Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Golubev (, born 19 May 1972 in Karavaievo,

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. Very surprisingly he came to the top in the 500 m in

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at the

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. He didn't place in the top three in any other international championship after that. He stands with one individual victory on 500 m in the World Cup from 1993.

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