Albert Demchenko
# Albert Demchenko

Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (Russian: Альберт Михайлович Демченко; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team. His daughter Victoria Demchenko is also a luger.

## Career

A seven-time Winter Olympian, he won his first medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a silver in the men's singles event. He competed in his sixth Olympics at the 2010 Winter Olympics, coming fourth. He then competed in his seventh Olympics in Sochi 2014 in his native Russia, winning a further two silver medals.

Demchenko also won eight medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 2006, 2010; Mixed team: 2012, 2014), two silvers (Men's singles: 1996, 2008), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996; Mixed team: 2013).

He was overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2004–05.

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. In January 2018, he and Tatyana Ivanova successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to strip his medals from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport. As a result, both his medals were reinstated.

## World Cup podiums

| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997–98 | 22 November 1997 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 2nd |
| 2002–03 | 18 November 2002 | Park City, United States | Singles | 3rd |
| 2002–03 | 2 December 2002 | Oberhof, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2002–03 | 20 January 2003 | Igls, Austria | Singles | 3rd |
| 2004–05 | 8 November 2004 | Altenberg, Germany | Singles | 2nd |
| 2004–05 | 15 November 2004 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 1st |
| 2004–05 | 6 December 2004 | Calgary, Canada | Singles | 3rd |
| 2004–05 | 27 December 2004 | Oberhof, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2004–05 | 3 January 2005 | Königssee, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2004–05 | 17 January 2005 | Altenberg, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2005–06 | 4 November 2005 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 1st |
| 2005–06 | 19 November 2005 | Cesana, Italy | Singles | 2nd |
| 2005–06 | 9 December 2005 | Calgary, Canada | Singles | 1st |
| 2005–06 | 16 December 2005 | Lake Placid, United States | Singles | 3rd |
| 2005–06 | 28 January 2006 | Oberhof, Germany | Singles | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | 18 November 2006 | Cesana, Italy | Singles | 2nd |
| 2006–07 | 16 December 2006 | Nagano, Japan | Singles | 2nd |
| 2006–07 | 6 January 2007 | Königssee, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2006–07 | 10 February 2007 | Winterberg, Germany | Singles | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | 10 February 2007 | Winterberg, Germany | Team Relay | 2nd |
| 2006–07 | 17 February 2007 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 3rd |
| 2007–08 | 5 January 2008 | Königssee, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2007–08 | 2 February 2008 | Altenberg, Germany | Singles | 3rd |
| 2007–08 | 14 February 2008 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 2nd |
| 2007–08 | 16 February 2008 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 1st |
| 2008–09 | 6 December 2008 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 1st |
| 2008–09 | 13 February 2009 | Calgary, Canada | Singles | 3rd |
| 2009–10 | 20 November 2009 | Calgary, Canada | Singles | 3rd |
| 2009–10 | 5 December 2009 | Altenberg, Germany | Singles | 3rd |
| 2009–10 | 12 December 2009 | Lillehammer, Norway | Singles | 1st |
| 2009–10 | 2 January 2010 | Königssee, Germany | Singles | 1st |
| 2009–10 | 9 January 2010 | Winterberg, Germany | Singles | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | 5 January 2011 | Königssee, Germany | Singles | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | 22 January 2011 | Altenberg, Germany | Singles | 3rd |
| 2010–11 | 22 January 2011 | Altenberg, Germany | Team Relay | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | 12 February 2011 | Paramonovo, Russia | Singles | 1st |
| 2010–11 | 19 February 2011 | Sigulda, Latvia | Team Relay | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | 19 February 2011 | Sigulda, Latvia | Team Relay | 1st |
| 2011–12 | 26 November 2011 | Igls, Austria | Team Relay | 3rd |
| 2011–12 | 9 December 2011 | Whistler, Canada | Team Relay | 3rd |
| 2011–12 | 5 January 2012 | Königssee, Germany | Team Relay | 3rd |
| 2012–13 | 8 December 2012 | Altenberg, Germany | Team Relay | 3rd |
| 2012–13 | 15 December 2012 | Sigulda, Latvia | Singles | 1st |
| 2012–13 | 15 December 2012 | Sigulda, Latvia | Team Relay | 3rd |
| 2012–13 | 5 January 2013 | Königssee, Germany | Singles | 2nd |
| 2012–13 | 23 February 2013 | Sochi, Russia | Singles | 2nd |
| 2012–13 | 23 February 2013 | Sochi, Russia | Team Relay | 2nd |
| 2013–14 | 18 January 2014 | Altenberg, Germany | Singles | 2nd |
| 2013–14 | 18 January 2014 | Altenberg, Germany | Team Relay | 1st |

### Season titles

* 1 titles – (1 singles)

| Season | Discipline |
| - | - |
| 2005 | Men's singles |
