Alexander Alexandrovich Krushelnitskiy ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Крушельни́цкий, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ krʊʂɨlʲˈnʲitskʲɪj; born 20 May 1992) is a Russian
curler predominantly playing as
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. He was banned for four years for doping.
Career
He and
Anastasia Bryzgalova
Anastasia Konstantinovna Bryzgalova ( rus, Анастасия Константиновна Брызгалова, p=ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə brɨˈzɡaləvə; born 13 December 1992) is a Russian curler. She currently coaches the Alina Kovaleva rink fr ...
won the
2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in
Karlstad
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,
Sweden
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. He plays for CC Adamant (St. Petersburg).
On 18 February 2018, it was reported that he had failed a doping test for
meldonium
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at the Winter Olympics, and was awaiting testing of the B sample. After the B sample was also positive, the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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confirmed that they were instituting formal proceedings against him.
On 22 February 2018, it was confirmed that Krushelnitskiy would be stripped of his Olympic bronze medal, due to his anti-doping rule violation.
On 4 December 2018, he was banned from participating in sports for four years (retroactively starting on 12 February 2018).
Personal life
Krushelnitskiy studied at the
. He is married to his doubles partner,
Anastasia Bryzgalova
Anastasia Konstantinovna Bryzgalova ( rus, Анастасия Константиновна Брызгалова, p=ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə brɨˈzɡaləvə; born 13 December 1992) is a Russian curler. She currently coaches the Alina Kovaleva rink fr ...
.
In 2019, he opened a curling school in his home city of St. Petersburg.
Awards
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Master of Sports of Russia
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References
External links
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Living people
1992 births
Russian male curlers
Russian curling champions
Curlers from Saint Petersburg
World mixed doubles curling champions
Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers of Russia
Competitors stripped of Winter Olympics medals
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in curling
World mixed curling champions