Stepan Valeryevich Fedorov (russian: Степан Валерьевич Фёдоров; born 8 May 1987) is a Russian

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r who has competed since 1999. He finished twelfth in the men's singles event at a World Cup event in

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on 21 November 2009.

Career

Fedorov's best finish at the

FIL World Luge Championships The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural T ...

was 26th in the men's singles event at Oberhof in

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. He also finished 22nd in the same event at the

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. He competed at the

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where he finished 19th in the men's singles event. At the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Fedorov supported Russia on social media.https://www.instagram.com/stories/direct/2782383560830922272_3223237906/

World Cup Podiums

References

External links

* 1987 births Living people Russian male lugers Olympic lugers for Russia Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics People from Tashtagol Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast {{Russia-luge-bio-stub