Aleksandr Almetov was born in
Kiev,
Soviet Union. He was a member of the USSR Team from 1959 to 1967. He competed in the
1960 Winter Olympics, winning bronze. In 1963 he became the
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. At the
1964 Winter Olympics he won the gold medal with the team, he played in all eight matches and scored five goals. He was gold medalist of
World Championships from 1963 to 1967 and bronze medalist in 1960 and 1961. In 1960 and 1963-1967 he became
European Champion, and in 1961 earned silver medal. He also was the USSR Champion from 1959 to 1961 and from 1963 to 1966. In 1965 Almetov was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour. ==Career statistics==