Pavel Sergejewitsch Porschnew

	Pavel Porschnew
	; Pawel Porschnew (front) in the doubles at the EM 2010
Full name	Павел Сергеевич Поршнев ; Pawel Sergejewitsch Porschnew
nation	Russia
birthday	3rd August 1983
place of birth	Kandalaksha
Career
discipline	Two-seater, single-seater
National squad	since 1998
status	active
Medal table
Natural Track Luge World Championships
European Natural Track Luge Championships
Natural track tobogganing Junior World Championships
Natural track toboggan junior European Championship
	Placements in the Natural Track Luge World Cup
Debut in the World Cup	January 20, 2002
World Cup victories	22nd
Overall World Cup ES	24. ( 2003/2004 , 2004/2005 )
Overall World Cup DS	1. ( 2002/2003 , 2003/2004 , ; 2011/2012 , 2016/17 )
	last change: May 3, 2020

Pawel Sergejewitsch Porschnew ( Russian Павел Сергеевич Поршнев ; born August 3, 1983 in Kandalakscha ) is a Russian natural track tobogganist . He also started in the single-seater, but is especially successful in the double-seater with his partner Ivan Lasarew . With three world championship titles , five European championship titles and four overall World Cup victories, they form one of the most successful two-seater pairs.

Career

Porschnew started in 2001 at international junior championships and competed in January 2002 in Hüttau and Železniki his first World Cup races . In the single-seater he only achieved places around 30th place in these World Cup races and in the doubles-seater he was only able to classify himself with his partner Ivan Lasarew in the bottom field. In February of the same year Porschnew / Lasarew were tenth and last at the European Championships in Frantschach , but at the 2002 Junior World Championships in Casies they won the silver medal in the doubles, while Porschnew was ninth in the singles.

In the 2002/2003 season the two-seater couple Porschnew / Lasarew managed to rise to the top of the world. At the beginning of the season they stood on the podium for the first time in Völs and on January 19, 2003 they celebrated their first World Cup victory in Moscow . After another victory in Kindberg , they were able to overtake the Polish doubles Andrzej Laszczak and Damian Waniczek in the overall standings by ten points with a second place at the final in Olang , thus securing the overall World Cup victory in their first full season. This winter Porschnew also took part in the single-seater World Cup races twice, but only achieved places 21 and 18. At the 2003 World Championships in Železniki , Slovenia , Porschnew / Lasarew, who had become European junior champions a week earlier in Kreuth , won the silver medal behind the Austrians Wolfgang and Andreas Schopf . In the single seater, Porschnew took 27th place.

In the 2003/2004 World Cup season , the Russian double achieved two wins and another three podium places. At the finals in Aurach they achieved the same total number of points with a third place as the Austrians Schopf / Schopf, who finished the last race in second position. Due to the better result (fourth place at Porschnew / Lasarew versus fifth place by Schopf / Schopf), the Russians won the overall double-seater World Cup for the second time. In the single-seater, Porschnew achieved his best World Cup results to date with two 16th places in Grande Prairie and Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In the overall standings he finished 24th, just like next winter. These two overall placements are also his best so far in a single-seater. At the 2004 European Championships in Hüttau , Porschnew / Lasarew won the gold medal in the two-seater ahead of their compatriots Denis Alimow and Roman Molwistow . In the single-seater, Porschnew achieved 29th place.

The duo Porschnew / Lasarew managed only one victory in the 2004/2005 season . In the overall standings they fell behind the Austrians Beer / Kögl with three wins and the Poles Laszczak / Waniczek with two wins to third. At the 2005 World Cup in Laces , however, the Russians were unbeatable. They won the gold medal in the two-seater ahead of the Italians Armin Mair and Johannes Hofer and, together with Jekaterina Lavrentjewa and Alexei Lebedew, the silver medal in the team competition, behind Team Austria I.

In the 2005/2006 season Porschnew / Lasarew won two World Cup races in Grande Prairie and achieved another three podium places. In the overall standings they were only beaten by the Austrian doubles Christian Schatz and Gerhard Mühlbacher , who also celebrated two victories this season. At the European Championship 2006 in Umhausen Porschnew / Lasarew prevailed against the Austrians Schatz / Mühlbacher and they became European champions for the second time with the best times in both rounds. Porschnew finished the single-seater competition in 30th place.

Overall victory in the 2006/2007 season went to the Austrians Schatz and Mühlbacher with three race wins. Pawel Porschnew and Ivan Lasarew achieved four second places, but remained without a win and thus in the overall standings 30 points behind the Austrians in second place. At the 2007 World Championships in the Canadian Grande Prairie, where Porschnew / Lasarew had won both World Cup races last year, they were also successful this time. With two fastest times and a lead of 1.42 seconds on their compatriots Alexander Jegorow and Pyotr Popow , they secured the world title for the second time in their careers. In the team competition, the Russia I team, in which Porschnew and Lazarev started, were disqualified because the rails on Lasarev's toboggan were too hot.

In the 2007/2008 World Cup season , the Porschnew / Lasarew duo, like all the other two-seater pairs, had to admit defeat to the outstanding Italian duo Patrick Pigneter and Florian Clara , who won all six World Cup races. With four second, one third and one fifth place, the Russians achieved second place in the overall World Cup for the third time in a row. They were only able to beat the Italians at the 2008 European Championships in Olang and thus became European champions for the third time in a row, something that only the Austrian brothers Andi and Helmut Ruetz had previously achieved.

Also in the 2008/2009 season Porschnew / Lasarew took second place in the overall World Cup behind Pigneter / Clara. They started the season with two wins in St. Sebastian and Umhausen, but the Italian doubles were able to win all other races. At the season's highlight, Porschnew / Lasarew, who had won all the world and European championships in doubles in the last five years, were without a medal in this discipline for the first time since the 2002 European Championships. At the 2009 World Championships in Moos in Passeier, they only achieved fourth place in the doubles, but won bronze with the team. This winter, Porschnew took part in three single-seater races in the World Cup for the first time in three years, but did not get past 22nd place. From the next winter he started again exclusively in the two-seater.

In the 2009/2010 World Cup season , Porschnew / Lasarew won a race in Nowouralsk and achieved second place in the overall World Cup for the fifth time in a row with a further four podium places and for the third time behind Pigneter / Clara. Their worst season result they achieved at the European Championships 2010 in St. Sebastian, where they were only sixth. In the 2010/2011 season Porschnew / Lasarew achieved a victory in Novouralsk and a further four podium places, as in the previous year, making them second in the overall World Cup for the sixth time in a row. At the 2011 World Championships in Umhausen , after 2005 and 2007, they became world champions in doubles for the third time and won the bronze medal in team competition for the second time in a row with Jekaterina Lavrentjewa and Juri Talych in Team Russia I.

In the 2011/2012 season Porschnew / Lasarew achieved four wins and two second places, which is the third time and the first time in eight years that they have won the overall double-seater World Cup. They were also victorious at the 2012 European Championships in Novouralsk , where they won the championship title in doubles for the fourth time and the team competition for the first time together with Jekaterina Lavrentjewa and Yuri Talych.

successes

(Two-seater with Ivan Lazarew)

World championships

Železniki 2003 : 2nd doubles, 27th single
Latsch 2005 : 1st doubles, 2nd team
Grande Prairie 2007 : 1st two-seater
Moos in Passeier 2009 : 4th doubles, 3rd team
Umhausen 2011 : 1st doubles, 3rd team
Deutschnofen 2013 : 2nd team, 5th doubles
Sankt Sebastian 2015 : 3rd two-seater
Vatra Dornei 2017 : 6th two-seater
Latzfons 2019 : 2nd doubles

European championships

Frantschach 2002 : 10th two-seater, 27th single-seater
Hüttau 2004 : 1st two-seater, 29th single-seater
Umhausen 2006 : 1st two-seater, 30th single-seater
Olang 2008 : 1st two-seater
St. Sebastian 2010 : 6th two-seater
Nowouralsk 2012 : 1st doubles, 1st team
Umhausen 2014 : 2nd doubles, 2nd team
Passeier 2016 : 3rd two-seater
Obdach 2018 : 3rd team, 4th doubles
Moscow 2020 : 2nd two-seater

Junior World Championships

Casies 2002 : 2nd two-seater, 9th single-seater

Junior European Championships

Tiers 2001 : 6th doubles, 23rd singles
Kreuth 2003 : 1st two-seater, 16th single-seater

World cup

4 × overall World Cup win in doubles in the seasons 2002/2003 , 2003/2004 , 2011/2012 and 2016/17

7 × 2nd overall rank in the two-seater seasons 2005/2006 , 2006/2007 , 2007/2008 , 2008/2009 , 2009/2010 , 2010/2011 and 2017/18

4 × 3rd overall place in the two-seater in the 2004/2005 , 2012/13 , 2013/14 and 2018/19 seasons

76 podium places, of which 22 wins:

date	place	country	discipline
January 19, 2003	Moscow	Russia	Two-seater
January 30, 2003	Kindberg	Austria	Two-seater
January 6, 2004	Grande Prairie	Canada	Two-seater
January 18, 2004	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Two-seater
December 18, 2004	Campill	Italy	Two-seater
March 3, 2006	Grande Prairie	Canada	Two-seater
March 5, 2006	Grande Prairie	Canada	Two-seater
January 11, 2009	St. Sebastian	Austria	Two-seater
January 18, 2009	Umhausen	Austria	Two-seater
December 20, 2009	Novouralsk	Russia	Two-seater
December 12, 2010	Novouralsk	Russia	Two-seater
January 14, 2012	Olang	Italy	Two-seater
January 21, 2012	Železniki	Slovenia	Two-seater
February 15, 2012	Novouralsk	Russia	Two-seater
March 2, 2012	Umhausen	Austria	Two-seater
20th January 2013	Umhausen	Austria	Two-seater
January 13, 2017	Moscow	Russia	Two-seater
29th January 2017	Deutschnofen	Italy	Two-seater
18th February 2017	Umhausen	Austria	Two-seater
16th February 2019	Umhausen	Austria	Two-seater
5th January 2020	Winterleiten	Austria	Two-seater
February 9, 2020	Lasa	Italy	Two-seater

Web links

Commons : Pawel Porschnew - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Pawel Sergejewitsch Porschnew in the database of the International Luge Federation

Individual evidence

↑ 16th FIL World Championships on Natural Track Grande Prairie CAN. International Luge Federation, February 17, 2007, accessed on February 25, 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Porschnew, Pavel Sergejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Поршнев, Павел Сергеевич (Russian); Porshnev, Pavel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian natural track luge
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd August 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kandalaksha , Soviet Union (today: Russia )

[1] 16th FIL World Championships on Natural Track Grande Prairie CAN. International Luge Federation, February 17, 2007, accessed on February 25, 2010.