Alexey Sergeyevich Bugaev (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Бугаев, also transliterated Aleksei; born 30 March 1997) is a Russian

para-alpine skier Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World War. The sport is governed by the Internat ...

who competed at the

2014 Winter Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (russian: Зимние Паралимпийские игры 2014, Zimniye Paralimpiyskiye igry 2014), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an ...

, winning five medals. He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2018.

Early life

Bugaev was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He was born missing four fingers and the top of his thumb on his right hand. he took up skiing after his parents took him to a ski resort to help him integrate better into society.

Career

Bugaev competes in the LW6/8

para-alpine skiing classification Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities. The classifications are grouped into three general disability typ ...

, for athletes with an impairment in one arm, using two skis and a single ski pole. At the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships held in La Molina, Spain, he broke his arm whilst finishing 5th in the slalom. Competing with his arm in plaster he won silver medals in the standing super combined and giant slalom events. He also placed 6th in the super-G and 11th in the downhill. He was selected to compete at the

held in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

, Russia. In his first event, the standing downhill, he won a silver medal behind Markus Salcher of Austria. He won a second medal a day later, taking the bronze in the standing super-G as Salcher again won the gold medal. Bugaev won his first Paralympic gold medal in his third event of the Games, the standing slalom. He led the field after the first run and extended his lead on the second to take the gold medal in a combined time of 1 minute 38.97 seconds, 1.27 seconds of second placed

Vincent Gauthier-Manuel Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (born 6 April 1986) is a French alpine skier and Paralympic athlete. He competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sotchi, Russia. He won a gold medal in the Slalom, standing, and a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom, ...

. He won a second gold medal in the super-combined; he completed the course in 50.30 seconds to lead the field after the slalom portio of the competition and eventually won the event by 1.10 seconds over Matthias Lanzinger following the super-G portion. Bugaev won his second silver medal, and fifth medal overall, in the

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

, finishing 1.43 seconds behind gold medalist Gauthier-Manuel on the first run and 0.57 seconds behind him on the second run.

Awards and decorations

* Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (17 March 2014) – ''for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for the high athletic performances at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi'' * Merited Master of Sports of Russia (11 March 2014) * "Disabled Male Athlete of the Year" in the nomination "Overcoming" by the Ministry of Sport of RussiaЦеремония награждения лауреатов Национальной спортивной премии за 2018 год
/ref> * International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year (2018)

References

External links

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Alexey Bugaev
at the

Russian Paralympic Committee The Russian Paralympic Committee (russian: Паралимпийский комитет России) is the National Paralympic Committee representing Russia. History The Russian Paralympic Committee was founded in 1996. On 7 August 2016, i ...

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