Semen Aleksandrovich Pavlichenko (; born 11 May 1991) is a Russian luger. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics.
World Cup podiums SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace 2014–15 18 January 2015 Oberhof, Germany Team Relay 3rd1 February 2015 Lillehammer, Norway Singles 2nd1 February 2015 Lillehammer, Norway Team Relay 2nd1 March 2015 Sochi, Russia Singles 1st1 March 2015 Sochi, Russia Team Relay 2nd 2015–16 5 December 2015 Lake Placid, United States Team Relay 3rd10 January 2016 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 2nd10 January 2016 Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 3rd7 February 2016 Sochi, Russia Team Relay 1st 2016–17 2 December 2016 Lake Placid, United States Singles 2nd3 December 2016 Lake Placid, United States Team Relay 2nd6 January 2017 Königssee, Germany Singles 1st15 January 2017 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 1st15 January 2017 Sigulda, Latvia Singles (sprint) 2nd15 January 2017 Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 1st 2017–18 19 November 2017 Innsbruck, Austria Singles 1st19 November 2017 Innsbruck, Austria Team Relay 3rd26 November 2017 Winterberg, Germany Singles (sprint) 2nd16 December 2017 Lake Placid, United States Singles 2nd14 January 2018 Oberhof, Germany Singles 2nd21 January 2018 Lillehammer, Norway Singles (sprint) 1st28 January 2018 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 1st 28 January 2018 Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 1st 2018–19 1 December 2018 Whistler, Canada Team Relay 1st16 December 2018 Lake Placid, United States Singles (sprint) 2nd 13 January 2019 Sigulda, Latvia Singles 1st 13 January 2019 Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 2nd 9 February 2019 Oberhof, Germany Singles 1st 24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Singles 1st 24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Singles (sprint) 1st 24 February 2019 Sochi, Russia Team Relay 1st 2019–20 12 January 2020 Altenberg, Germany Team Relay 1st 19 January 2020 Lillehammer, Norway Singles 2nd 26 January 2020 Sigulda, Latvia Singles (sprint) 1st 1 February 2020 Oberhof, Germany Singles 2nd 23 February 2020 Winterberg, Germany Team Relay 1st 1 March 2020 Königssee, Germany Singles 1st 1 March 2020 Königssee, Germany Team Relay 3rd 2020–21 29 November 2020 Innsbruck, Austria Team Relay 3rd 6 December 2020 Altenberg, Germany Team Relay 2nd 10 January 2021 Sigulda, Latvia Team Relay 1st 23 January 2021 Innsbruck, Austria Singles 2nd 24 January 2021 Innsbruck, Austria Singles (Sprint) 1st 2020–21 28 November 2021 Sochi, Russia Team relay 1st
Season titles 1 titles – (1 singles) Season Discipline 2019 Men's singles
Biography
Semen Pavlichenko was born on 11 May 1991 in Bratsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. He began practicing luge at the age of ten at a local youth sports school, where he trained under coach Eduard Burmistrov, a former professional luger. In 2019, he graduated from Pushkin Leningrad State University with a degree in physical education.
Pavlichenko made his debut in the Luge World Cup during the 2007–08 season, finishing 43rd in the overall standings. In 2009, he won silver at the Russian National Championships and bronze at the Junior World Championships in Nagano. A year later, he won silver at the Junior World Championships in Igls, Austria. During the 2010–11 season, he finished 21st in the overall World Cup standings.
In February 2015, Pavlichenko won gold at the World Championships in Sigulda, Latvia — the first such title for Russia in men’s singles since Soviet luger Sergey Danilin’s victory in 1981. In February 2019, he won the European Championships in Oberhof, Germany.
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