Dmitry Trunenkov

Who is Dmitry Trunenkov?

Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Trunenkov is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since the early 2000s. He won the silver medal in the four-man event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. He won a gold medal at the 2009 Bobsleigh European Championship in St. Moritz, Switzerland and three European silver medals, all in the four-man event.

Trunenkov originally took up sprinting whilst at university before switching to bobsleigh at the age of 21.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Trunenkov crashed during the four-man event.

Trunenkov has a degree in industrial and civil construction from Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Architecture and Construction, which became part of the Siberian Federal University in 2006. He holds the title of Merited Master of Sport in Russia. He is married to Elena and they have a daughter, Dana.