Alexei Seliverstov

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Alexei Seliverstov
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Four-man
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Calgary Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Lake Placid Four-man

Alexei Nikolayevich Seliverstov (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Селиверстов) (sometimes listed as Aleksey Seliverstov, born July 24, 1976, in Ufa) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Philippe Egorov, Alexandre Zoubkov, and Alexey Voevoda at Turin in 2006.

Seliverstov also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2005 and a bronze in 2003.

He participated in the torch relay for 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan[1] and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[2] He carried both torches through his hometown of Ufa, and lit the city cauldron outside the Ufa Arena with the Olympic torch.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ufa becomes 30th city on Russian leg of Torch Relay". 2013 Summer Universiade. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Shakhvaliev, Nail (21 December 2013). "Bobsledder Alexey Seliverstov lit the city cauldron in Ufa". 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay. Retrieved 28 January 2014.