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Aleksandr Golubev
Aleksandr Golubev (Александр Голубев), born 1972 in Karavayevo, Kostroma, is a Russian speed skater who won the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic 500 m in 36.33, giving Russia its first Olympic speed skating medal; retired 1998.
Aleksandr Gorshkov
Aleksandr Gorshkov (Александр Георгиевич Горшков), Soviet ice dancer born 1946 in Moscow; with wife Liudmila Pakhomova won the first Olympic ice dance gold at Innsbruck 1976, six world and six European titles; later ISU official and Russian federation president; died 2022.
Aleksandr Legkov
Aleksandr Legkov (Александр Геннадьевич Легков), Russian cross-country skier born 1983; 2014 Sochi Olympic 50 km gold and relay silver, Tour de Ski 2013 champion; results disqualified by IOC in 2017, reinstated by CAS in 2018.
Aleksandr Safronov
Aleksandr Safronov (Александр Александрович Сафронов), Soviet sprint speed skater born 1952 in Leningrad; set the 1,000 m world record 1:17.23 in 1974, won the 1975 World Sprint title, and placed fourth in the 1976 Olympic 1,000 m.
Aleksandr Sergeyev
Aleksandr Sergeyev (Александр Сергеев), name shared by several Russian athletes: a speed skater born 2003, 2020 Youth Olympic mixed team sprint gold at St. Moritz, and a canoeist born 1994, fourth in K4 500 m at Tokyo 2020.
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Aleksandr Tikhonov (Александр Иванович Тихонов), born 1947, is a retired Soviet biathlete who won four straight Olympic 4 × 7.5 km relay golds and later served as IBU Vice-President.
Aleksandr Yelizarov
Aleksandr Matveyevich Yelizarov (Александр Матвеевич Елизаров), Soviet biathlete born 1952 in Penza Oblast; 1976 Innsbruck Olympic relay gold and 20 km individual bronze, 1977 world relay champion.
Aleksandr Zaytsev
Aleksandr Zaytsev (Александр Геннадьевич Зайцев), born 1952, Soviet pair skater; with wife Irina Rodnina won Olympic pairs gold in 1976 and 1980, six World and seven European titles; distinct from other Olympians named Zaytsev.
Aleksey Chervotkin
Aleksey Chervotkin (Алексей Червоткин), Russian cross-country skier born 1995; Olympic 4x10 km relay champion at Beijing 2022, relay silver at Pyeongchang 2018 and the 2017 Lahti Worlds.
Aleksey Prokurorov
Aleksey Prokurorov (Алексей Прокуроров) was a Soviet and Russian cross-country skier who won Olympic 30 km gold at Calgary in 1988 and the world title in 1997.
Aleksey Ulanov
Aleksey Ulanov (Алексей Николаевич Уланов), born 1947 in Moscow, Soviet pair skater; 1972 Sapporo Olympic pairs champion with Irina Rodnina, four-time World and European champion, later partnered and married Lyudmila Smirnova.
Aleksey Urmanov
Aleksey Urmanov (Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов), born 1973 in Leningrad, is a Russian figure skater and coach, 1994 Lillehammer Olympic men's singles champion, 1993 world bronze medalist, and later coach of Mikhail Shaidorov.
Aleksey Yagudin
Aleksey Yagudin (Алексей Константинович Ягудин), Russian figure skater born 1980 in St. Petersburg; 2002 Olympic men's singles gold medalist, four-time World Champion, three-time European Champion; retired 2003 from hip injury.
Alena Kostornaia (Алёна Сергеевна Косторная)
Alena Kostornaia (Алёна Косторная), born 2003 in Moscow, is a Russian figure skater, 2020 European champion and 2019-20 Grand Prix Final winner in singles, now competing in pairs with husband Georgy Kunitsa.
Alena Zavarzina
Alena Zavarzina (Алёна Заварзина, born 1989, Novosibirsk), Russian parallel snowboarder; 2011 world champion and Sochi 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in parallel giant slalom; three Olympics; ex-wife of Vic Wild; retired 2018.
Ales Valenta
Aleš Valenta, Czech freestyle skier (born 1973, Šumperk), won 2002 Olympic gold in men's aerials with the first Olympic quint, a 2-2-1 triple flip with five twists; also 4th Nagano 1998, 21st Turin 2006, retired 2007, runs Acrobat Park in Štíty.
Alevtina Kolchina
Alevtina Kolchina (Алевтина Колчина), Soviet cross-country skier (1930–2022), five Olympic medals including 1964 relay gold, seven world titles, and 1963 Holmenkollen Medal with husband Pavel Kolchin.
Alevtina Olyunina Smirnova
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova (Алевтина Олюнина-Смирнова, 1942–2025), Soviet cross-country skier; 1972 Sapporo Olympic relay gold and 10 km silver, 1970 world 10 km and relay champion.
Alex Baumann (olympedia 128472)
Alex Baumann (Olympedia 128472) is a Swiss bobsledder, born 1985, who won two-man gold with Beat Hefti at the 2014 Sochi Olympics; distinct from the Canadian swimmer Alex Baumann, 1984 double Olympic champion.
Alex Bilodeau
Alexandre (Alex) Bilodeau, born 1987, Canadian freestyle moguls skier; two-time Olympic gold medallist (Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014), first Canadian gold on home soil, 48 World Cup medals; distinct from the hockey player Alex Bilodeau born 1995.
Alex DeBrincat
Alex DeBrincat, American NHL right wing born 1997 in Farmington Hills, Michigan; drafted 39th overall by Chicago in 2016; Detroit Red Wings star who signed a record seven-year, $91 million extension in October 2026.
Alex Ferreira
Alex Ferreira (Alexander Marcelo Ferreira, born 1994, Aspen, Colorado) is an American freestyle halfpipe skier with Olympic medals at three Games: silver 2018, bronze 2022, gold 2026 (93.75). Also a perfect-season 2023-24 skier and three-time Crystal Globe winner.
Alex Kopacz
Alex Kopacz (Alexander Kopacz), Canadian bobsledder born 1990 in London, Ontario; won two-man gold at PyeongChang 2018 with Justin Kripps in a historic tie with Germany, after starting bobsleigh at 23 from shot put.
Alex Pullin
Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin (1987-2020), Australian snowboard cross racer, two-time world champion (2011, 2013), two-time World Cup titlist, three-time Olympian and 2014 flag bearer; died spearfishing aged 32.
Alex Shibutani
Alex Shibutani (Alex Hideo Shibutani, born 1991, Boston) is an American ice dancer skating with sister Maia; two-time 2018 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World medalist, 2025/26 comeback.
Alexander Bolshunov
Alexander Bolshunov is a Russian cross-country skier, three-time Olympic champion with nine medals at PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 and overall World Cup winner in 2020 and 2021.
Alexander Czudaj
Alexander Czudaj (born 2002) is a German bobsleigh pilot, son of 1994 Olympic champion Harald Czudaj; he won monobob gold at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympics and world and European titles for BSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg.
Alexander Majorov
Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov, known as Sasha Majorov, is a Swedish retired figure skater, the first Swede to medal at the World Junior Championships, taking bronze in 2011.
Alexander Schuller
Alexander Schüller (born 1997, Leipzig) is a German bobsledder, brakeman for pilot Francesco Friedrich; Olympic four-man gold 2022, two-man and four-man silver 2026, multiple world and European champion.
Alexander Szelig
Alexander Szelig (Kai Alexander Szelig, born 1966, Werdau) is a German bobsledder who competed at four Winter Olympics (1988 GDR, 1992-98 Germany) and won four-man gold at Lillehammer 1994 with Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, and Olaf Hampel.