Alexey Ivanovich Voyevoda (born May 9, 1980, Sochi

Sochi

Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

) is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n bobsledder and professional armwrestler.

Bobsleigh

A professional bobsleigh

Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....

er since 2002, Voyevoda won silver in the four-man bobsleigh event with teammates Philippe Egorov

Philippe Egorov

Filipp Yevgenyevich Yegorov is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006 with his teammates Alexandr Zubkov, Alexei Seliverstov, and Alexey Voyevoda.-References:*...

, Alexei Seliverstov

Alexei Seliverstov

Alexei Nikolayevich Seliverstov is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1996...

, and Alexandre Zoubkov

Alexandre Zoubkov

Alexandr Yuryevich Zubkov , born 10 August 1974 in Bratsk) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2010 ....

 at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

 in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

. He also won a bronze in the two-man event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships

FIBT World Championships 2008

The FIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Germany for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 , 1994 , 1999 , and 2000 . It is the first time Altenberg has hosted all of the events at one championship...

 in Altenberg, Germany

Altenberg, Germany

Altenberg is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, close to the border with the Czech Republic, 15 km northwest of Teplice, and 32 km south of Dresden....

. At the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Voyevoda won a bronze in the two-man event.

Arm Wrestling

Voyevoda holds a good deal of recognition as a professional arm wrestler

Arm wrestling

Arm wrestling is a sport with two participants. Each participant places one arm on a surface with their elbows bent and touching the surface, and they grip each other's hand...

, having secured several Russian arm wrestling championships. He was defeated by Travis Bagent at the 2003 WAF championship, but won the Zloty Tur 2004 cup one year later, defeating high level armwrestlers such as Bagent, John Brzenk

John Brzenk

John Brzenk is a professional armwrestler from the United States. He competes in the Professional Armwrestling League, and as of 2009 is the number-one armwrestler in the world...

, Matt Girdner, and Alexy Semerenko. Voyevoda 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 Alexey Semerenko (winning 4-2) and Travis Bagent (losing 5-1) in 2005, Voyevoda took a break from his professional arm wrestling career to return bobsleigh training until 2007. As of 2007, Alexey Voyevoda returned to the arm wrestling scene once again, he won a vendetta match 6-0 against Michael Todd from USA in Bulgaria on May 26. After that short comeback he resigned from armwrestling scene due to his bobsleigh training and Olympic judo training and since then, has not appeared in any other event.

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• Height: 194 cm ... 6 ft 4½ in.
• Weight: Varies between 114 kg (for bobsledding) and 126 kg (for armwrestling).
• Biceps: 55 cm ... 21.65 in.
• Forearm: 48 cm ... 18.9 in.
• Wrist: 23 cm ... 9.05 in.
• Fist: 28 cm ... 11 in.
• Max. Bench: 270 kg (595 lbs)
• Max. one hand one rep max biceps curl .... 173 kg. (381 lbs)
• Max one hand isometric hold ... 237 kg (522 lbs) for several seconds.
• Squat ... 430 kg. (948 lbs)