Daniil Alexeyevich Aldoshkin (; born 19 June 2001) is a Russian

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. He is a silver medalist of the Winter Olympics (2022), bronze medalist of the World Cup in the team race, champion of Russia in the classical all-around, and a silver medalist at a distance of 1500 m.

Biography

Aldoshkin was born on 19 June 2001 in

Kolomna Kolomna (, ) is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva River, Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population: History Mentioned for the fir ...

. At the age of five, hiss father gave him his first skating lesson, after which he took him to the Kolomna Olympic Reserve Sports School "Kometa". Aldoshkin's first coach was Viktor Sivkov. He cites

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as his idol. On 21 November 2021, Aldoshkin finished first in the 1500-meter race in division B at the second stage of the

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, Norway. In 2022, he took part in the Winter Olympics for the first time, becoming the youngest member of the speed skating team and won a silver medal in the team pursuit. Alodoshkin lives in his native Kolomna, plays for the Comet Sports School. He has been a part-time student of the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports of the State Social and Humanitarian University (Kolomna).

Personal records

He is currently in 64th position in the adelskalender with 149.192 points.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldoshkin, Daniil 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Kolomna Russian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Russia Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating 21st-century Russian sportsmen