Aleksandr Vitalyevich Iaremchuk (russian: Александр Витальевич Яремчук; born 19 February 1995) is a Russian

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

, para-biathlete and para-athlete.

Career

Iaremchuk represented

Russia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Russia competed as the host nation at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, held between 7–16 March 2014. Russia's 80 medals count is the highest medals ever recorded. The previous record was held by Austria with 70 medals in 1984. In Decembe ...

in the biathlon and

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He also competes in the

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...

. He represented

Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Russian athletes competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee (acronym RPC). On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four y ...

in the 1500 metres T46 event and won a gold medal.

Personal life

Iaremchuk lost his left arm around the age of seven. He took up athletics aged 13. He has two sons with his wife Anastasia: Yermil (born 2017) and Arseny (born 2021).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iaremchuk, Aleksandr 1995 births Living people Paralympic biathletes for Russia Paralympic cross-country skiers for Russia Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Ustyansky District Paralympic gold medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes Russian male middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Oblast