KUZNETSOV Aleksei

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	Men's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2012	London, GBR	27.87
6	Men's Javelin Throw F53/54	2008	Beijing, CHN	26.78
World Championships
1	Men's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2011	Christchurch, NZL	29.44
2	Men's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2013	Lyon, FRA	27.87
3	Javelin Throw - F54	2019	Dubai, UAE	29.68
3	Javelin Throw - F54	2015	Doha, QAT	27.56
5	Men's Discus Throw F54/55/56	2011	Christchurch, NZL	28.18
12	Men's Shot Put F54-56	2011	Christchurch, NZL	8.58
European Championships
5	Javelin Throw - F54	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	28.72

Kuzya (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)

Billiards, swimming, playing in video game competitions. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2021)

Law - Voskresensk Modern Academy for the Humanities, Russia

Wife Daria, sons Kuzma [2007] and Fyodor [2012]

English, Russian

Leader [Voskresensk, RUS]

Albert Kalin [personal], RUS, from 2007; Natalia Baranova [personal], RUS

He is a former world champion in arm wrestling and a national champion in wheelchair basketball. (sportbox.ru, 20 Aug 2012)

2007 for Russia, in Osaka, Japan (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)

In 2012 he suffered from a spinal disc hernia. (trud.ru, 06 Sep 2012)

He took up the sport in 2007 in Cheboksary, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)

After winning world titles in arm wrestling, he decided to switch to athletics in order to become a Paralympic champion. (sportbox.ru, 20 Aug 2012)

To win gold at the Paralympic Games, and to set a new world record. (Athlete, 28 Feb 2021)

Winning gold and setting a world record in the F54/55/56 javelin at the 2011 World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Mar 2021; Athlete, 25 Oct 2019)

Martial artist Bruce Lee, US boxers Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali. (Athlete, 25 Oct 2019)

His mother. (Athlete, 02 Mar 2021)

"Never give up." (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)

He carried the Paralympic torch through Chekhov, Russian Federation, as the relay made its way through the country ahead of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (vostv.ru, 03 Mar 2014)

In recognition of his performance at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, he received the Order for Merit to the Fatherland [second grade] in the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 10 Sep 2012)

He was named the 2012 Person of the Year in Voskresensk, Russian Federation. (news.voskresensk-gis.ru, 31 Dec 2012)

He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 25 Dec 2020)