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Alexander Legkov
Russian cross-country skier

Alexander Legkov

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Intro
Russian cross-country skier
A.K.A.
Aleksandr Gennadyevich Lyogkov
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Age
41 years
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Height:
177
Weight:
65
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Alexander Gennadiyevich Legkov (Russian: Алексáндр Геннáдьевич Лёгков) (born 7 May 1983) is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He has five individual World Cup victories including one Tour de Ski title.

Biography

Legkov participated in three Winter Olympic Games (2006, 2010, 2014). Legkov finished in 4th place after a strong final push to catch then-leader Johan Olsson of Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics' 30 km double pursuit . Olsson finished in third place with Legkov 1.2 seconds behind. Legkov's next best result was 8th place in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

Legkov was second behind Germany's Tobias Angerer in the 2006–07 World Cup.

He earned a silver in the 4 x 10 km and finished twice in 6th place (15 km, 15 km + 15 km double pursuit) at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship in Sapporo at 2007.

Alexander Legkov was Total winner of Tour de Ski 2012–13 when he defeated Dario Cologna, Maxim Vylegzhanin and Petter Northug racing up Alpe Cermis on 6 January 2013.

Doping Ban

In December 2016, FIS provisionally suspended six Russian cross-country skiers linked to doping violations during the 2014 Winter Olympics, including Alexander Legkov.

Career highlights

Individual victories

source:

SeasonDateEventCompetitionLevel
2006–0720 January 2007Russia Rybinsk30 km M Mass StartWorld Cup
2008–098 March 2009Finland Lahti15 km M IndividualWorld Cup
2010–1128 November 2010Finland Kuusamo25 km MWorld Cup
2012–136 January 2013Tour de Ski90 km MWorld Cup
16 March 2013Norway Oslo50 km M Mass StartWorld Cup

Updated on 18 March 2013

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