All Olympic athletes. The first Russian Olympians, their sporting achievements Russian athletes are world and Olympic champions
In the last century there was great army Soviet athletes. These people courageously fought for victories, bringing joy to their fans, raising the prestige of the country, developing Soviet sports. All of them were idols of the youth of that time. Remembering famous athletes, one cannot but say about the main events sports life Soviet period.
The main achievements of the athletes were, of course, the Olympic Games. The Soviet Union first took part in the Olympic Games in 1952, at the Olympics in Helsinki. In those games, the country of the Soviets won 22 gold medals, 30 silver and 19 bronze.
The first Olympic medalist - Nina Apollonovna Ponomareva-Romashkova
The first gold medal of the USSR was won by Nina Apollonovna Ponomareva - Romashkova. The athlete began her sports career in running disciplines, and later became interested in discus throwing. Immediately after the games in Helsinki, the gold medalist set a world record in discus throwing - the throwing distance was then 53 meters 61 centimeters. Next in sports career Nina had many victories, including new records. Since 1966, Nina Apollonovna switched to coaching, preparing the younger athletes for new victories. 
On the ice arena. Irina Rodnina
Many victories to the Soviet Union were brought by players of hockey teams and representatives figure skating. At world competitions, Soviet athletes had no equal on ice in terms of strength and skill. Among the masters of figure skating since 1963, speaking at all-Union youth competitions, she became famous Irina Rodnina. From 1964 to 1969, life on the ice was not easy for Irina. Under the guidance of coach S. A. Zhuk, who complicated the program many times, with her partner Alexei Ulanov, Irina went to the European Championship. The couple took first place in free skating, and Irina received the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
For the victory at the Olympics in 1972, Rodnina was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. On the eve of the performance in training, the athlete received a traumatic brain injury, but she did not refuse to perform, she overcame her painful condition. Since the autumn of 1972, Irina began to perform in tandem with Alexander Zaitsev. This duet was remembered for a long time by a figure skating lover. 
Golden goalkeeper - Vladislav Tretyak
There is hardly a more famous figure in hockey than Vladislav Tretyak.
The first goalkeeper of our country, many times recognized as the best at the world championships, recognized as the best hockey player of the last century. The legendary Soviet athlete, the first European to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in 1997. Three-time Olympic champion who won gold; 10 times world champion; 9-time European champion; 13-time champion of the USSR, whose books were published in different languages, published four times and instantly sold out in America. Since 2006 - President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation. 
Thunderstorm gates - Valery Kharlamov
Another legendary athlete is CSKA scorer Valery Kharlamov, whose life was tragically cut short. A man who once argued his fate. Two-time Olympic champion in 1972 and 1976. An 8-time world champion, Valery began playing sports as a sickly little boy. In appearance, he could not be given his age - he was so short. But what would Soviet hockey be without him? He received many honors on his deserts, because he has 438 matches for CSKA and 293 goals in his matches. At the World Cup and Olympic Games - 123 matches, 89 goals.
The best scorer in the history of the Ice Hockey World Championships - won 155 points in 105 matches. Fate did not spare him, but he did not give up. Once having a car accident, he trained for a long time and, finally, went out on the ice again. Later, as a result of a fatal mistake, he also dies in a car accident. There are two children left, a girl and a boy. And then the hockey club came to the rescue. The destinies of the hockey players were closely intertwined, all were close people, teammates took care of the little son Alexander, who also became a hockey player. No wonder, because one of his mentors was Fetisov. 
Vyacheslav Fetisov - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR and Honored Coach of Russia. Defender of CSKA, and later of the Spartak club, who played 480 matches at the championships of the USSR and Russia and scored 153 goals. Winner of all top hockey titles. Its activities today are anti-doping programs for athletes at different levels. 
On a black and white field: about Karpov and Kasparov
There is hardly a person who is unfamiliar with the names Karpov and Kasparov. Ice and fire, struggle and hope. Lots of tournaments. The rating of the match between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov in 1984-85 does not decrease even today. Modern chess players learn to play from these matches, and old experienced chess players try to think it over, to look from here at that time, to comprehend what was more important in that period: incorruptibility, determination, calculation and scientific skill. Anatoly Karpov is 64 this year, and Garry Kasparov is 52, he is a lecturer and entrepreneur. 
Record holder Alexander Dityatin
Alexander Nikolaevich Dityatin is not just a three-time Olympic champion and 7-time world champion, he also distinguished himself by the fact that at the 1980 Olympics, held in Moscow, he immediately earned 8 medals in all evaluated gymnastic exercises. It was with this record that he entered the Guinness Book of Records. 
In the air as on the ground: Sergey Bubka
The famous Soviet and Ukrainian athlete, track and field athlete Sergei Nazarovich Bubka is familiar to many for his unforgettable pole vaulting. He is the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR and the champion of the 1986 Olympic Games, a 6-time world champion, who set his world record in pole vaulting 6.15. This record was broken only in February 2014. Strength, speed and technique are the main components that Sergey Bubka learned to master by his personal trainer Vitaly Afanasyevich Petrov. 
Boxer Kostya Tszyu- Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, three times became the champion of the USSR, was twice the champion of Europe and once the world champion among amateurs. Konstantin Tszyu develops his own training methods for professional boxers and successfully conducts training famous athletes these days. 
One of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers. This athlete managed to speak not only for the USSR national team, but also for Russia. He won the Olympic Games 1 time as part of the USSR national team and 2 more times as part of Russia. He also has 9 victories in the world championships and 12 in Europe. Recognized as the best athletes of the year in the world, included in the list of the 25 greatest athletes of the 20th century. Won 888 fights and lost only 2 times. There were even cases when rivals were simply afraid and refused to go against him.
In the sport of Soviet times, there were no losers and the victories of athletes from the USSR were incomparable with the victories of many foreign representatives. Russian sport today continues to delight its fans with its bright victories.
Olympic champions
and Russia
The team of the Russian national team for the first time performed at the Olympic Games in 1908 d. Then the Olympiad was held in London. The Russian national team was represented by seven athletes in 3 sports (wrestling, athletics and figure skating). The first Olympic champion was Nikolai Panin (Kolomenkin), who won gold in men's figure skating.
Statistics (since 1994)
MedalsGold: 169Silver: 151Bronze: 170Total:490
ChampionsMen: 122Women: 118Total:240
Prize-winnersMen: 262Women: 197Total:459
Biathlon
Olympic th biathlon debut took place in 1960 at the Squaw Valley Games (USA). At first, the biathlon competition program included only one type - a 20 km ski race with shooting from military weapons(caliber - 5.6, 6.5 and 7.62 mm) at four firing lines (five shots each). On the first three On the frontiers, it was allowed to shoot from any position, and on the fourth - only while standing. For each miss, two penalty minutes were added to the time shown in the race. In 1965, the International Union of Modern Pentathlon and Biathlon introduced new shooting requirements. Firstly, the athletes were obliged to shoot twice while standing - at the second and fourth firing lines. Secondly, the penalty time was differentiated: hitting the outer circle was estimated at 1 minute, and missing the target at 2 minutes. sprint races appeared at the Games. In these disciplines, only two shootings were left - lying and standing, and in the relay at each turn, eight cartridges could be used to hit five targets. The miss was compensated by a 150 m penalty loop. Since 1986, freestyle skiing has been used in all biathlon disciplines.
Klas Lestander became the first Olympic champion in biathlon. He did not show the fastest result, but he sent all 20 shots to the target. At the very first Olympic biathlon competitions in 1960, Soviet athletes began the medal countdown - Alexander Privalov won bronze.
Vladimir Melanin put the first Olympic gold in the piggy bank of the Soviet biathlon: at the Games in Innsbruck (1964), he won the individual 20 km race.
Beginning with 1968 , Soviet biathletes won relay races for six Olympics in a row - this achievement is unlikely to lose record status in the foreseeable future. Alexander Tikhonov, who took part in four (1968-1980: Grenoble, Sapporo, Innsbruck, Lake Placid) of these six victorious relay races, is recognized as the best biathlete of the twentieth century.
Women's biathlon received recognition at the World Championships in Chamonix (1984). The first champion was the Soviet athlete Venera Chernyshova.
Champions
Akhatova Albina2006Turin4×6 km Relay
1998 Nagano 4×7.5 km Relay
2006 Turin 15 km Individual
2006 Turin 10 km pursuit
Bogaliy-Titovets Anna2006Turin4×6 km Relay
2010 Vancouver 4×6 km Relay
Zaitseva Olga2006Turin4×6 km relay
2010 Vancouver 4×6 km Relay
2010Vancouver12.5 km mass start
Ishmuratova Svetlana2006Turin15 km Individual
2006 Turin 4×6 km relay
2002 Salt Lake City 4×7.5 km Relay
Kukleva Galina1998Nagano7.5 km Sprint
1998 Nagano 4×7.5 km Relay
2002 Salt Lake City 4×7.5 km Relay
Medvedtseva Olga 2002 Salt Lake City 10 km Pursuit
2010 Vancouver 4×6 km Relay
2002 Salt Lake City 4×7.5 km Relay
Noskova Louise
Reztsova Anfisa1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
Sleptsova Svetlana2010Vancouver4×6 km Relay
Snytina Natalia1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
Talanova Nadezhda1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
Tarasov Sergey1994 Lillehammer 20 km individual
1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
1994LillehammerSprint 10 km
1998 Nagano 4×7.5 km Relay
Ustyugov Evgeny2010Vancouver15 km mass start
Chepikov Sergey1994LillehammerSprint 10 km
1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
2006 Turin 4×7.5 km Relay
Silver medalists
Drachev Vladimir1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
1998 Nagano 4×7.5 km Relay
Kiriyenko Valeriy1994Lillehammer4×7.5 km Relay
Kruglov Nikolay2006Turin4×7.5 km Relay
Melnik Olga1998Nagano4×7.5 km Relay
Romasko Olga1998NaganoRelay, 4×7.5 km
Rostovtsev Pavel2006TurinRelay, 4×7.5 km
Cherezov Ivan2006Turin4×7.5 km Relay
2010 Vancouver 4×7.5 km Relay
Bronze medalists
Maygurov Viktor1998Nagano4×7.5 km Relay
2002 Salt Lake City 20 km Individual
Muslimov Pavel1998NaganoRelay, 4×7.5 km
Chudov Maxim2010Vancouver4×7.5 km Relay
Shipulin Anton2010Vancouver4×7.5 km Relay
Biathlon in Sochi
For biathlon competitions at the Olympic winter games ah-2014 in Sochi, the complex for cross-country skiing and biathlon "Laura" was built, which meets the highest international standards. The complex is located northwest of the Rosa Khutor ski resort and consists of a stadium for 9,600 spectators, tracks, a shooting range and a warm-up area.
During the development of the project, preference was given to modern technological solutions. The design solutions are based on the principle of universality and multifunctionality of the structure.
The first test competitions at the facility were held in 2012.
After the Games, the complex will become the only world-class training center in Russia, located in the middle mountains, and the venue for major international competitions.
Bobsled The length of the bobsleigh track is 1500-2000 m, with 15 turns with a minimum radius of 8 m. During the descent, the bob can reach speeds of about 135 km/h in just 60 seconds. Athletes experience four times the force of gravity.
Olympic Games
The first bobsleigh club was founded in 1897 in St. Moritz, and the first specialized tracks appeared in 1908-10. in Austria and Germany. In 1923 was founded International Federation bobsleigh and toboggan. Four bobsledders first slid down the Olympic track in 1924 in Chamonix, and two in 1932.
Russia
The first bobsleigh team in the USSR was created in 1980. Until 1985, the team trained in the German Oberhoff - there were no tracks in the country. The first domestic bean was designed for the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo at the VEF Riga plant, and was recognized as an advanced model. The efforts of the production workers were marked by a bronze medal for the crew of two, consisting of Zintis Ekmanis and Vladimir Alexandrov.
The rapid development of the species began and, despite the lack of tracks, up to 50 crews were declared for the USSR championships. Own commands were in all major cities Soviet Union. The first and only bobsleigh track of the USSR was built in the Baltic Sigulda (it was designed by the Germans and built by the Yugoslavs) - this allowed our team at the 1988 Calgary Olympics to take first place in the two and third in the four. On the recent Games Russian bobsledders performed quite well.
Silver medalists
Voevoda Alexey2006TurinFours
2010VancouverDeuces
Egorov Philipp2006TurinFours
Zubkov Alexander2006TurinFours
2010VancouverDeuces
Seliverstov Alexey2006TurinFours
Bobsleigh in Sochi
For the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge competitions at the 2014 Olympic Games, a unique in its technical specifications bobsleigh track. Advanced ice preparation technology ensures accurate and constant track temperature control. The bobsleigh track is located on ski resort"Alpika-Service" with a finish zone on the territory of the tract Rzhanaya Polyana. Competitions on the track will be able to watch up to 9,000 spectators.
Skiing
Alpine skiing - descent from the mountains on special skis. A sport as well as a popular outdoor activity for millions of people around the world.
The inventors of alpine skiing - Scandinavian peasants - used shortened skis and a stick with an extension at the end to descend from the mountain slopes. AT 1767 Norwegians staged the first downhill skiing competition. The first official ski competitions were held in the Alps in 1905 Alpine skiing was introduced into the program of the Winter Olympic Games in 1936 G.
Russia
In Russia, skiing appeared at the beginning of the last century, when a group of Russian skiers stood out, which was called "miners". These skiers preferred high-speed skiing from the mountains to flat running.
In 1923, the first ski section was formed in Moscow. In 1934, Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) met the participants of the first national championship in alpine skiing, in the program of which there was only one type - slalom for men.
Champions
Silver medalists
Gladysheva Svetlana1994LillehammerSuper giant
Bronze medalists
Sidorova Evgeniya1956 Cortine d'Ampezzo Slalom
Alpine skiing in Sochi
At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, competitions in skiing will be held at the Rosa Khutor Ski Center located on the Aibga Ridge. The total length of the Olympic ski slopes will be 20 km. The complex is designed for 10,000 seats.
Curling
Curling is a team sports game on an ice rink. The participants of the two teams alternately launch special heavy granite projectiles (“stones”) across the ice towards the target marked on the ice.
Story
It is known that curling originated in Scotland in early XVI century, actual confirmation of the existence of this sports game is a curling sports equipment (stone), on the surface of which the date of manufacture is engraved - 1511 found at the bottom of the dry lake Dunban. The first annalistic mention of curling is found in the monastic books of the Scottish abbey of Paisley, dated 1541.
Around the same time (1565) are two paintings by Pieter Bregel showing Dutch peasants playing curling on the ice of a frozen lake.
The oldest curling club in the world is the association of players from the city of Kilsyth (Scotland), founded in 1716. In this city there is the oldest sports field designed for playing curling - an artificial dam that encloses a pond and sets a platform measuring 100 by 250 meters.
The word curling itself was first used as the name of the game in the 17th century, after being mentioned in a poem by the Scottish poet Henry Adamson. Researchers believe the game takes its name from the Scottish verb curr, which describes a low growl or roar. The thing is that the granite stone sliding on the ice touched the notches of ice, which caused a characteristic sound. In Scotland the game is known as the Roaring Stones Game.
The imperfect shape of the shells and the unpreparedness of the field did not allow the ancient curlers to play based on a winning strategy or develop sportsmanship - the outcome of the game depended on luck.
Interesting information about shells is also contained in the annals of the Scottish city of Darvell: weavers after work rested, playing curling with heavy stone weights used in the oppression of looms, and these weights had a removable handle. "Many wives supported their husband's authority by polishing the handle of the stone and bringing its shape to perfection."
Together with the settlers, curling also entered the New World, to Canada, where it was especially widespread. The debut of curling in the United States took place in 1768: the game was brought with them by Scottish soldiers.
The first World Men's Curling Championship was held in Edinburgh in 1959 d. "Competition for the Scottish Cup", and the first world champion in this discipline was the Canadian team led by Ernie Richards. The first Women's World Championship was held in Scotland in 1979 G.
AT Russia curling took root only on the 3rd attempt. The first attempt was made by foreign diplomats in the 90s of the XIX century. Curling clubs were founded in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but the revolution made its own adjustments. In the 1920s, enthusiasts tried to revive this sport, but curling was recognized as a bourgeois game and banned. The latest and most successful attempt was made in 1991 year. On the basis of the State Academy of Physical Culture. Lesgaft, the Lesgaftovets curling club was created.
In 2005, 12 teams were already fighting for world gold, of which 8 teams represented Europe, 2 - North America, and 2 - Asia and Oceania. European teams receive tickets to the World Championship based on the results of the European Championship, which have been held since 1975. In 1992, the national men's team, led by Igor Minin, went to their first European Championship. The Russian women's team first appeared on the European arena in 1994. A record was set at the 2005 European Championship - 58 teams from 38 countries.
AT 1998 Curling was recognized as an Olympic sport, and the first medals were played in Nagano. The winner in the men's competition was the Swiss team, and the Canadian team won the first gold medals among women. In 2002, the Russian women's team, led by Olga Zharkova, took part in the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in this discipline.
Curling in Sochi
Curling Center "Ice Cube" is located in the coastal cluster in the complex of facilities of the Olympic Park. The center is only 1.5 km from the Olympic Village.
The design of the Ice Arena for Curling combines the smooth, streamlined forms associated with the shape of a curling stone, and the shiny polished surfaces of its facades only reinforce these associations. All this creates a concise, instantly recognizable and memorable image of the building, which reflects the democratic, accessible and festive character of the Olympic Games.
The capacity of the facility is 3,000 spectators.
After the Games, the curling ice arena will be moved to another region and will be used as a training base for Russian national teams.
Skating
Evgeny Lalenkov is a master of sports of international class, a champion of Russia and Europe, a member of the Russian national speed skating team: “ Speed skating gives me an indescribable feeling of freedom and movement, reminiscent of the flight of a bird. And the opportunity due to own forces reach maximum speed, when split seconds are everything, makes this sport even more exciting».
Story
Men's speed skating was included in the program of the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 d. Women's competitions were included in the Olympic program for the first time in 1960 g., and the team pursuit race - in 2006 .
Speed skating in Russia
Speed skating in Russia was the first and until the XIX century. the only winter sport. In terms of accessibility, democracy was the number one sport. In many cities of Russia, societies of skating enthusiasts arose. Skates in Russia have long enjoyed popular love. In Moscow, families went to ride the Patriarchs. They took a penny from the children for entering the rink. The steep banks of the ponds were decorated with Christmas trees.
The fence was always crowded with people spectators. Below, on the ice, skaters were circling to the sound of a brass band. This is on weekdays, and high-speed "races" were a festive spectacle.
The first organization of runners in Russia was called the "rusty skate society" in a peculiar way. According to the sports historian E. Tender-Bugrovsky, the "Petersburg Society of Skating Fans" conducted serious educational and sports work in the field of the art of skating.
After 1905, there was a tendency in Russian sports to unite small sports organizations into larger ones. In 1911, the Moscow Skating Club was founded, and in May of this year a charter was developed - the Moscow Skating League was established in 1913, at the same time it issued the rules for international competitions. The title of champion of Russia, the Moscow Skating League decided in 1915 on the smallest amount occupied places at four distances. AT 1916 The All-Russian Union of Skating was created.
The first championship of Russia in speed skating was held on February 19 1889 on the best skating rink with a 200-meter track - on the skating rink of the Moscow River Yacht Club (currently the Dynamo skating rink). The title of the country's first skater was contested by a network of athletes - five Muscovites and two Petersburgers. Alexander Panshin, a guest from the banks of the Neva, became the first champion of Russia in speed skating, showing 7 minutes 30 seconds in the final race for versts (1 verst - 1067 m).
Panshin opened the list of Russian champions. In 1887, he won an international competition in St. Petersburg at the Yusupov Garden skating rink, and in the same year, the Austrian Open Championship. World championships began to be held only in 1891.
The first gold Olympic medal was brought to Russia at the games of the IV Olympiad in 1908 in London N.Papin-Kolomenkin .
In 1904, he became the champion of Russia Nikolai Sedov who held the title for four years in a row. I picked up the baton Nikolai Strunnikov - champion of Russia 1908, 1909, 1910; world and Europe 1910-11. Strunnikov beats all the strongest runners, showing the best results at all distances. "Russian miracle", as it was often called in Norway.
The pioneers of Russian sports found worthy heirs: Vasily and Platon Ipollitov, Naydenov, Yakov Melnikov, Ivan Anikanov and others.
For the first time, women began to take part in competitions for the championship of Moscow and skating for women. In 1913, the Moscow Skating League included skating for women in the competition program for the Moscow championship. The first champion of Russia became E.Kremenchevskaya , her result is 65 seconds at a distance of 500 m.
In international speed skating, the leading position was occupied by Russian runners, who had high level sportsmanship.
After the end of the civil war, speed skating began to develop in new conditions.
Since 1921, the championships of the RFSK have been resumed. 1923-1928 Soviet skaters participate in international competitions about 30 times. Since 1926, women have started at the USSR championship. Since 1935, records of young runners have been registered.
At large enterprises DSO "Dynamo", "Spartak" children's sports schools were created. A specialization in speed skating was introduced at the Leningrad and Moscow Institutes of Physical Culture.
In the first years of the Great Patriotic War, the country's championship was not played, but since 1943 the competitions were resumed.
In 1946, Soviet skaters participated in eight international meetings. AT 1947 The USSR Skating Federation joined the International Skating Union (ISU). In the world championship (1948) in Finland, he was the first at a distance of 500m K. Kudryavtsev . It was he who found a unique site in the mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau near Alma-Ata. Now Medeo is the best skating rink in the world, they call it the brainchild of Kudryavtsev.
Having been permanently at the helm of the national team for more than a quarter of a century, Kudryavtsev brought up many famous champions: Lydia Skoblikova, Oleg Goncharenko, Boris Shilkov, Valentina and Boris Stepin, Viktor Kosichkin, Lyudmila Titova, Evgeny Grishin and others.
Name of his student Evgenia Grishina became a legend in the skating world. He set his 1000m record at the age of 19. Four-time Olympic champion, European champion, 12-time USSR champion, 12-time world record holder.
Exceptional success was achieved by female skaters.
Maria Isakova became the first Soviet world champion. She won the world championship three times in a row. She has three Olympic medals to her credit. In 1957, at the XV World Women's Championship, held in the city of Imatra (Finland), Soviet athletes won 13 prizes out of 15 possible.
In 1950-1962, more than 50,000 rated sportsmen and more than 200 masters of sports of the USSR in speed skating were trained in the country.
Twenty years after the first victory of Maria Isakova were "golden times" for the Soviet runners.
Since 1964 there have been no Olympic champions - skaters.
March 26, 1983 Pavel Pegov opened new era speed skating - set a world record at a distance of 500 meters. The first Soviet Olympic champion in the speed skating marathon was Igor Malkov in Sarajevo. On February 18, 1984, the laurel wreath of the world champion was returned to Russia. Its owner was Oleg Bozhev . In 1987 Nikolai Gulyaev won all the highest speed skating awards - became the champion of Europe and the world.
The performances of the Soviet skaters were truly triumphant.
500 meters
1. Evgeny Grishin (USSR) - 40.2
2. Rafael Grach (USSR) - 40.8
1500 meters
1. Evgeny Grishin (USSR) - 2.08.6
2. Yuri Mikhailov (USSR) - 2.08.6
5000 meters
1. Boris Tilkov (USSR) - 7:48.7
3. Oleg Goncharenko (USSR) - 7.57.5
10000 meters
3. Oleg Goncharenko (USSR) - 16.42.3
On the Olympic ice, women performed in 1960 in the Indian Women's Valley (Squaw Valley). The champions were H. Haase (Germany), 500 m - 45.9, Clara Guseva (Nesterova) 1000m winner - 1.34.1, Lydia Skoblikova , who won two gold medals - at 1500 m - 2.25.2 and 3000 m - 5.14.3. In 1964, at the "Eisstadion" in Innsbruck, L. Skoblikova won all the Olympic distances (none of the speed skaters has yet been able to repeat this unique record). After 12 years, at the Innsbruck Eisstadion, Skoblikova congratulated her successor Tatyana Averina - 2-time Olympic champion-76. Here are the names of the athletes who have won Olympic gold medals at the Winter Olympics:
6 gold medals
Lydia Skoblikova (1960, 1964)
4 gold medals
Evgeny Grishin (1956, 1960)
2 gold medals
Tatyana Averina (1976)
1 gold medal
Yuri Mikhailov (1956)
Boris Shilkov (1956)
Viktor Kosichkin (1960)
Clara Guseva (1960)
Ante Antson (1964)
Ludmila Titova (1968)
Evgeny Kulikov (1976)
Galina Stepanskaya (1976)
Natalya Petruseva (1980)
Sergei Rogachev (1984)
Igor Malkov (1984)
Nikolai Gulyaev (1988)
Alexander Golubev (1994)
Svetlana Bazhanova (1994)
The XVIII Winter Olympic Games in Nagano have become a new reference point for the speeds of the future in speed skating. Skaters in Nagano raced away for all conceivable records on the "claps". Five new world records.
This sport has no equal in terms of old traditions, in scope, in terms of the significance of the results achieved.
Speed skating in Sochi
The Adler-Arena Olympic Skating Center is located in the Olympic Park and looks like an iceberg or an ice rift. An associative reference to the edges of the crystal will be supported by angular walls and triangular stained-glass windows. The gray-white color of the object further enhances this impression.
The project of the skating center is aimed at maximizing the use of landscape features of the area. Spectators at the stadium will be able to admire the views of the mountains in the north and seascapes in the south - the design of the rink provides for maximum transparency of its long sides.
The capacity of the center during the Games will be 8,000 people.
After the Games, the skating oval will be used as an exhibition center.
Nordic combined
Story
For the first time, individual skiing competitions were included in the Olympic program in 1924 in Chamonix. Team events were featured at the Calgary Olympics in 1988 d. Then the team was attended by three athletes. At the 1998 Nagano Olympics, each team had four athletes.
Russia
February 19, 1912 On the "Northern" springboard near St. Petersburg, the first Russian skiing competitions were held - ski jumping and a ski race over a distance of 4 versts.
The development of Nordic combined in Russia was facilitated by the expansion of the program for holding world championships and the Olympic Games: in 1982, team competitions were introduced with the participation of three athletes. The competition included ski jumping and a 3×10 km ski relay.
Bronze medalists
Stolyarov Valeriy 1998 Nagano 15 km Individual
Nordic combined in Sochi
Nordic combined competitions at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi will be held at the Russkiye Gorki Ski Jumping Complex on the northern slope of the Aibga Ridge with a single start and finish area.
The place for the jumps was specially chosen by international experts at the junction of two ridges to protect the jumpers from crosswinds and taking into account that the jumps fit harmoniously into the surrounding landscape.
After the Games, the Ski Jump Complex will become a national training center, including an arena with a capacity of 9,600 spectators and a multi-storey building.
Ski race
Story
At the I Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix (France) in 1924 The program included cross-country skiing for men at distances of 18 and 50 km. Women's 10 km ski/span competitions were first included in the program at the 1952 Olympic Games in Oslo (Norway). The first Olympic champion was a Soviet athlete Lyubov Baranova (Kozyreva ). In subsequent years, the competition program changed, new distances and formats appeared, the most significant event occurred in 1988, when freestyle competitions were held for the first time at the Olympic Games in Calgary (Canada). The year of the Olympics in Salt Lake City (USA) -2002 was an innovative year: for the first time, a mass start took place (racers started at the same time); and for the first time competitions were held in a new type of program - in the sprint.
Russia
Happy Brithday cross-country skiing in Russia it is considered December 29, 1895 On this day, the grand opening of the Moscow Ski Club took place in Moscow. On February 7, 1910, at a distance of 30 miles, the title of the first All-Russian champion in ski racing was played, which won Pavel Bychkov . In the entire history of Russian skiing, 42 athletes have become Olympic champions.
Champions
Most titled athletes: Lyubov Egorova - 6-time Olympic champion; Larisa Lazutina - 5 gold Olympic medals; Nikolai Zimyatov, Galina Kulakova, Raisa Smetanina - 4 gold medals; Elena Vyalbe - 3-time Olympic champion.
Champions (gold medals)
Baranova Natalia2006Turin4×5 km relay
Vialbe Elena1994Lillehammer4×5 km Relay
1998 Nagano 4×5 km relay
Gavrylyuk Nina1994Lillehammer4×5 km Relay
1998 Nagano 4×5 km relay
Danilova Olga1998NaganoClassic style, 15 km
1998 Nagano 4×5 km relay
1998 Nagano 10 km pursuit
Dementiev Evgeny2006TurinDuathlon, 15 km × 15 km
2006 Turin 50 km mass start
Egorova Lyubov1994LillehammerClassic style, 5 km
1994Lillehammer Freestyle 10 km
1994 Lillehammer 4×5 km relay
1994Lillehammer Freestyle 15 km
Ivanov Mikhail2002Salt Lake CityClassic style, 50 km
Kryukov Nikita2010VancouverClassic style, 1.6 km
Kurkina Larisa2006Turin4×5 km Relay
Lazutina Larisa1994Lillehammer4×5 km Relay
1998NaganoClassic style, 5 km
1998 Nagano Freestyle 10 km
1998 Nagano 4×5 km relay
1998 Nagano Separate start, 15 km
1998 Nagano Separate start, 30 km
Medvedeva-Arbuzova Evgenia2006Turin4×5 km Relay
2006TurinDuathlon 7.5 km × 7.5 km
1998 Nagano Dancing on Ice
Yuliya Chepalova, 1998 Nagano Individual start, 30 km
2002Salt Lake CityFreestyle 1.5 km
2006 Turin 4×5 km relay
2002Salt Lake CityClassic style 10 km
2006 Turin 30 km mass start
2002 Salt Lake City Freestyle 15 km
Silver medalists
Panzhinsky Alexander2010VancouverClassic style, 1.6 km
Bronze medalists
Alypov Ivan2006Turin1.5 km Team Sprint
Korosteleva Natalya2010Vancouver1.5 km Team Sprint
Morilov Nikolay2010Vancouver1.5 km Team Sprint
Petukhov Alexey2010Vancouver1.5 km Team Sprint
Rochev Vasily2006Turin1.5 km Team Sprint
Sidko Alyona2006Turin1.1 km Sprint
Cross-country skiing in Sochi
At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, skiers will take to the slopes of the Laura Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon Complex, located on the Psekhako Ridge (Krasnaya Polyana) at an altitude of 1,480 m.
The complex will include a stadium for 9,600 spectators, tracks for free and classical styles, a warm-up area, a temporary building to house services that serve the organization and holding of the Games.
The first test competitions at the facility took place in 2012. After the Games, part of the ski slopes will become part of the competitive slopes of the combined biathlon and ski complex.
Innovative technologies, used by the organizers to provide ski runs with snow, will make it possible to hold the 2014 Olympic Games in unique climatic conditions Sochi.
Ski jumping
Story
Ski jumping is included in the program of the Olympic Games since 1924 when the first Winter Olympics in world history took place in Chamonix. Jumping from a large springboard was included in the program of Olympic competitions in 1964 at the Games in Innsbruck.
The mountainous province of Norway, Telemark, is considered the birthplace of jumping. Already in 1840, the first slalom competitions took place there. In the beginning, jumping was part of the slalom. The Norwegians jumped from fairly high, natural ledges located on the mountain slopes, later specially erected elevations or springboards began to be used. The flight length was not measured, it was important to fly as high as possible. The official registration of jumping distances began in 1868, the first recorded result was 19 meters.
Since 1906, skiers began to hold their own “alpine skiing” competitions, which consisted of descents from the mountains at speed and cross-country races. The programs of these competitions subsequently began to include turns and jumps from small springboards. Gradually, as a result of a narrower specialization, several independent types of skiing emerged - racing, slalom and ski jumping. Ski jumping began to develop as an independent kind of skiing.
The history of the development of ski jumping - a constant search for the most efficient technique jump. For a long time, the flight path of a ski jumper was deep " ballistic ". Leader in ski jumping for a long time were athletes from Norway. They surprised with the manner of performing the jump, making the torso forward, arms to the sides, and, as it were, laying down on the formed air cushion. A long search for coaches and scientists led to a further change in the position of the body of the jumper in flight: the skier lies almost parallel to the skis, his hands are tightly pressed to the body. This style became known as aerodynamic ».
In 1989 in jumping skiing a revolution took place. Sportsman from Sweden Jan Boklev applied new technology: he began to spread his ski socks to the sides in flight, the style was called V - shaped . Due to the greater aerodynamic effect, it increases the flight range by 10-20%.
FROM 1945 jumps began to be evaluated not only by the length from the take-off table to the landing site, but also by the beauty and correctness of the jump. The program of the competition has also changed. FROM 1964 The competition program began to include jumps from 2 springboards - with a power of 70 and 90 meters. After 20 years in 1982 d. team competitions on a large springboard were added to the individual competitions. In the 1990s, the calculated heights of the springboards reached 90 and 120 meters, respectively.
Ski jumping among women is gaining more and more popularity. On May 26, 2006, the International Ski Federation decided to allow women to compete in ski jumping during the 2009 World Championships in Liberec (Czech Republic). December 3, 2011 in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer hosted the first ever stage of the Women's Ski Jumping World Cup. AT 2014 jumpers will perform for the first time at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Russia
The first in Russia lovers of ski jumping from self-made snow jumps declared themselves in St. Petersburg and Moscow at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1906, the skiers of the Polar Star Club built the first wooden springboard near St. Petersburg (Yukka), from which it was possible to jump 10-12 m in length. The popularity of this exciting sport increased. The first official competitions in 1912 were evaluated by the judges "by eye", mainly guided by the general impression of the jump.
Champions
Ø For 32 years from 1924 to 1956, Norwegian jumpers did not give anyone the title of Olympic champion in ski jumping. Surprisingly, in 1956, the Norwegians did not even get on the podium.
Ø Simon Ammann of Switzerland has won the most individual gold medals in history (4 in total: 2002 - 2, 2010 - 2). Finn Matti Nykanen has the same number of gold medals, but he has 3 individual and one team.
Ø The only medal in the history of the USSR and Russia brought Vladimir Belousov , who became the Olympic champion in 1968 in Grenoble.
Ski jumping in Sochi
The complex for ski jumping "Russian Gorki" was built in the village of Esto-Sadok at the junction of two ridges closer to the northern slope of the Aibga ridge.
The place for jumping was specially chosen by international experts at the junction of two ridges, so that the springboards harmoniously fit into the surrounding landscape, and the athletes were protected from gusts of side wind.
The stands of the complex are designed for 9600 people. The first test competitions at the facility took place in 2012.
After the Games, the Ski Jump Complex will become a national training center, including an arena with a capacity of 9,600 spectators and a multi-storey building.
luge
Luge is a downhill competition in single or double sleigh on a pre-prepared track. Athletes sit on the sled on their backs, feet first. The sleigh is controlled by changing the position of the body.
Story
The first organized meeting of athletes took place in 1883 in Switzerland. In 1913, the International Luge Federation (Internationale Schlittensportverband) was founded in Dresden (Germany). This organization governed the sport until 1935, when it was incorporated into the International Bobsleigh and Toboggan Federation (FIBT). After the decision was made to replace skeleton with luge in the program of the Winter Olympic Games, in 1955 the first World Championship was held in Oslo (Norway). The Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL) was founded in 1957. Luge was included in the Winter Olympics in 1964.
Tracks
Luge competitions are held on two types of tracks: luge and naturban (a kind of luge). On some tracks, the ice is artificially cooled. Most toboggan runs, including almost all natural toboggan runs, are found in Alpine countries:
Altenberg (Saxony)
Königssee (Bavaria)
Innsbruck
Oberhof (Thuringia)
St. Moritz - the longest and fastest natural track in the world
Turin - built for the 2006 Winter Olympics
Winterberg (North Rhine - Westphalia)
Paramonovo
Sochi
Champions
Vera Zozulya - 1980 Lake Placid
Skeleton Story
The progenitor of the skeleton is considered to be descending from the mountains on a toboggan - a useless wooden sleigh common among Canadian Indians. Its appearance dates back to the 16th century. Records of luge sports date back to the middle of the 19th century, when British tourists in the Swiss Alps began to sledge down the snow-covered mountain slopes.
The skeleton was twice included in the program of the Olympic Games in its homeland, in St. Moritz, in 1928 and 1948. However, skeleton finally became an Olympic discipline in 2002 at the Salt Lake City Games.
Russia
Russian athletes took part in skeleton competitions for the first time in 1994 at the World Cup stages in Innsbruck and St. Moritz, as well as at the World Championships in Altenberg. In 2002, the favorite of the women's team Ekaterina Mironova took 7th place at the Salt Lake City Games, and in 2003 won a silver medal at the World Skeleton Championship and set a new track record in acceleration. Russian athletes won a medal in this sport for the first time. AT 2010 at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver Russian skeleton athlete Alexander Tretyakov won a bronze medal and became the first winner in such competitions among our compatriots.
Champions
Bronze medalists
Tretyakov Alexander2010VancouverMen
Olympics in Sochi
For the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge competitions at the 2014 Olympic Games, a luge-bobsleigh track, unique in its technical characteristics, was built. Advanced ice preparation technology ensures accurate and constant track temperature control.
The bobsleigh track is located in the Alpika-Service ski resort with a finish area on the territory of the Rzhanaya Polyana tract.
Competitions on the track will be able to watch up to 9,000 spectators.
Snowboard
Story
At the Nagano Olympics in 1998 snowboarding made its debut as an Olympic discipline. The program included giant slalom and halfpipe. Parallel giant slalom appeared in the Olympic program at the games 2002 in Salt Lake City. Snowboard cross entered the Olympic program for the first time in 2006 in Turin.
Russia
The first snowboard was brought to Russia in the late 80s of the XX century. In 2010, the Russian athlete Ekaterina Ilyukhina won silver in the parallel giant slalom at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.
Champions
Silver medalists
Ilyukhina Ekaterina2010VancouverParallel giant slalom
Olympics in Sochi
For the Olympic snowboard competitions in Sochi, the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park was built to the west of the Rosa Khutor plateau. Unique snow conditions combined with dedicated snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom and half-pipe courses, this facility is guaranteed to be a permanent venue for world-class competitions. The capacity of the park will be 8,000 seats.
The first test competitions at the facility took place in 2012.
Figure skating
Story
Figure skating is the oldest discipline in the Olympic Games program. Also in 1908 figure skating competitions were included in the program of the Olympic Games for the first time summer games in London and in 1920 - in the program of the Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Since the Olympics 1924 in Paris, singles and pairs figure skating is firmly established in the program of the Olympic Games.
In 1976, sports ice dancing was included in the Olympic program, which until then (1972) had been a demonstration type. The first Olympic champions in sports ice dancing in 1976 were Soviet figure skaters Ludmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov .
Russia
Figure skating actively developed in Russia thanks to Tsar Peter I. He brought samples of skates from Europe and even came up with a new way of attaching them himself - directly to boots. After the death of Peter the Great, this hobby was forgotten for many years.
AT 1865 A public skating rink was opened in the Yusupov Garden on Sadovaya Street in St. Petersburg. This skating rink, the most comfortable in Russia, from the very first days became the center for the training of figure skaters. On March 5, 1878, the first competitions of Russian figure skaters took place on it.
The first Russian Olympic champion was Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin . He won Olympic gold 1908 in London in a competitive program called "special figures".
The Soviet school of figure skating came to the fore only after the Second World War. And already in 1964 the USSR national team celebrated the first Olympic success - "gold" in pair skating Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov .
Now figure skating is one of the most popular and beloved disciplines in Russia.
Champions
Berezhnaya Elena2002Salt Lake CityPair Skating
1998 Nagano Pair skating
Gordeeva Ekaterina1994LillehammerPair skating
Grinkov Sergey1994LillehammerPair skating
Grischuk Oksana1994LillehammerDancing on Ice
1998 Nagano Dancing on Ice
Dmitriev Artur1998NaganoPair skating
1994LillehammerPair skating
Kazakova Oksana1998NaganoPair skating
Kostomarov Roman2006TurinDancing on Ice
Ilya Kulik1998NaganoMen
Marinin Maxim2006TurinPair skating
Navka Tatiana2006TurinDancing on Ice
Platov Alexey1994LillehammerDancing on Ice
1998 Nagano Dancing on Ice
Plushenko Evgeny2006TurinMen
2002 Salt Lake City Singles
2010 Vancouver Singles
Sikharulidze Anton2002Salt Lake CityPair Skating
1998 Nagano Pair skating
Totmyanina Tatiana2006TurinPair skating
Urmanov Alexey1994LillehammerSingle skating
Yagudin Alexey2002Salt Lake CityMen
Silver medalists
Averbukh Ilya2002Salt Lake CityDancing on Ice
Zhulin Alexander 1994LillehammerDancing on Ice
Krylova Anzhelika1998NaganoDancing on Ice
Lobacheva Irina2002Salt Lake CityDancing on Ice
Mishkutyonok Natalia1994LillehammerPair skating
Ovsyannikov Oleg, 1998 Nagano Dancing on Ice
Slutskaya Irina2002Salt Lake CitySingle skating
2006 Turin Single Skating
Usova Maya 1994LillehammerDancing on Ice
Bronze medalists
Domnina Oksana2010VancouverDancing on Ice
Shabalin Maxim2010VancouverDancing on Ice
Figure skating in Sochi
The building of the Iceberg Winter Sports Palace in Sochi, where figure skating and short track competitions will be held during the 2014 Olympic Games, will become not just a modern world-class sports facility, but also a real work of art. In accordance with the concept of the 2014 Olympic Games, one of the main roles is assigned to the Ice Palace. This determined its location - the Olympic Park, which will become the heart of the Olympic competitions in the coastal cluster.
The capacity of the facility will be 12,000 spectators.
The ice palace is fully equipped for people with disabilities.
Freestyle
Story
For the first time, freestyle demonstrations were included in the program of the Olympic Games. 1988 in Calgary. In 1992, in Albertville, the descent along a hilly slope - mogul - was included in the Olympic program. At the Winter Games in Lillehammer in 1994, another type of program joined the Mogul - acrobatics, and in 2010 at the Olympic Games in Vancouver - ski cross.
Russia
Freestyle came to the USSR in the 1970s. The first All-Union freestyle competition took place in February 1986 in the vicinity of the village of Gorki in the Moscow region. And in 1985 the independent Freestyle Federation of the USSR was created
Silver medalists
Shupletsov Sergey1994LillehammerMogul
Bronze medalists
Kozhevnikova Elizaveta1994LillehammerMogul
Lebedev Vladimir2006TurinAcrobatics
Freestyle in Sochi
Freestyle skiing competitions at the Olympic Games in Sochi will be held to the west of the Rosa Khutor Plateau, located on the Aibga Ridge. The unique snow conditions, combined with specialized trails for mogul, ski acrobatics and ski cross, are guaranteed to make this facility a permanent venue for world-class competitions. The capacity of the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi will be 8,000 seats.
The first test competitions at the facility took place in 2012.
Ice hockey
Story
Until now, there are several opinions regarding the birthplace of ice hockey. It is only known for sure that the British brought it to North America. Soldiers stationed in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia were the first to play ice hockey. In 1879, students at McGill University in Montreal came up with the first rules of the game and organized ice hockey competitions.
The first official international tournament among men's ice hockey teams took place at the Olympic Games 1920 of the year.
Women's ice hockey has been included in the Olympic Games since 1998 of the year.
Russia
The matches of the first ice hockey championship of the USSR were played on December 22, 1946 in Moscow, Leningrad, Riga, Kaunas and Arkhangelsk.
In 1954, Soviet hockey players made their debut at the World Championship and immediately became the leaders of world hockey. In the final match, the USSR national team played against the Canadians and won with a score of 7:2. This victory brought our team the first world title.
Champions
Silver medalists
Bure Valeriy1998NaganoMen's national team
Bure Pavel1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Gonchar Sergey1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Aleksey Gusarov1998NaganoMen's national team
Zhamnov Alexey1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Zhitnik Aleksey1998NaganoMen's national team
Zelepukin Valery 1998NaganoMen's national team
Kamensky Valery1998NaganoMen's national team
Kasparaitis Darius 1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Andrey Kovalenko1998NaganoMen's national team
Kravchuk Igor1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Krivokrasov Sergey 1998NaganoMen's national team
Mironov Boris1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Mironov Dmitry1998NaganoMen's national team
Morozov Alexey 1998NaganoMen's national team
Nemchinov Sergey1998NaganoMen's national team
Titov German1998NaganoMen's national team
Trefilov Andrey 1998 NaganoMen's national team
Fedorov Sergey1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Shevtsov Oleg1998NaganoMen's national team
Shtalenkov Mikhail 1998NaganoMen's national team
Yushkevich Dmitry1998NaganoMen's national team
Yashin Alexey1998NaganoMen's national team
2002 Salt Lake City Men's Team
Bronze medalists
Afinogenov Maksim2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Bryzgalov Ilya2002Salt Lake CityMen's national team
Datsyuk Pavel2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Kvasha Oleg2002Salt Lake CityMen's national team
Kovalev Alexey2002Salt Lake CityMen's national team
Ilya Kovalchuk2002Salt Lake CityMen's national team
Larionov Igor2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Malakhov Vladimir2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Markov Daniil2002Salt Lake CityMen's national team
Nikolishin Andrey 2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Podomatsky Egor 2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Samsonov Sergey2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Oleg Tverdovsky2002Salt Lake CityMen's national team
Khabibulin Nikolai2002Salt Lake CityMen's team
Ice hockey in Sochi
Ice hockey competitions will be held at the Bolshoy Ice Palace and at the Shayba Ice Arena. The arenas are located in close proximity to each other - at a distance of 300 m.
The large ice arena will look like a Faberge Easter egg - a well-known symbol of Russian culture. After the competition, the facility will become an ultra-modern multifunctional sports, concert and entertainment center. The arena will start operating in 2012.
The small ice hockey arena, designed for 7,000 spectators, will be put into operation in August 2012. At the end of the Games, the arena building will be dismantled and transferred to another Russian city.
Short track
Story
At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, short track speed skating was the show discipline. Only in 1992 in Albertville, he officially entered the program of the Olympic Winter Games and since then has been an integral part of it. Short track attracts spectators with speed and sharp rivalry between athletes.
Short track in Russia
In February 1985, in the competition program of the World Universiade, held in Italy, the classic distances of speed skating were replaced by running along a short track.
In April 1986, the Soviet team took part in the World Short Track Speed Skating Championship in French Chamonix for the first time. Over time, the popularity of this discipline in Russia began to grow. In Moscow and St. Petersburg, centers of short track masters have opened.
Short track in Sochi
The building of the Iceberg Winter Sports Palace in Sochi, where short track and figure skating competitions will be held during the 2014 Olympic Games, will become not just a modern world-class sports facility, but also a real work of art. In accordance with the concept of the 2014 Olympic Games, the Ice Palace is assigned one of the dominant roles. This determined its location - the Olympic Park, which will become the heart of the Olympic competitions in the coastal cluster. The capacity of the facility is 12,000 spectators.
The Ice Palace of Sports will be fully equipped for people with disabilities.
The unique design will make it possible to use the Ice Palace after the Games as a universal sports and cultural facility.
Forbes has chosen the most successful and titled Russian Olympians, from whom fans should expect gold medals.
15 days before the start of the Games in Sochi, the Russian Olympic Committee approved the composition of the national team: 223 athletes received tickets. After the failure at the Vancouver Games, the athletes face an ambitious task - to fight for getting into the top three in the unofficial team standings at the home Olympics.
Viktor An
Age: 28 years old
The most titled athlete in the history of the world short track has a rather unusual name for a Russian - An Hyun-soo. Until December 2011, the short track skater represented South Korea, but then he received a Russian passport and became not only Victor, but also the only three-time champion of the Winter Olympic Games in Russia, continuing his career.
Ahn Hyun-soo made the decision to play for Russia after he failed to qualify for the South Korean team at the Vancouver Olympics. This was the result of a severe injury and surgery, after which the ex-world record holder could not stand the competition in his homeland at distances of 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters. The athlete, who is a five-time absolute world champion, two-time World Cup winner, has already managed to win the Russian championship twice and qualify for the home Olympics in Sochi.
Olga Zaitseva
Age: 35 years old
The main expectations in biathlon are placed by the coaches on the women's relay, where Olga Zaitseva will perform. The leader of Russian biathletes twice became the Olympic champion in the relay - Turin-2006 and Vancouver-2010. She also has silver on her account, won in the mass start at the failed Canadian Olympics for the national team. Despite the failures of the Russian biathlon in recent years, Zaitseva can count on success in Sochi. She has been a member of the world biathlon elite for many years and still effortlessly cracks down on all teammates - both on the shooting range and on the ski track.
Evgeni Plushenko
Age: 31
Turin Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko returned to big sport for the Games in Sochi, where he claims to be a gold medalist. A year ago, the ten-time champion of Russia suffered a severe spinal injury, complex operation during which titanium plates were inserted into his back. Therefore, the athlete abandoned the single program in Sochi in favor of the team championship.
At the Olympics, Russia has only one place in single figure skating, here, instead of Plushenko, 18-year-old Maxim Kovtun, who won against his legendary counterpart at the Russian Championship, will perform.
After playing in the team, Plushenko will be able to complete the Games, but no matter the result, they will become special for the athlete - he will go down in history as the only figure skater who performed at four Olympics. Eugene won silver twice - in Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010, and also became the champion in Turin 2006. Plushenko is a three-time world champion, a seven-time European champion, the first figure skater in the world who managed to win the finals of the Grand Prix World Series four times.
Nikita Kryukov
Age: 28 years old
Police senior lieutenant, skier Nikita Kryukov performs most successfully in sprint races in the classic style. Since the Vancouver Olympics, the Russian has managed to outshine the main star of cross-country skiing - the Norwegian Peter Nortug, whom experts predicted many years of hegemony. For the first time, Kryukov overtook Nortug in Vancouver, which became almost the main sensation in skiing. For the home Games, the current Olympic champion and two-time winner world championship Kryukov is the main favorite.
Alexander Zubkov
Age: 39 years old
For the Sochi Olympics, bobsledder Alexander Zubkov voluntarily left the post of Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region. “Russia needs me” – this is how he described his unexpected return to the sport.
Zubkov is the legend of Russian bobsleigh. He managed to create a team that managed to take the silver and bronze medals of the Olympics. In 2011, the crew led by Zubkov for the first time in the history of Russia managed to win the gold of the World Championship. On account of the bobsledder - seven victories at the World Cup. At the last world championship, the Russian four won silver, losing to the Germans, but ahead of the current Olympic champions from the United States.
Ivan Skobrev
Age: 30 years old
At the last Games in Vancouver, Ivan Skobrev, a native of Khabarovsk, won silver and bronze - this is the first time since 1986 that a domestic speed skater has climbed onto the Olympic podium. The discipline in which the USSR national team traditionally took most medals, have already begun to be called "not ours." But then Skobrev appeared, and the Russians on the ice began to be afraid again. At the closing ceremony of the 2010 Games, the athlete carried the flag of Russia.
Albert Demchenko
Age: 42
For the luger Albert Demchenko, the Sochi Olympics will be the seventh in his career. The fate of the Perm athlete was not easy. In the mid-90s, due to problems with the financing of luge, he was forced to sell meat at the market in order to feed his family. However, then Demchenko again returned to the sport, where he was destined for a new test. Only 0.03 seconds separated the vice-champion of Turin-2006 from the medals at the Games in Vancouver. In Sochi, Demchenko will try to take revenge on the Germans Felix Loch and Armin Zoggeler, whom he beat several times last season.
On the bobsleigh track "Sanki" in Krasnaya Polyana, the three-time European champion and winner of the World Cup, in addition to the singles, plans to compete in the relay.
Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov
Age: 27 / 30 years old
At the Vancouver Olympics, for the first time in history, Russia was sensationally left without gold medals in figure skating. But on the eve of Sochi-2014 at the European Championships in Budapest in pair skating, the Russians took the entire podium. main star national school in the past four years, the duet of Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov has become among the skaters, who confidently threw off the Germans Alena Savchenko and Robin Szolkova from the Olympus.
In addition to the third victory in their career at the European Championships, Volosozhar and Maxaim Trankov approached the home Olympics as current world champions, bringing Russia the first championship gold in pair skating since 2005 last year.
Ilya Kovalchuk
Age: 30 years old
The main medal of the Olympic Games in Sochi will be played on ice. One of the main contenders for gold is the Russian national hockey team. It includes four world-class superstars at once - Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk, who returned to Russia on the eve of the Olympics after 11 years in the NHL.
Kovalchuk, unlike his teammates, won the gold of the World Cup twice. In 2008, in Quebec, the national team defeated Canada thanks to his puck in the final overtime. A year later, in Swiss Bern, the Russian team with his participation again defeated the Canadians in the final. Prior to this, hockey players had not won the world championship for 15 years. The hockey team has never won at the Olympics - the last gold medals in 1992 in Albertville, a few weeks after the collapse of the USSR, were won by the so-called United Team.
Ekaterina Tudegesheva
Age: 26 years old
Ekaterina Tudegesheva quickly burst into the world of snowboarding, previously alien to Russian sports. For several pre-Olympic seasons, the Russian woman managed to become the owner of the Big and Small Crystal Globes, taking first place ahead of schedule in the final overall standings of the World Cup. Added titles to Tudegesheva and a victory at the World Championships in Stoneham in 2013.
In 776 BC e. The first Olympic Games were held in the ancient Greek city of Athens. The audience watched with great interest the competitions of athletes, wrestlers and other athletes. The crazy success of the first event showed the benefits of further holding similar Games. Only athletes from Greece were allowed to participate in the competition. A few centuries later, the Olympics ceased. This tradition was destined to be covered with a touch of historical dust, if not for Pierre de Coubertin. Thanks to his report on the "Revival of the Olympic Games" in 1892 at the Sorbonne, the world community once again turned its gaze towards the "forbidden fruit" - the Olympic Games. After analyzing all the positive and negative sides competitions, we decided to revive the glorious tradition with ancient Greek origins.
The first Russian Olympic champion
The first Olympics were held in Athens in 1896. Unfortunately, representatives of Russian sports were not present at this event. Without them, the second and third similar competitions in Paris and St. Louis were also held. But for the Olympics in London in 1908, a group of Russian athletes consisting of eight people was delegated. The debut of the team was quite successful. It was in London that the first Olympic champion of Russia was designated. They became the figure skater N. Panin-Kolomenkin. No one could repeat the intricate pirouettes that the athlete initially schematically presented to the panel of judges on paper, and then repeated exactly on the ice. That is why Panin-Kolomenkin was unanimously recognized as the champion in this sport. However, not only the skater perfectly represented his country at the competitions in London. A. Petrov and N. Orlov, Russian Olympic champions in wrestling, also joined him. A wide public outcry caused a stunning debut of the national team at these Games.
Opt Out
The next games in Stockholm in 1912 were not so successful for the state. Unfortunately, the national team managed to perform well only in five sports: team shooting from thirty meters, Greco-Roman wrestling, rowing, shooting (trap). The Olympic champions of Russia in 1912 won two silver (in the first two disciplines) and three bronze medals (in the rest).
After the Games, the Russian government decided to intensively prepare for the new Games of 1916. However, the First World War negatively affected the situation of all countries, which resulted in the refusal to hold competitions. Since then, due to the unstable external and internal situation, Russia did not take part in the Olympics until 1952.
After the bright and long-awaited victory in World War II by all citizens of the country, the government of the USSR radically changed its view of the Games. In 1951, by order of the leadership of the state, the Olympic Committee was created. A year later, the fifteenth Games were held in Helsinki. It was there that the debut of Soviet athletes took place. And I must say that the first performance was more than successful. The Olympic champions of Russia and nine other union republics brought home one hundred and six medals. Of these, 38 of the first category, 53 of the second and 15 of the third. In the overall medal standings, the USSR was in second place. Subsequently, the power until the moment of its collapse took a similar position only twice, in 1964 and 1968. In all other Games, the USSR was in the lead both in the number of medals and in their quality.
Gorgeous sportswoman
It is worth noting that the national team actually included outstanding Olympic champions of Russia and friendly allied countries. One of them is Larisa Latynina. This amazing athlete made herself known at the Melbourne Games in 1956. There, the gymnast won gold medals in four programs. The seventeenth and eighteenth Games added an additional five gold-colored awards to the girl's piggy bank. If we count all the medals, then Larisa Latynina has won eighteen trophies in her career. Of these, nine gold, five silver and four bronze awards.
Participation in the Winter Games
Between 1952 and 1988, the Soviet Union national team took first place in such sports as rowing, fencing, kayaking and canoeing, artistic gymnastics, swimming, sailing, wrestling and athletics. It is noteworthy that the Soviet athlete and Olympic champion Valery Brumel was also recognized as the best athlete of the 20th century. His high jump record of 2 meters and 28 cm held at the highest mark for almost a quarter of a century.
In addition to the Summer Olympics, the USSR national team performed well in the winter analogue of the competition. It is noteworthy that the “white” event has been held since 1924, twenty-eight years after the start of the first Games. Prior to this, many sports were included in the program of summer competitions. The Soviet Olympic champions in hockey have proven themselves excellently. Russia and the allied states proudly presented their outstanding club athletes to the world. These include Vladislav Tretyak, Vitaly Davydovich, Valery Kharlamov, Vsevolod Bobrov, Alexander Maltsev.
Skaters, skaters and skiers
The "winter" Olympic champions of Russia also include the names of other outstanding athletes. These include skiers Lyubov Kozyreva, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Raisa Smetanina, speed skaters Evgeny Grishin, Nikolai Andrianov, ice dancers Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platonov, and many others.
Special success athletes winter views sports have been achieved in such a discipline as figure skating. The Olympic champions of Russia and allied countries brought to the country's treasury not only a lot of gold medals, but also great amount records. Irina Rodnina is one of the few skaters who managed to win three gold medals in pair skating.
The last performance of the USSR national team
In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed. However, this in no way prevented the athletes of the former Soviet republics from competing at the Olympics in Barcelona as the USSR national team. One hundred and twelve medals were won that year. This is the largest number of trophies in the history of the performance of athletes of the Soviet Union. The delegation received 45 gold, 38 silver and 29 bronze awards. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, in honor of the victory of Russian athletes, the flag of Russia, painted in three colors, was raised.
Speaking for myself
Already four years later, at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, each country that was in represented its own separate team. For Russia, these games were triumphant. The national team won twenty-six gold medals. The piggy bank also included silver and bronze awards, the number of which is twenty-one and sixteen, respectively.
At the twenty-eighth Games in Athens, the Olympic champions of the Russian team won forty-five gold medals. was received two more than the "yellow", and the medals of the third category turned out to be ninety. In Greece, Russian athletes also set several world records. One such achievement is the pole vault result. It was shown by Elena Isinbayeva.
After the collapse of the USSR, Russia did not slow down the pace of development of sports. At the last Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, the national team was in first place in terms of the number and quality of awards received, leaving all competitors far behind.
ON THE. Panin - Kolomenki
Nikolai Alexandrovich Kolomenki was born in January 1872 in the village of Khrenovoe, Bobrovsky district, into the family of the director of the Voronezh Agricultural Machinery Plant. From childhood he was fond of sports, especially skating. In 1882, the family moved to St. Petersburg, where he studied at the gymnasium, and then at the university at the department natural sciences. At the university, he also enjoys sports, especially cycling, and tries himself as a coach. His students Mikhail Dyakov, Sergey Krupsky, Dmitry Marshalov were considered the best cyclists in the North of Russia. When a misfortune happened to Sergei Krupsky (he crashed on the cycle track and did not perform again), Krupsky, who bore the pseudonym "Panin", asked Kolomenkin to take his pseudonym. This is how Panin-Kolomenki appeared. Since 1896, N.A. Panin begins to systematically engage in figure skating. Two years later, no one is inferior to the championship. In 1902, he confirmed the title of the strongest figure skater in Russia. In 1904 he left for Switzerland, where the European Figure Skating Championship was held and took third place. At the IV Olympic Games in October 1908 he won a gold medal and a diploma of the winner of the Olympic Games. He became the first Russian Olympic champion. Prior to that, Nikolai Alexandrovich had already been a silver medalist at the 1903 World Championships, the 1908 European Championships, a bronze medalist at the 1904 European Championships, and a five-time figure skating champion of Russia.
ON THE. Panin-Kolomenki was a versatile athlete who also achieved success in pistol shooting. Twenty-three times won the championship in this sport. Panin - Kolomenki continued coaching. In 1908, he recruited young figure skaters and was engaged in refereeing competitions.
His coaching work did not stop after the revolution. In 1920, the first Soviet power figure skating competition. He was their judge. His book "Figure Skating", published in 1910, became the first manual for athletes. In 1938 he published the book The Art of Skating. A year later, the Academic Council of the Institute of Physical Education awarded N.A. Panin the degree of candidate of pedagogical sciences. In 1940, they began to operate in Leningrad under the leadership of N.A. Panina All-Union courses of figure skating instructors, who brought up many excellent coaches and athletes. The Leningrad school of figure skating remains the best to this day. The celebrated figure skater and outstanding theoretician of this sport, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Panin, stood at its crucible.
V.L. Patkin
Vladimir Leonidovich Patkin was born in 1946 in the city of Bobrov. Studied at Bobrovskaya school №1. From the 7th grade I was engaged in volleyball at the children's sports school. On the volleyball court, he stood out for his composure: the attacking blow was more accurate, the block was more reliable, he found an unprotected place on the opponent's court. In 1963, he played for the regional team of schoolchildren. Patkin becomes the team's main player. His skill grew. Patkin is invited to the team of masters of the Voronezh Dynamo. Here, under the guidance of the honored coach of the RSFSR A. Rogozin, Vladimir grew into an excellent player. The Voronezh team won more than once. He became a master of sports of the USSR. At the end of the 60s. Vladimir is invited to play in the CSKA team. Since 1970 he has been a striker in the team. Soon the players elect him as captain, and Vladimir confidently led the team to victory. CSKA wins one victory after another in the national championship. Since 1971, the championship of Europe and the USSR has not been inferior to anyone. In 1972, he became the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games. Since 1975, Vladimir Leonidovich has been the second coach of the USSR national men's team and again successfully leads the team to victory. Win gold at the European Championships 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981; world championships 1978, 1982; silver medalists of the XXII Olympiad and Olympic championships of the XXII Games in Moscow. For the great contribution made to the development with V.L. Patin was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and the medal "For Labor Distinction".
A.M. Evdokimov
Alexander Mikhailovich Evdokimov was born in 1947 in the city of Mary, Turkmen SSR. Soon the family moves to the village of Khrenovoe, where he spent his childhood. His love for horses was inherited from him. They say that his grandfather wandered with the camp, and his grandson inherited from his ancestor pitch-black eyes, curly hair and, of course, a love of horses. From the age of 12, Alexander began to engage in the equestrian section at the Khrenovsky stud farm, enthusiastically mastered the difficult art of riding. Finished with a gold medal high school, he is completely devoted to the sport. As part of the equestrian team DSO "Urozhay" he takes an active part in many all-Union and international competitions and more than once comes out the winner. At the age of 16, he was awarded the knowledge of a master of sports. In 1964, at the national championship in equestrian sport in the most difficult form of triathlon, Alexander won a gold medal. At the USSR championship in 1968, riding the Traken stallion Fato, he won the triathlon for the second time and received a second gold medal. A. Evdokimov also participated in international competitions. For the first time in 1966 in Czechoslovakia and in the city of Pardubice, as part of the USSR national team, he won the European Championship. At the European Championships in 1973, held in Kyiv, he performs on the horse Eger of the Khrenovsky stud farm. He contests the championship title along with English princess Anna and comes out the winner, receives a small gold medal and a champion's cup, which is stored in the museum of the Khrenovsky stud farm. Alexander Mikhailovich was a participant in two Olympic Games, a five-time national champion in triathlon. Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture and Sports. For many years he worked as a coach. Alexander Mikhailovich is considered the best triathlete, master of sports of international class.
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