Alexey Bugaev

Alexey Bugaev
Personal information
Born 30 March 1997
Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Alexey Bugaev (born 30 March 1997) is a Russian para-alpine skier who competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning five medals.[1]

Early life

Bugaev was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He was born missing four fingers and the top of his thumb on his right hand.[1][2] he took up skiing after his parents took him to a ski resort to help him integrate better into society.[1]

Career

Bugaev competes in the LW6/8 para-alpine skiing classification, for athletes with an impairment in one arm, using a two skis and a single ski pole.[1][2]

At the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships held in La Molina, Spain, he broke his arm whilst finishing 5th in the slalom.[1] Competing with his arm in plaster he won silver medals in the standing super combined and giant slalom events.[1] He also placed 6th in the super-G and 11th in the downhill.[1]

He was selected to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics held in Sochi, Russia. In his first event, the standing downhill, he won a silver medal behind Markus Salcher of Austria.[3] He won a second medal a day later, taking the bronze in the standing super-G as Salcher again won the gold medal.[4][5] Bugaev won his first Paralympic gold medal in his third event of the Games, the standing slalom. He led the field after the first run and extended his lead on the second to take the gold medal in a combined time of 1 minute 38.97 seconds, 1.27 seconds of second placed Vincent Gauthier-Manuel.[6][7] He won a second gold medal in the super-combined; he completed the course in 50.30 seconds to lead the field after the slalom portio of the competition and eventually won the event by 1.10 seconds over Matthias Lanzinger following the super-G portion.[8][9] Bugaev won his second silver medal, and fifth medal overall, in the giant slalom, finishing 1.43 seconds behind gold medalist Gauthier-Manuel on the first run and 0.57 seconds behind him on the second run.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Bugaev Alexey". Infostrada Sports. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Russian's disability rating unfair: coach". SBS. Australian Associated Press. 14 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill standing" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G standing". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sochi 2014 Paralympics: Mitchell Gourley and Tony Kane fall victims to tough super-G course". ABC News (Australian Associated Press). 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Paralympics: Slalom Gold for Russian 16-Year-Old Bugaev". RIA Novosti. 13 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Russia’s 16-year-old Alexey Bugaev wins third medal". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Aleksandra Frantceva, Alexey Bugaev take lead in super-combined". International Paralympic Committee. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Russian Skier Bugaev, 16, Races Ahead for Second Paralympic Gold". RIA Novosti. 14 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Men’s medals decided in Giant Slalom". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.