Alexey Zaitsev (born 17 September 1993) is a Russian

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

. He competed in the four-man event at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

Personal life

Zaitsev began dating Russian gymnast

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...

in the fall of 2015 after meeting at a hospital where both were recovering from sports injuries. They married on 3 November 2016 in his hometown of

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

. In January 2017, it was announced that Aliya was pregnant and that the baby was due in July. Mustafina gave birth to a girl named Alisa (Алиса) Mustafina-Zaytseva on 9 June 2017. On 29 April 2018, Mustafina announced that they had divorced one month earlier.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaitsev, Alexey 1993 births Living people Russian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Russia Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)