Victoria Albertovna Demchenko (russian: Виктория Альбертовна Демченко; born 26 November 1995) is a Russian

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r. She is the daughter of

Albert Demchenko Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (russian: Альберт Михайлович Демченко; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team. His daughter Victoria Demchen ...

, who is also her coach. Demchenko's best results to date came in the 2018–19 season, finishing thrice in the top three. In the

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stage she had a heavy crash, after which she was taken to the hospital and released after only having a minor concussion. She won her first World Cup title in the

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stage in sprint.

World Cup podiums

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* 1995 births Living people People from Chusovoy Russian female lugers Lugers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers for Russia Sportspeople from Perm Krai {{Russia-luge-bio-stub