Alexander Alexeyevich Shevchenko (; born 3 June 1971) is a Russian wheelchair curler playing as

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for the Russian wheelchair curling team. He and his team won the silver medal at the

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, gold medals at the

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, and 2016 World Championships, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships

Biography

Shevhcenko came to curling after a car accident.

Awards

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I class (17 March 2014) – ''for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for the high athletic performances at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi'' * Laureate of the "Return to Life" award in 2013Трёхкратный паралимпийский чемпион Лондона Евгений Швецов стал лауреатом премии «Возвращение в жизнь»
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* 1971 births Living people Russian male curlers Russian wheelchair curlers Paralympic wheelchair curlers for Russia Paralympic medalists in wheelchair curling Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics World wheelchair curling champions Russian curling champions 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Paralympic-medalist-stub