Vladislav Lekomtsev
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Vladislav Alekseyevich Lekomtsev is a Russian para-cross-country skier and para-biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 7.5 km biathlon race at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He also earned a bronze medal in the 20 km cross country skiing event at the same Games.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 8 December 1994
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Biography
Vladislav Lekomtsev was born in Romashkino, Alnashsky District, Udmurtia to Tamara Yakovlevna Lekomtseva and Aleksey Lekomtsev. During elementary school, he and his three siblings worked part-time on a collective farm in summer to earn clothes and school supplies. On 8 August 2007, while helping his father, he lost his left arm and fractured the other in a tractor accident.
He began practicing association football and athletics in 2009, then switched to skiing on his mother's advice. He studies psychology at Udmurt State University in Izhevsk. At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, Norway, he won gold in the men's 12.5 km standing cross-country skiing, the men's long-distance standing cross-country skiing, the men's 6 km standing biathlon, and the men's 10 km standing biathlon.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Gold 2014 Sochi 7.5 km, standing
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Vladislav Lekomtsev (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
Did You Know?
- 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 named Timofey.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Vladislav Lekomtsev (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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