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Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev (Александр Александрович Болошев, 1947–2010), Soviet basketball center for Dynamo Moskva; 1972 Munich Olympic gold medalist, 1974 world champion, two-time European champion, later BC Khimki executive.
Aleksandr Butko
Aleksandr Butko (Александр Анатольевич Бутько), born 1986 in Hrodna, is a Russian volleyball setter, 198 cm tall, who won Olympic gold at London 2012 with Russia, plus the 2011 World Cup and World League, and played for Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and Zenit Kazan; not the Belarusian footballer born 1997.
Aleksandr Chernykh
Aleksandr Chernykh (Александр Черных), born 1965 in Voskresensk, Soviet ice hockey center, 1988 Calgary Olympic champion and 1989 world champion with the USSR; career ended by a 1989 car accident, later a KHL player agent.
Aleksandr Dreval
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Dreval (Александр Константинович Древаль), born 1944 in Moscow, Soviet water polo player; Olympic gold at Munich 1972, 8th at Montreal 1976, world champion 1975.
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Aleksandr Gerasimov (Александр Герасимов) names two Russian Olympic medalists: a Soviet ice hockey forward (1959–2020), 1984 Sarajevo gold with CSKA Moscow, and a volleyball player (b. 1975), 2000 Sydney silver.
Aleksandr Gusev
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gusev (Александр Владимирович Гусев, 1947-2020), Soviet ice hockey defenceman with CSKA Moscow; 1976 Olympic champion, 1973 and 1974 world champion; distinct from field hockey player Aleksandr Petrovich Gusev and Voronezh governor Aleksandr Viktorovich Gusev.
Aleksandr Karshakevich
Aleksandr Karshakevich (Александр Каршакевич), Belarusian handball left wing born 1959 in Minsk; Olympic silver 1980 and gold 1988 with the USSR, SKA Minsk club star, later Belarus head coach.
Aleksandr Maltsev
Aleksandr Maltsev (Александр Мальцев), born 1949, is a retired Soviet ice hockey forward who played for Dynamo Moscow from 1967 to 1984, won Olympic gold in 1972 and 1976, and was nine times world champion.
Aleksandr Pashkov
Aleksandr Pashkov (Александр Пашков), born 1944, Soviet ice hockey goaltender; Olympic gold 1972, world champion 1978, 506 Soviet championship games, later pioneering goaltending coach and TV expert.
Aleksandr Ragulin
Aleksandr Pavlovich Ragulin (Александр Павлович Рагулин), Soviet ice hockey defenseman for CSKA Moscow and the USSR national team; three Olympic golds (1964, 1968, 1972) and a record-tying ten world titles.
Aleksandr Rezanov
Aleksandr Rezanov (Александр Геннадьевич Резанов), Soviet handball player, 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist and 1972 Munich fifth-place finisher; later coached Turkish and Ukrainian national teams; died 2024 in Zaporizhzhia.
Aleksandr Rymanov
Aleksandr Rymanov (Александр Анатольевич Рыманов), born 1959, Soviet handball player; Olympic gold 1988 Seoul, world champion 1982, CSKA Moscow club star, later coach in Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia.
Aleksandr Savin
Aleksandr Borisovich Savin (Александр Борисович Савин), born 1957 in Taganrog, Soviet volleyball central blocker with CSKA Moscow; Olympic gold 1980 and silver 1976, two world titles, Hall of Fame 2010.
Aleksandr Sidelnikov
Aleksandr Sidelnikov (Александр Сидельников), Soviet ice hockey goaltender (1950–2003) of Krylya Sovetov Moscow; 1976 Olympic champion, 1973–74 world champion, and longtime backup to Vladislav Tretiak.
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Aleksandr Skvortsov (Александр Викентьевич Скворцов, 1954-2020), Soviet ice hockey forward for Torpedo Gorky; Olympic gold 1984 and silver 1980, three world titles. Namesake: Jehovah's Witness prisoner born 1962.
Aleksandr Sokolov
Aleksandr Sokolov (Александр Сергеевич Соколов), born 1982 in Kolomna, is a Russian volleyball libero, 2012 London Olympic champion, also winning the 2011 World Cup, 2011 World League, and 2018 Nations League; the name also denotes a 1980 skeet shooter, a sprinter, and a Dynamo Moscow footballer.
Aleksandr Tuchkin
Aleksandr Tuchkin (Александр Аркадьевич Тучкин), born 1964 in Lviv, is a retired Russian-Soviet handball right back, two-time Olympic champion (1988 URS, 2000 RUS) and 2004 bronze medalist who played for SKA Minsk and clubs in Germany, Spain, and Greece.
Aleksandr Uvarov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Uvarov (Александр Николаевич Уваров), Soviet ice hockey forward (1922-1994) for Dynamo Moscow; 1956 Olympic champion, World champion 1954 and 1956, Soviet champion 1954. Not the footballer or athlete of the same name.
Aleksandr Volkov (olympedia 114327)
Aleksandr Volkov (Александр Александрович Волков), born 1985 in Moscow, Russian volleyball middle blocker, Olympedia ID 114327; Olympic gold 2012 and bronze 2008 with Russia, five Russian titles, later head coach of Belogorie 2023-2025.
Aleksandr Yermilov
Aleksandr Yermilov (Александр Ермилов), born 1954 in Ivanovo, Soviet volleyball attacker with Avtomobilist Leningrad; Olympic gold 1980, silver 1976, world champion 1978, three-time European champion; distinct from the 1960-born Soviet kayaker of the same name.
Aleksej Pokuševski (Алексеј Покушевски)
Aleksej Pokuševski (Алексеј Покушевски), Serbian 7-foot forward born 2001 in Belgrade; 17th pick of the 2020 NBA draft, played for Thunder and Hornets, then Partizan Belgrade and Lokomotiv Kuban.
Aleksey Guryshev
Aleksey Guryshev (Алексей Гурышев, 1925–1983) was a Soviet ice hockey center who scored a then-record 379 championship goals for Krylya Sovetov and won Olympic gold in 1956.
Aleksey Kasatonov
Aleksey Kasatonov (Алексей Викторович Касатонов, born 1959), Soviet and Russian ice hockey defenceman of the Soviet Five; two Olympic golds (1984, 1988), five world titles, CSKA star, later NHL defenceman with the Devils, Ducks, Blues, and Bruins.
Aleksey Marchenko
Aleksey Marchenko (Алексей Игоревич Марченко) names several Russians: an ice hockey defenceman born 1992 in Moscow, 2018 Olympic gold medalist with Olympic Athletes from Russia and ex-Detroit/Toronto NHLer; a Svalbard Arctic wave-ice professor; and a TV producer.
Aleksey Obmochayev
Aleksey Obmochayev (Алексей Обмочаев, born 1989, Kislovodsk) is a Russian volleyball libero, 2012 London Olympic gold medalist, 2011 Universiade and World Cup winner, later of Zenit Kazan, Dynamo Moscow, Belogorie, Kuzbass, and Belarusian Borisov-BGUFK.
Aleksey Zhitnik
Aleksey Zhitnik (Алексей Житник, Oleksiy Zhytnyk), Ukrainian ice hockey defenseman born 1972 in Kyiv; 1992 Olympic gold with the Unified Team, 1998 silver with Russia, 1,085 NHL games with the Kings, Sabres, Islanders, Flyers, and Thrashers.
Alena Saili
Alena Saili (born 1998, Porirua, New Zealand) is a Black Ferns Sevens rugby player, two-time Olympic gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, and the first Southlander with two Olympic golds.
Alenka Cuderman
Alenka Cuderman (born 1961, Kranj) is a Slovenian former handball player, left wing, who won gold with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the first Slovenian woman Olympic champion, later a bank risk manager and EHF Women's Handball Coordinator.
Alessia Orro
Alessia Orro, Italian volleyball setter (born 1998, Narbolia), Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024, 2025 World Championship MVP, three-time VNL winner, plays for Fenerbahçe and Italy.
Alessio Milivojevic
Alessio Milivojevic (born Nov. 20, 2005) is an American college football quarterback, No. 11 for the Michigan State Spartans from Naperville, Illinois; 2026 team captain who started the final four games of 2025 and won Big Ten Freshman of the Week.