- Alexey Voevoda
Alexey Voevoda (born
May 9 ,1980 ,Sochi ) is aRussia nbobsled der and professional armwrestler.Bobsleigh
A professional bobsleigher since 2002, Voevoda won silver in the four-man bobsleigh event with teammates
Philippe Egorov ,Alexei Seliverstov , andAlexandre Zoubkov at the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin . He also won a bronze in the two-man event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships inAltenberg, Germany .Arm Wrestling
Voevoda holds a good deal of recognition as a professional arm wrestler, having secured several Russian arm wrestling championships. Despite his defeat to
Travis Bagent at the2003 WAF championship , he rebounded and won the Zloty Tur cup later that year, defeating Bagent,John Brzenk ,Matt Girdner , andAlexy Semerenko . In 2004, he gave an encore performance and won the Zloty Tur cup in the 95kg weight class and open competition, defeating notable arm wrestlers such as legendJohn Brzenk . Voevoda reclaimed the WAF championship in 2004 (left- and right-handed) and won the European Championship the same year. After a left hand vendetta match with Travis Bagent (losing 5-1) and Alexey Semerenko (winning 4-2) in 2005, Voevoda took a break from his professional arm wrestling career to return to bobsleigh training until 2007. As of 2007, Alexey Voevoda has returned to the arm wrestling scene, winning 6-0 against Michael Todd in Bulgaria on May 26.Profile
*Height: 194cm ... 6ft. 4 1/2
*Weight: 121kg ... 266.5 lbs.
*Biceps: 55cm ... 21.65 in.
*Forearm: 48cm ... 18.9 in.
*Wrist: 23cm ... 9.05 in.
*Fist: 28cm ... 11 in.
* Max. Bench: 270 kg (594 lbs.)References
* [http://www.armpower.net Armpower.net] - News, Armpower magazine, Vendetta, pictures, ranking, links etc.
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100404&nat=RUS&sport=BS&sex=M&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
* [http://www.worldofarmwrestling.com World of Armwrestling] - News, videoclips, pictures, profiles, results, tournament calendar, ranking, links etc.
* [http://www.armpower.net/index.php?page=ask&id=3 Photo Gallery and forum]
* [http://napalmjedd.blogspot.com/2008/04/alexey-voevoda-video-clip.html Video: Miscellaneous Training and Competition Clips]
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