{{short description|Russian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Aleksandr Krasnov | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Lebyazhye, Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast|Lebyazhye]], Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 1990-1991 | proteam1 = Lada - Ghzel | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[cycling (sport)|cycling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] }} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Aleksandr Krasnov''' (born 7 April 1960) is a Soviet former cyclist. He won the gold medal in the [[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Men's team pursuit]] at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/aleksandr-krasnov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081356/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/aleksandr-krasnov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Aleksandr Krasnov |accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref>
==Major results== Sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/alexander-krasnov |title=Aleksandr Krasnov |publisher=Procyclingstats |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=14013 |title=Aleksandr Krasnov |publisher=firstcycling |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8502 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130425150917/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8502 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 April 2013 |title=Aleksandr Krasnov |publisher=cyclingarchives |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref> ;1978 : [[1978 Juniors Track World Championships|UCI Junior Track World Championships]] ::1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Team pursuit (with [[Konstantin Khrabvzov]], [[Valery Movchan]], [[Sergey Nikitenko]]) ;1981 : 3rd Overall [[Olympia's Tour]] ::1st Stage 2 ;1982 : [[1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]] ::1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Team pursuit (with [[Nikolai Manakov]], [[Viktor Manakov (cyclist, born 1960)|Viktor Manakov]], [[Ivan Mitchenko]]) : 2nd Overall [[Olympia's Tour]] ;1983 : 2nd Overall [[Tour of Sweden]] : 3rd Overall [[Vuelta al Táchira]] ::1st Stage 4 ;1984 : 2nd Overall [[Österreich-Rundfahrt]] ::1st Stages 3 & 5 ;1986 : 1st Overall [[Giro Ciclistico d'Italia]] : 2nd Baltic Sea Friendship Race ;1987 : [[1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]] ::1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Team pursuit (with [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]], [[Viktor Manakov (cyclist, born 1960)|Viktor Manakov]], [[Sergeï Chmelinine]]) : 1st Stage 2 Amateur [[Ronde van België]] ;1988 : 1st Stage 5 [[Vuelta al Táchira]] ;1989 : 1st Imatran ajot
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