Alexander Alexandrovich Krushelnitskiy ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Крушельни́цкий, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ krʊʂɨlʲˈnʲitskʲɪj; born 20 May 1992) is a Russian curler predominantly playing as

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. He was banned for four years for doping.

Career

He and

Anastasia Bryzgalova Anastasia Konstantinovna Bryzgalova ( rus, Анастасия Константиновна Брызгалова, p=ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə brɨˈzɡaləvə; born 13 December 1992) is a Russian curler. She currently coaches the Alina Kovaleva rink f ...

won the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Karlstad, Sweden. He plays for CC Adamant (St. Petersburg). On 18 February 2018, it was reported that he had failed a doping test for meldonium at the Winter Olympics, and was awaiting testing of the B sample. After the B sample was also positive, the

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confirmed that they were instituting formal proceedings against him. On 22 February 2018, it was confirmed that Krushelnitskiy would be stripped of his Olympic bronze medal, due to his anti-doping rule violation. On 4 December 2018, he was banned from participating in sports for four years (retroactively starting on 12 February 2018).

Personal life

Krushelnitskiy studied at the

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. He is married to his doubles partner,

. In 2019, he opened a curling school in his home city of St. Petersburg.

Awards

* Master of Sports of Russia * : Gold ()

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krushelnitskiy, Alexander Living people 1992 births Russian male curlers Russian curling champions Curlers from Saint Petersburg World mixed doubles curling champions Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Russia Competitors stripped of Winter Olympics medals Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in curling World mixed curling champions