Evgeny Arkhipov

Evgeny Valeryevich Arkhipov (Russian: Евгений Валерьевич Архипов; born January 4, 1992) is a Russian curler from Moscow. He currently skips the Russian national curling team and skips a different rink on the World Curling Tour.

Evgeny Arkhipov
Born (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992
Team
Curling clubMoskvitch CC,
Moscow, RUS
SkipEvgeny Arkhipov
ThirdSergei Glukhov
SecondDmitry Mironov
LeadAnton Kalalb
Career
World Championship
appearances
2 (2014, 2015)
European Championship
appearances
3 (2013, 2014, 2015)
Olympic
appearances
1 (2014)

Arkhipov played on the Russian national junior team from 2011 to 2013, skipping the team from 2012 to 2013. The team, which also consisted of Sergey Glukhov, Dmitry Mironov and Artur Ali qualified for the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships where they won a silver medal. The team had finished the round robin with a 7-2 record in third place, and managed to defeat Sweden's Patric Mabergs and Canada's Matthew Dunstone in the playoffs before losing to Scotland's Kyle Smith in the final.

In 2013, Arkhipov joined the national men's team. His first international tournament on the men's team was the 2013 European Curling Championships, where he threw fourth stones for the team. After finishing the round robin with a 4-4 record, the team finished 6th place. Arkhipov was moved to play third on the team for the 2014 Winter Olympics where the team finished 7th place and a 2-5 record.

Arkhipov has played in one Grand Slam event, the 2013 Masters of Curling as a member of the Russian men's team. Arkhipov threw fourth stones in the tournament, and the team went 0-4.

Personal life

Arkhipov attended the Russian State University of Physical Education.

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