Nikita Mikhailovich Tregubov (russian: Никита Михайлович Трегубов; born 14 February 1995) is a Russian

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racer.

Career

He competed at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in his native Russia, and when improved to a silver medal in skeleton 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 ...

in Korea. During the Games, Tregubov remarked that US and British athletes are "set against us politically." Tregubov qualified for the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

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, but was withdrawn after a positive

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test.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).IBSF Profile
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References

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* * 1995 births Living people Olympic skeleton racers of Russia Russian male skeleton racers Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in skeleton Olympic silver medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people {{Skeleton-bio-stub