Vladislav Lekomtsev

Vladislav Alekseyevich Lekomtsev (Russian: Владислав Алексеевич Лекомцев; born 8 December 1994) is a Russian para-cross-country skier and para-biathlete. During the 2014 Winter Paralympics he won a gold medal in 7.5 km biathlon race and then won bronze one for the 20 km cross country skiing at the same place.

Vladislav Lekomtsev was born on 8 December 1994 in Romashkino, Alnashsky District, Udmurtia to Tamara Yakovlevna Lekomtseva and Aleksey Lekomtsev. Starting from elementary school, he and his three siblings worked part-time on a collective farm during their summer holidays to earn clothes and school supplies. On 8 August 2007, he lost his left arm and fractured the other one in an accident with a tractor, when he helped his father.

In 2009, Lekomtsev started practicing association football and athletics until his mother helped him to choose skiing.

He is a student of Udmurt State University in Izhevsk, where he is studying psychology.

He is in a serious relationship with his girlfriend, Varvara Reshetnikova. They had been friends at school before starting to date in March 2013. On 22 February 2015, the couple welcomed their first child, a son they named Timofey.

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (17 March 2014) – for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for the high athletic performances at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi
• Merited Master of Sports of Russia (11 March 2014)