and has been part of the national team of Russia since that year. In November 2002 he made his debut in the Skeleton World Cup in Calgary and was 33rd there. In three of his five World Cup races he was 32nd and thus achieved his best World Cup result. The greatest success was winning the skeleton start-up world championship in 2003 in Groningen , in 2004 he was runner-up behind his compatriot Alexander Tretyakov in Leipzig .

Web links

• Profile on skeletonsport.com ( Memento from October 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• Alexander Wassiljewitsch Archipenko in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation