Maxim Belugin

Maxim Belugin
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	5 March 1985 (age 39); Krasnokamensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Bobsleigh (brakeman)

Maxim Eduardovich Belugin (Russian: Максим Эдуардович Белугин; born (1985-03-05)March 5, 1985) is a Russian bobsledder.^[1] In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Career

Belugin competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He teamed with driver Alexander Kasjanov in the Russia-2 sled in the two-man event and with Kasjanov, Ilvir Huzin and Aleksei Pushkarev in the four-man event, finishing fourth in both competitions, missing out on the bronze medal position by three-hundredths of a second in each event.^[3]^[4] All three of his teammates were later disqualified and banned for life from the Olympics for doping offences, and the result of the team was annulled.^[5]

As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 6th, in the 2011 mixed team event. His best finish in an Olympic discipline is 10th, coming in the four-man event in both 2011 and 2013.^[1]

Belugin made his World Cup debut in November 2008. As of April 2014, he has five World Cup podium finishes, with the best a pair of silver medals at Whistler.

World Cup Podiums

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Season	Date	Location	Teammates	Discipline	Place
2011–12	5 February 2012	Whistler, Canada	Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov Denis Moiseychenkov Nikolay Khrenkov	2nd
2012–13	24 November 2012	Whistler, Canada	Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Khuzin Nikolay Khrenkov	2nd
	16 December 2012	La Plagne, France	Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Khuzin Petr Moiseev	3rd
	17 February 2013	Sochi, Russia	Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Khuzin Kirill Antukh	3rd
2013–14	7 December 2013	Park City, United States	Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov Philipp Egorov Aleksei Pushkarev	3rd
2016–17	4 December 2016	Whistler, Canada	Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov Philipp Egorov Aleksei Pushkarev	1st

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FIBT Profile Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
^ "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
^ "IOC SANCTIONS THREE RUSSIAN ATHLETES AS PART OF OSWALD COMMISSION FINDINGS". IOC. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

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[fibtprofile-1] FIBT Profile Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine

[dope-2] "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[sportsrefprofile-3] "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

[sochi2014profile-4] "Sochi2014.com profile". March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.

[5] "IOC SANCTIONS THREE RUSSIAN ATHLETES AS PART OF OSWALD COMMISSION FINDINGS". IOC. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

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