Alexei Sergeevich Travkin (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Травкин) (born

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, 2 August 1977) is a former Russian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played as a

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. He played for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, known as VVA Saracens until 2016. He had 56 caps for

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, from 2001 to 2011, scoring 1 try, 5 points on aggregate. He was called for 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 ...

, playing in two games. He left the national team after the competition.Alexei Travkin International Statistics
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1977 births Living people Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players VVA Podmoskovye players Rugby union props Sportspeople from Moscow 2011 Rugby World Cup players {{russia-rugbyunion-bio-stub