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

Career

He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in his native Russia, and when improved to a silver medal in skeleton at the

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in Korea. During the Games, Tregubov remarked that US and British athletes are "set against us politically." Tregubov qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in

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, but was withdrawn after a positive

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World Cup results

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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