Alexandr Voytov (born 7 December 1981) is a Russian
rugby union player and former captain of the
Russian national rugby union team
The Russia national rugby union team (Russian: Сборная России по регби), nicknamed Medvedi (''The Bears''), represented Russia in men's international rugby union international competitions. The team is administered by the Rug ...
. He played at Lock for the national team and for
VVA Saracens in the
Professional Rugby League in Russia.
He had 73 caps for
Russia, from 2003 to 2014, scoring 3 tries, 15 points on aggregate. He made his international debut against the
Czech Republic in
Prague on 14 June 2003. Voytov was a member of the first
Russian team to make a World Cup appearance at the
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
in
New Zealand.
He captained Russia at the
2014 IRB Nations Cup
The 2014 IRB Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 13 and 22 Jun ...
in
Bucharest,
Romania.
Voytov and his men were unlucky to miss the
2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...
. They finished in third place at the
European qualifiers but went on to beat
Germany for the
repechage qualifiers. They beat
Zimbabwe in the preliminary round of the repechage but lost to
Uruguay in the qualification round after two legs. He later stepped down after they missed out on qualifying for the World Cup.
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1981 births
Living people
Russian rugby union players
Russia international rugby union players
Rugby union locks
VVA Podmoskovye players
2011 Rugby World Cup players