Becoming an Olympic champion at least once in your life is an unattainable dream for many athletes. But some lucky ones manage to win gold, silver and bronze medals not once, not twice, but ten or more times.

We present to you a list of the most titled Olympic champions in the history of sports.

10. Birgit Fischer, Germany

Total medals - 12.
Of these, 8 are gold, 4 are silver, and 0 are bronze.

Here is a photo of the only woman who managed to win at least two medals at five Olympics.

Fischer was 42 when she took gold in the 500m quad and silver in the 500m pair, making her the oldest Olympic champion to compete in canoeing and kayaking.

It’s funny that at the same time, Fischer is also the youngest champion, since she won her first gold in 1980, at the age of 18.

9. Paavo Nurmi, Finland

Total medals - 12.
Of these, 9 are gold, 3 are silver, and 0 are bronze.

This runner was part of a group of athletes from Finland who were called the “Flying Finns.” He quickly gained worldwide fame when he began his career at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. His smooth and mechanical step at the beginning of the journey gave way to a furious jerk when only a few meters remained to the finish line.

Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances ranging from 1,500 meters to 20 kilometers. He is considered the greatest track and field athlete of all time.

8. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway

Total medals - 13.
Of these, 8 are gold, 4 are silver, 1 is bronze.

At the 2012 Winter Olympics, Björndalen did not leave his opponents a single chance, winning 4 victories out of 4 possible. He was the first in the world to become an absolute Olympic champion in biathlon.

However, Björndalen received his personal gold medal only 12 years after his finest hour in Salt Lake City. This happened in Sochi in 2014. Then the pride of the Norwegian team managed to beat their nearest rival by a little more than a second, despite one mistake at the start. That year, Björndalen became the oldest winner of an individual biathlon race in the history of the Olympic Games.

More recently, in 2018, the Norwegian athlete announced the end of his sports career.

7. Takashi Ono, Japan

Total medals - 13.
Of these, 5 are gold, 4 are silver, and 4 are bronze.

This Japanese gymnast is one of three Olympians who managed to win at least 4 medals of each value. In addition, he became the first Olympic champion from Japan in artistic gymnastics.

At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, Takashi Ono was given the honor of reciting the Olympic oath on behalf of all athletes. At the same Olympics, he won his last fifth gold medal.

6. Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy

Total medals - 13.
Of these, 6 are gold, 5 are silver, and 2 are bronze.

When it comes to fencing, no one comes close to Italian maestro Edoardo Mangiarotti, who has proven to be the most prolific winner at the Olympics and World Championships.

Fencing talent literally runs through the veins of the Mangiarotti family. Edoardo's father was a 17-time Italian champion in epee fencing. He advised his son to become left-handed (although he was naturally right-handed) in order to gain an advantage in sports. Edoardo's fencing style was inconvenient for his opponents.

Mangiarotti began taking fencing lessons at the age of 8. He trained alongside his brother Dario, who is also an accomplished swordsman. And Edoardo won his first gold medal at the age of 17.

5. Boris Shakhlin, USSR

Total medals - 13.
Of these, 7 are gold, 4 are silver, and 2 are bronze.

The top five Olympic athletes who won the largest number of medals included two gymnasts and one gymnast from the USSR. Shahlin is the first of this trio.

Being an orphan, without patronage from above, he managed to reach the sports Olympus, largely thanks to the support of his first coach V.A. Porfiryev, who taught the boy to fight to the last.

For his calm and confident manner during sports competitions, foreign journalists called Shakhlin a “Russian bear.”

4. Marit Bjorgen, Norway

Total medals - 15.
Of these, 8 are gold, 4 are silver, and 3 are bronze.

Although Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina has more Olympic medals than Bjorgen, the Norwegian skier is the most decorated athlete in the Winter Olympics. She is considered the strongest female skier in modern history.

However, the name Marit Bjørgen is also associated with high-profile scandals. In 2009, she received permission from the FIS to use asthma medications that contained doping substances, including formoterol. This displeased many other athletes. For example, Polish skier Justyna Kowalczyk said that without the help of drugs, Bjorgen would not have been able to achieve her current stunning results.

3. Nikolay Andrianov, USSR

Total medals - 15.
Of these, 7 are gold, 5 are silver, and 3 are bronze.

His first coach, Nikolai Tolkachev, played a huge role in Adrianov’s brilliant career. He persuaded the boy not to quit gymnastics, and even helped him with homework and attended parent-teacher meetings. And Tolkachev’s efforts paid off handsomely. His student became a multiple world, USSR and European champion.

Until 2008, this Soviet athlete held the title of absolute record holder for the number of Olympic medals, until American Michael Phelps received his 16th medal.

2. Larisa Latynina, USSR

Total medals - 18.
Of these, 9 are gold, 5 are silver, and 4 are bronze.

This multiple Olympic champion helped establish the Soviet Union as the dominant force in gymnastics.

Although Michael Phelps beat her in total medals, Latynina's record for the most medals received in individual events (14) remains unsurpassed.

Latynina was so devoted to the sport that she competed at the 1958 World Championships in Moscow while four months pregnant. Her performances combined the grace and spectacle of dance with the stability and skill of an experienced athlete.

In 1966, Latynina became the coach of the USSR national artistic gymnastics team. Her team won gold three times during the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games.

1. Michael Phelps, USA

Total medals - 28.
Of these, 23 are gold, 3 are silver, and 2 are bronze.

The clear winner in the ranking of the most decorated Olympic champions is American swimmer Michael Phelps. He boasts both the most Olympic gold medals and the most medals overall. He has been called "the greatest Olympian of all time."

“The Baltimore Bullet” (this is one of Phelps’ nicknames) became the only 23-time Olympic champion in sports history. However, other Olympians have a chance to surpass this achievement, since after the Rio Olympics in 2016, Phelps announced his final retirement from the sport.

Why is he so good?

Michael Phelps' advantages are his height, weight, and the length of his arms and legs. Its long torso and short legs reduce resistance to body movement in the water and allow it to swim forward as quickly as possible. However, he wears size 47 shoes.

Phelps has an arm span of 203 cm and a height of 193 cm. While still a schoolboy, he could hug five classmates in one fell swoop. Noticing this feature, useful for a swimmer, coach Bob Bowman invited the young man to the swimming section.

If ordinary people are 80% water, then Phelps is 90%. He even got into the Guinness Book of Records as an athlete who can drink more liquid than he weighs - 91 liters.

And his heart is able to pump about 30 liters of blood per minute. Thanks to this, the most titled athlete in history quickly recovered from intense swims.

Representatives of the Russian Empire also participated in the international Olympic movement, but the first national team of our country first performed only at the 5th Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912.

It is worth noting that Russian athletes still competed at the 4th Olympic Games in London in 1908. At that time, the country did not have its own Olympic Committee, so 8 people went to the Olympics individually, they competed in figure skating, cycling, athletics and wrestling. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin became Russia's first Olympic champion, winning gold in figure skating, performing specials. Two silver medals in wrestling were then received by Nikolai Orlov in the weight category up to 66.6 kg and Alexander Petrov in the category over 93 kg.

The talent and skill of Russian athletes immediately attracted great attention from the public. In March 1911, the National Olympic Committee in Russia was created, and State Councilor Vyacheslav Izmailovich Sreznevsky became its chairman.

Despite the fact that the Stockholm Olympics were somewhat unsuccessful (Russia shared 15th place with Austria in the team event), it had a huge impact on the development of Russian sports.

The modern Olympic team of the Russian Federation is one of the most numerous. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Russia was represented by 175 athletes, of which 51 were Honored Masters of Sports, 72 were International Masters of Sports, 41 Masters of Sports, 10 Candidate Masters, and 1 first-class athlete.

Among the most titled athletes of the national team is biathlete Olga Zaitseva, an international master of sports. She is an Olympic Turin (2006), world champion (Hochfilzen, 2005), she has 6 victories at the World Cup stages, and in 2009 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, she won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Another Honored Master of Sports in biathlon is Ivan Tcherezov. He is a silver medalist at the World Junior Championships in 2000 and the World Universiade in 2001; he also took silver at the Turin Olympics and later (in 2005, 2007 and 2008) became a three-time world champion.

Alexander Zubkov is a member of the Russian national team and an Honored Master of Sports in bobsleigh, and has a huge number of awards. He is the Russian champion in doubles (2004) and fours (2001, 2003-2005), and in 2001 and 2003 he was a silver medalist at the Russian championships in doubles. Zubkov is the champion of Russia in bob starts in twos (2002-2004), and in fours (2001-2004), silver medalist of the Russian bob starts championship in fours in 2000. Silver at the Russian Cup in twos (2000), gold at the European Championships in fours (2005), silver (2005) and bronze (2003) at the World Championships in fours. Alexander Zubkov won silver at the Olympic Games in Turin and many other awards.

The most titled athletes in Russia also include: Evgeniy Lalenkov (leader of the Russian speed skating team), Vasily Rochev (skier), Evgenia Medvedeva (Arbuzova) (skier), Albert Demchenko (luge athlete), Vladimir Lebedev (freestyle, acrobatics) , Evgeni Plushenko (skater), Nina Evteeva (leader of the Russian short track team). The hockey players with the most awards currently are: Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Fedorov, Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Nabokov.

The most titled athlete in the world is Larisa Latynina. During her stunning career as an artistic gymnast, she won 18 Olympic medals, including nine gold, five silver and four bronze! No athlete in any sport has such a number of Olympic medals. And it’s worth considering that she won many more medals at the USSR, European and world championships.

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Tip 2: Which Greek athlete won the marathon at the first Olympics

Faster, higher, stronger. These words define all modern Olympics, held regularly and on a large scale. And, like many years ago, they serve the cause of goodness and peace throughout the world.

Strictly speaking, it is not known who exactly won the marathon at the first Olympics, since the very first of them took place in 776 BC. In those days there was no media to convey to the modern reader in newspapers and magazines the name of the first marathon champion. Therefore, we can only talk about the current state of affairs, or more precisely from the organization of the first games of the nineteenth century, in 1896.

The first modern Olympics and the first marathon champion

The famous public figure Pierre de Coubertin advocated for organizing the first modern Olympic Games. He also suggested games - “The main thing is not victory, but participation.” It’s interesting, but only . This inequality was corrected already from the second games.

Interesting fact: the Olympics were previously considered not to be the games themselves, but the period between them, equal to four years.

A significant number of athletes were from Greece. This is not surprising, since the Olympics itself took place in Athens. The competition program included nine sports. It all started with athletics competitions. Americans, French and others received medals. The Greeks were unlucky right up until the marathon.

Marathon race - a test of strength

It all started on April 10 with the start of 24 athletes. The race took place in extreme heat, making the game literally a battle of survival. The marathon organizers slightly reduced the traditional distance of 42 kilometers 195 meters to 40 kilometers, but this did not make the competition any easier. The leaders were constantly changing, until at the 33rd kilometer a strong advantage emerged for the Greek Spyridon (Spyros) Louis.

The first marathon runner to run this distance to deliver the good news of the Greek victory died.

The excitement in the stands was getting stronger, the spectators literally jumped up in the stands. The judges, unable to withstand the tension, jumped out of their seats and crossed the finish line together with the athlete. At that moment, the crowd rushed to the hero, began to rock him in their arms, and the champion was escorted to the royal box. He won the competition with dignity and deserved honors.

It’s interesting that before his victory the athlete was an ordinary shepherd and didn’t stand out in anything special. But as soon as he accomplished this sporting feat, Louis immediately became a national hero. The Olympics became for him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It should be recalled that in those days there was no such serious doping war, there were no synthetic anabolic steroids, which makes Louis’s feat doubly significant.

However, success did not change the athlete’s usual lifestyle. After the competition, he returned to his small village of Amarusi, where he was engaged in shepherding and selling mineral water. Only twelve years later, American Johnny Hayes was able to break Louis' record of 2 hours 58 minutes and 50 seconds. The Greek athlete himself never participated in the Olympic Games again.

The closing of the first Olympic Games almost completely repeated the ancient ceremony with the laying of a laurel wreath on the heads of the champions, the presentation of a palm branch and a medal. Subsequently, the Olympic movement gained momentum and is to this day a symbol of human achievements and a mirror in which the spirit of the people of planet Earth is reflected.

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At first glance, swimmer from the USA Michael Phelps, gymnast from the USSR Larisa Latynina and track and field athlete from Finland Paavo Nurmi have nothing in common. Besides the fact that all three are outstanding athletes. After all, they lived at different times and did not compete with each other. But those who think so are mistaken. It is Phelps, Latynina and Nurmi who lead the list of world record holders for the number of Olympic gold medals, ahead of several hundred other sports stars.

Olympic phenomena

The history of world sports includes almost half a thousand athletes who returned from the Summer and Winter Olympic Games with three or more champion gold medals. Almost 200 of them won at least four such awards at the Games. Seventy athletes proudly hold the title of five-time Olympic champions, 34 of whom have won at least six gold medals. 17 Olympians have seven championship titles, 12 winners have eight or more.

Finally, only four - athletes Carl Lewis (USA) and Paavo Nurmi (Finland), American swimmer Mark Spitz and gymnast from the USSR Larisa Latynina - are the owners of nine top Olympic medals, second in number only to another phenomenal representative of American swimming - Michael Phelps. Competing at three Olympics in a row, he won 22 awards in the pool, 18 of which were gold!

This truly fantastic achievement can well be considered unattainable, and even eternal. After all, the closest “pursuer” of Phelps among the current athletes is the Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, who after the Games in Sochi had eight gold medals. But to catch up with the American swimmer, the 40-year-old Norwegian needs to stay in the sport at least until 2022. And not only to compete in at least two more Winter Olympics, but also to win all the races there...

The position of the leaders, which will definitely not change until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, since none of Michael’s possible “competitors” will compete there, is as follows: Phelps - 22 medals, including 18 gold, two silver and bronze, Latynina - 18 (9, 5, 4), Nurmi - 12 (9, 3, 0), Spitz - 11 (9, 1, 1), Lewis - 10 (9, 1, 0), Bjoerndalen - 13 ( 8, 4, 1), Nikolay Andrianov - 15 (7, 5, 3), Boris Shakhlin (both USSR, artistic gymnastics) - 13 (7, 4, 2), Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy, fencing) - 13 (6 , 5, 2).

"Baltimore Bullet"

This nickname was given to a native of Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Fred Phelps II, which is the full name of the 18-time Olympic swimming champion, given by fans. And not only from among those who have respectfully watched for many years as the leader of the US team breaks record after record in the pool and regularly climbs to the top step of the Olympic podium. This happened six times at Athens 2004 (where Phelps also won two bronze medals), eight at Beijing 2008, and four at London 2012 (plus two bronzes).

The achievements of the absolute record holder for gold and total Olympic awards also include his 26 victories at the world championships in the 50-meter pool and seven titles of the best swimmer on the planet. So the sadness of Phelps’s many fans is quite understandable when, after the completion of the 2012 Games in London, their then 27-year-old idol announced his retirement. Just like their joy at the news of his return to big-time sports in the spring of 2014 and a new victory in one of the tournaments in the USA.

Pedestal for Tarzan

Most of the 70 most decorated Olympic athletes, with at least five gold medals to their name, are men. There are 48 of them on the list versus 22 women, led by Larisa Latynina, who competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Games. The first place among 17 countries, for which seven dozen record-breaking Olympians competed, is confidently headed by the United States, thanks in part to Phelps, who broke Latynina’s record. Almost a third of them are Americans - 20. The second line in the table of achievements is occupied by Russia/USSR - 11 people. In third place is Germany/GDR - 6.

The most “gold-intensive” of the 16 sports presented in the “list of 70” are artistic gymnastics - 17 people, swimming - 14 and fencing - 6. Moreover, the five-time champion of the Games of 1924 and 1928, American Johnny (Peter Johann) Weissmuller, was more famous for his performance role of Tarzan in the Hollywood film series of the same name, he became the only one out of 70 who won two sports at once - swimming and water polo.

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Introduction

1. Modern Olympic Games

Conclusion

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Introduction

The idea of ​​holding the Olympic Games is very ancient and lost in the darkness of centuries. Previously, the Games were held not only in Olympia. Although the competitions in this sacred place were the most popular and most famous.

It can definitely be said that the first reliably known Olympic Games took place in 776 BC. This year is considered to be the starting date. It is known that in Antiquity the Olympic Games were of great importance for the whole of Ancient Greece, and this event went beyond the scope of a purely sporting event. Victory at the Olympics was considered very honorable for the athlete and for the polis that he represented. Among the participants and winners of the Ancient Olympic Games were such famous scientists and philosophers as Demosthenes, Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Pythagoras, Hippocrates and others.

The Olympic Games consist of the Olympiad Games and the Olympic Winter Games, each of which is held every four years. The Olympic Games reflect the level of modern life like a mirror. They attract the close attention of millions of people on our planet and express humanity’s irresistible desire for peace and progress.

The Olympic Games are held in full compliance with the Olympic Charter and perform important pedagogical and social functions. They have enormous educational and educational significance. The Olympic flame, the Olympic oath, the raising of national flags, the performance of national anthems in honor of the victory of athletes, the award ceremony for the winners - all this instills noble patriotic feelings in people.

At the same time, modern Olympism, the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games, developing in the conditions of great contradictions inherent in the modern world, represent a complex process. Various theories, views and concepts on the essence of Olympism, the Olympic movement, the Games, their present and future collide.

Let us say with satisfaction that our Motherland stood at the origins of the Olympic movement.

1. Modern Olympic Games

The principles, rules and regulations of the Olympic Games are determined by the Olympic Charter, the foundations of which were approved by the International Sports Congress in Paris in 1894, which, at the suggestion of the French educator and public figure Pierre de Coubertin, decided to organize the Games on the model of the ancient ones and to create the International Olympic Committee (IOC). According to the charter of the Games, the Olympics “... unite amateur athletes from all countries in fair and equal competitions. There shall be no discrimination against countries or individuals on racial, religious or political grounds...” The games are held in the first year of the Olympiad (4-year period between games). The Olympiads have been counted since 1896, when the first Olympic Games took place (I Olympiad - 1896-99). The Olympiad also receives its number in cases where the games are not held (for example, VI - in 1916-19, XII - 1940-43, XIII - 1944-47). The symbol of the Olympic Games is five fastened rings, symbolizing the unification of the five parts of the world in the Olympic movement, the so-called. Olympic rings. The color of the rings in the top row is blue for Europe, black for Africa, red for America, in the bottom row - yellow for Asia, green for Australia.

In addition to Olympic sports, the organizing committee has the right to choose to include in the program exhibition competitions in 1-2 sports that are not recognized by the IOC. In the same year as the Olympics, the Winter Olympic Games have been held since 1924, which have their own numbering. Since 1994, the dates of the Winter Olympic Games have been shifted by 2 years relative to the summer ones. The location of the Olympics is chosen by the IOC; the right to organize them is granted to the city, not the country. Duration no more than 15 days (winter games - no more than 10).

The Olympic movement has its own emblem and flag, approved by the IOC at the suggestion of Coubertin in 1913. The emblem is the Olympic rings. The motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger). The flag is a white cloth with the Olympic rings, and has been flown at all Games since 1920.

Among the traditional rituals of the Games:

Lighting of the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony (the flame is lit from the sun's rays in Olympia and delivered by a torch relay of athletes to the host city of the Games);

The recitation of the Olympic oath by one of the outstanding athletes of the country in which the Olympics are taking place on behalf of all participants in the games;

Taking an oath of impartial judging on behalf of the judges;

Presentation of medals to winners and prize-winners of competitions;

Raising the national flag and singing the national anthem in honor of the winners.

Since 1932, the host city has been building an “Olympic village” - a complex of residential premises for the participants of the games. According to the charter, the Games are a competition between individual athletes and not between national teams. However, since 1908 the so-called unofficial team standings - determining the place occupied by teams based on the number of medals received and points scored in competitions (points are awarded for the first 6 places according to the system: 1st place - 7 points, 2nd - 5, 3rd - 4, 4 -e - 3, 5th - 2, 6th - 1). The title of Olympic champion is the most honorable and coveted title in the career of an athlete in those sports in which Olympic tournaments are held. See Olympic sports. The exception is football, since the title of world champion in this sport is much more prestigious.

2. Outstanding achievements of domestic athletes at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games of the last century and the beginning of the new one

Our Olympic debut dates back to 1908. Then a group of only five athletes went to the Games of the IV Olympics in London. And one of them, figure skater Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin, became the first Russian Olympic champion. Two more, wrestlers Nikolai Orlov and Alexander Petrov, won silver medals.

Four years later, the Russian delegation, although it was one of the most representative at the Games of the V Olympiad in Stockholm, returned home with only two silver and two bronze medals. We had to wait exactly 40 years for our next participation in the Olympic Games. But the return was triumphant: at the Games of the XV Olympiad in Helsinki, the whole world was able to appreciate the highest potential of Soviet sports.

Under the flag of the USSR, athletes from our country competed at all summer and winter Games from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

More than 800 athletes from the former USSR hold the title of Olympic champion, with gymnasts Polina Astakhova and Nelly Kim reaching the top step of the Olympic podium five times each, speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova six times, and gymnasts Viktor Chukarin, Boris Shakhlin and Nikolai Andrianov seven each.

The largest collection of Olympic medals belongs to the outstanding gymnast Larisa Latynina. Competing at three Games, she won a total of 18 awards: 9 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze. This is an absolute world record of the 20th century!

In 1992, at the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville and the Games of the XXV Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​the so-called Unified Team, composed of representatives of 12 states - former Soviet republics, performed. And she performed beautifully. In Albertville she was second in total medals, in Barcelona she was first.

In 1994, Russian athletes picked up the winning baton. Speaking at the XVII Winter Olympic Games as an independent team, they won 11 gold medals in Lillehammer, Norway - more than the envoys of any other country.

And two years later, for the first time since 1912, our athletes participated under the Russian flag in the Summer Games. 31 Russians returned from Atlanta as Olympic champions, and 63 as Games medalists.

Another 11 of our compatriots became winners of the last Winter Games of the century, held in 1998 in the Japanese city of Nagano. The candidacy of this Japanese city won a bitter struggle among six candidates. These Games set a record both for the number of participants (more than 2400) and countries (72). And the team victory was celebrated by the envoys of Germany, who had 29 medals of various denominations (12 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze). The Norwegian team took second place - 25 awards (10, 10, 5, respectively). Russian Olympians are in third position - 18 (9, 6, 3). Next come Canada - 15 (6, 5, 4) and the USA - 13 (6, 3, 4).

Biathlete Galina Kukleva received the gold medal. Larisa Lazutina (5, 10, 4x5 km) received 3 gold medals, Olga Danilova (15 km, 4x5 km) received two gold medals, Yulia Chepalova and Elena Vyalbe received one medal each in the ski race. Valery Stolyarov received a silver medal in Nordic combined. Our hockey team took second place at the Olympics. Our figure skating team performed well. In pair skating, Artur Dmitriev and Oksana Kazakova received a gold medal, Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya received a silver medal. In single skating, Ilya Kulik received a gold medal, in sports dancing - Evgeny Platov.

The new Russia highly appreciated the victories of its envoys at the Olympic Games. Many were awarded orders and medals, and skiers Lyubov Egorova, Larisa Lazutina and wrestler Alexander Karelin were awarded the highest state award - the Golden Star of the Hero of Russia!

For the modern world, victory at the Olympics, as well as prizes, are also of great importance. This year there are few medalists from Russia, but we are grateful to all of them for their work and contribution to great sport.

So, at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Russian athletes won 15 awards: 3 gold medals, 5 silver and 7 bronze, thereby placing Russia in 11th place.

1. Nikita Kryukov, cross-country skiing (Sprint, classic)

2. Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva, biathlon (women's relay)

3. Evgeny Ustyugov, biathlon (mass start 15 km).

1. Alexander Panzhinsky, cross-country skiing (Sprint, classic)

2. Evgeni Plushenko, men's single figure skating

3. Olga Zaitseva, biathlon (mass start 12.5 km)

4. Ivan Skobrev, speed skating (10,000 meters)

5. Ekaterina Ilyukhina, snowboarding (parallel giant slalom).

1. Ivan Skobrev, speed skating (5000 meters)

2. Alexander Tretyakov, skeleton

3. Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Voevoda, bobsleigh (twos)

4. Natalya Korosteleva, Irina Khazova, cross-country skiing (team sprint freestyle)

5. Nikolay Morilov, Alexey Petukhov, cross-country skiing (team sprint freestyle)

6. Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, ice dancing

7. Ivan Tcherezov, Anton Shipulin, Maxim Chudov, Evgeny Ustyugov, biathlon (men's relay).

3. Outstanding Vancouver Paralympic Participants

Our Paralympians performed remarkably well at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics, taking 1st place in the total number of medals and second in the number of golds. The team performed brilliantly, the whole world looked at them, all of Russia admired them. Looking at them, at their achievements, you begin to appreciate what you had never thought about before, what seems to be so natural... What do we know about them? Who are they? How did you come to big sport? What are their fates? Each fate is sad and at the same time interesting. Let's meet at least some of our Paralympic champions.

The youngest athlete, Masha Iovleva, is 20 years old. The girl was born disabled, her parents immediately abandoned her, and she grew up in a boarding school. She grew up a very special, kind, naive, sunny girl, constantly smiling, no matter what. At the age of 9, a coach from Komi, who worked with the deaf, came to her boarding school, drew attention to Masha, and training began. Masha competed for the first time at the Russian Championships when she was 11 years old. In Vancouver, Masha could have taken a prize in the ski race, but she made a mistake and turned into the finish line a lap early, and when she realized that she had made a mistake, she returned to the track again, but time was lost - Masha eventually took sixth place. Due to successful shooting (19 out of 20 targets hit), Masha won gold.

Vladimir Kononov once upon a time lost his fingers and toes as a result of frostbite, but did not lose heart and continued to play his favorite sport. In Vancouver, using only his legs, Volodya covered a ski distance of 20 km. He dedicated the victory to his loving family in the village of Cheryomushki, Mozhginsky district, Udmurt Republic. He finished third and received an honorary bronze medal.

The story of Sergei Shilov is phenomenal. It is rare to meet a Person with such strength of spirit as his. Since childhood, I have been involved in orienteering under the guidance of the famous coach Valentina Nikitina, lived, enjoyed life and sports, and made plans. But a misfortune happened - an accident while returning from the competition. They miraculously saved his life, but his legs could not be saved... After the road accident, the injuries were incompatible with life. Sports were out of the question, but Sergei continued his studies and even found an opportunity to play sports. At first he did weightlifting at the institute gym and even competed in competitions. Then fate decreed. Sergei, during his stay at the sanatorium, met people from whom he learned about the upcoming wheelchair race Moscow - Kyiv - Krivoy Rog. 1991 was his starting year in Paralympic sports. In total, he participated in 10 Games - summer and winter. He won six gold medals, including two at Vancouver 2010. Sergei has a wife and daughter.

The story of Irek Zaripov from Bashkiria is no less impressive. At the age of 17, the boy was hit by a MAZ on a motorcycle and became disabled. He came to wheelchair sports in 2003 - he tried himself in various disciplines - athletics and weightlifting, swimming, table tennis. In 2004/05, he joined the Bashkortostan Paralympic athletics team, and then switched to cross-country skiing and biathlon. Irek won the World Cups in biathlon and cross-country skiing. In Turin, his result was fourth place in the 7.5-kilometer biathlon race. Irek has a wife and a two-year-old son. He dedicated his victory in Vancouver to his family.

Lyubov Vasilyeva has been unable to see anything since birth and has difficulty hearing. Despite her limited capabilities, Lyubov loves to draw, sew, knit, paints pictures, is married, and has a daughter. As for her sports career, Lyubov began participating in athletics at the age of 12. In 1991, I came to Tyumen and found out that there were trainers who trained people with disabilities. The girl didn’t even think about skiing at that time, she was involved in athletics, and in 2003 she took up cross-country skiing. Then Lyuba competed at the Russian cross-country skiing championships, won prizes, and participated in World Cups. In 2000, at the Paralympics in Australia, she became Champion at the 400 m distance and a silver medalist at the 200 m distance. Victories followed, and at the Paralympics in Turin Lyubov took all three medals for the Russian team. At the Paralympics in Vancouver, Lyubov also performed successfully! Coaches, fans and teammates are proud of the great athlete!

Vladimir Kiselev had an accident at the age of 12, and since then he has been using a wheelchair. Volodya himself says that when he woke up after the operation, the doctor told him: it’s okay, boy, you’ll still ride your bike around the yard. It was these words that gave the boy self-confidence - he really first re-mastered the bicycle, then the horizontal bar, and then began to seriously engage in sports. Since 2000, Volodya has been participating in the Paralympic Games. At the Winter Paralympic Games in Turin in 2006, he won two gold medals in biathlon. From the Paralympics in Turin, champion Vladimir Kiselev came to the airport to be met by his wife, son and students - Vladimir teaches swimming to children with cerebral palsy.

Roman Petushkov was successfully involved in alpine skiing, and nothing foreshadowed a tragedy, but in the winter of 2006 Roman was injured. Despite everything, he found the strength to continue to engage in sports, although now Paralympic. Roman is a bronze medalist of the Russian Championship in cross-country skiing, champion of Russia in athletics (in wheelchairs), world champion in cross-country skiing and biathlon among athletes with disabilities in Finland (2009) with 2 gold medals, 2 silver and 1 bronze. At the Paralympic Games in Canada, Roman, on the eve of his performance in the cross-country skiing race, predicted that the Russian team would take the entire podium. And so it happened. Roman received bronze that day, he already had silver.

Anna Burmistrova is an athlete-skier with a musculoskeletal disorder. She was born into a close-knit family, where sports always came first; she loved swimming and hiking in the forest. But doctors forbade Anya to play sports. And only thanks to her mother and the fact that her aunt, Honored Trainer of Russia, Ekaterina Burmistrova, became her first coach, Anya began training from the second grade. Despite health problems, the girl did not miss a single training session, worked hard on herself, and already in 2003 she joined the Russian national team. At the Cross-Country World Cup in Lillehammer (January 24-29, 2006), Anna won 2 gold medals (at distances of 5 km and 10 km) and 1 bronze medal (at 15 km). Year after year, Anya’s victories became more significant and one day Anna became a nine-time World Champion.

Self-confidence, hard training, fortitude - this is what unites the destinies and stories of the Paralympians I described and those of others. Not everyone can achieve what these people achieved. There is something to learn, something to be proud of!

4. Famous Russian gymnast Alexey Nemov

Alexey Nemov is a famous Russian gymnast, 4-time Olympic champion. Alexey's name is included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Alexey Nemov was born on May 28, 1976 in the village. Barashevo, Mordovia, USSR. At the age of five he began practicing gymnastics at the specialized children's and youth school of the Olympic reserve of the Volga Automobile Plant in the city of Tolyatti. Since 1983, he has been training with Master of Sports in gymnastics, Honored Trainer of Russia Evgeniy Grigoryevich Nikolko. In 1999, Alexey Nemov graduated from the Tolyatti branch of the Samara Pedagogical University.

Alexey Nemov won his first victory in 1989 at the USSR youth championship. After a successful start, he began to achieve outstanding results almost every year. In 1990, Alexey Nemov became the winner in certain types of all-around at the USSR Student Youth Spartakiad. In 1991-1993, he was a repeated participant in international competitions and a winner both in certain types of programs and in the absolute championship.

In 1993, Nemov won the RSFSR Cup in the all-around, and at the international meeting “Stars of the World 93” he became a bronze medalist in the all-around. A year later, Alexey Nemov wins the Russian Championship, becomes a four-time champion of the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg and receives three gold and one silver medal at the European Championship in Italy. In 1995, he won a gold medal at the World Championships in Japan. In 1996, Alexey Nemov again won the World Championship, the international meeting “Stars of the World 96”, and the European Cup stage.

At the XXVI Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA), Alexey Nemov becomes a two-time Olympic champion, receiving two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. In 1997, he won a gold medal at the World Championships in Switzerland. In 2000, Alexey Nemov won the World and European Championships and became a World Cup winner. At the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney (Australia), Alexey became the absolute champion, winning six Olympic medals: two gold, one silver and three bronze.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Alexey arrived as a clear favorite and leader of the Russian team, however, the injury received before the Olympics made itself felt, but despite this, the athlete showed a high class and entered quite confidently. However, the athlete’s performance was overshadowed by a judicial scandal; after performing on the horizontal bar, Alexey’s grades were clearly underestimated, which did not please the spectators present in the stands of the Olympic arena, who for 15 minutes supported the athlete with incessant applause, not allowing the next gymnasts to enter the platform. Under pressure, the judges revised the scores, but even after the revision, they were not enough to receive a medal. After this incident, a scandal broke out at the Olympics, and some judges were removed from judging, and an official apology was made to the athlete. There is an opinion among the Russian national team that this incident occurred due to the reluctance of some influential sports officials to give Alexey the opportunity to go down in history as an athlete who won awards at 3 Olympics in a row, but there is no evidence of this fact.

The successes of the young talented Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov are marked by a number of high awards and titles. In 1997, Alexey Yuryevich was awarded the Order of Courage. In 2000, in London, he was awarded the World Sports Awards as the best athlete on the planet. In the same year, Alexey Nemov was awarded the rank of military major in the Russian Army. In 2001, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

For outstanding sporting achievements, Alexey Yuryevich Nemov was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Tolyatti.” The name of Alexey Nemov is included in the Guinness Book of Records. In 2008, at the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony, Alexey Nemov was awarded an incentive prize.

Now, having retired from amateur sports, Nemov presents to the audience his third gymnastics show - “Pulse of Victory”, thereby giving fans and admirers of gymnastics the opportunity to enjoy a unique and unusual meeting with their idols, sports stars, and just enjoy a colorful spectacle, a real enchanting performance.

The premiere of the unique production of four-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov “Pulse of Victory” took place on November 27 in Moscow at the Sports Palace on Khodynsky. For the first time, the fantastic world of the modern show will appear as a unity of gymnastics, circus art, dance and figure skating, the heroes of which are the first persons of the world sports Olympus: Alexey Yagudin, Irina Chashchina, Laysan Utyasheva, Irina Karavaeva, Anastasia Liukina, Yulia Barsukova and many others. The show "Pulse of Victory" is inspired by the global history of the Olympic movement, artistically expressed through a journey through the latest Olympic history of the 21st century: from the Summer Olympic Games in Athens 2004 to Beijing 2008. “Pulse of Victory” will pass through Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 to the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014.

The project of Alexey Nemov, the ideological inspirer, author, producer and participant, already has its own winning history, based on two early gymnastics shows “Legend of Sports” (2006) and “Flights of Time” (2007). The performances were a success, opening a new genre of mass sports and artistic art for the audience. In productions with the participation of the world's leading athletes and pop stars, Alexey Nemov proved that sport is the property of modern culture and serves as the basis for further development.

Conclusion

It is believed that great champions should leave sports undefeated. Leave, so that both loyal fans and the most furious ill-wishers will remember for a long time the royal trail of continuous victories. Beautiful and profitable. But unfortunately, this does not always happen.

The Olympics are a great and perhaps the most brutal competition. Because awards do not always go to those who deserve them most. No, this is not about the fact that among the Olympic champions there is someone who did not deserve this title. The only thing is that many of the worthy ones are not included in these lists. The Olympic Games are held every four years, and these Games are always a kind of lottery.

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Mark Spitz, USA, swimming, 11 medals

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ON THE. Panin - Kolomenki

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ON THE. Panin-Kolomenki was a versatile athlete who also achieved success in pistol shooting. He won the championship in this sport twenty-three times. Panin - Kolomenki continued his coaching work. In 1908, he recruited young skaters and was involved in judging competitions.

His coaching work did not stop after the revolution. In 1920, the first figure skating competitions under Soviet rule were held in Petrograd. 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's degree in Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. In 1940, they began to operate in Leningrad under the leadership of N.A. Panina All-Union courses for figure skating instructors, which trained many excellent coaches and athletes. The Leningrad figure skating school remains the best to this day. At its crucible stood the famous figure skater and outstanding theorist of this sport, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Panin.

V.L. Patkin

Vladimir Leonidovich Patkin was born in 1946 in the city of Bobrov. Studied at Bobrovskaya school No. 1. From the 7th grade I played volleyball at a children's sports school. On the volleyball court, he stood out for his composure: the attacking blow was more accurate, he placed the block more reliably, and found an unprotected place on the opponent’s court. In 1963, he played for the regional school team. 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 has won victories more than once. He became a master of sports of the USSR. At the end of the 60s. Vladimir is invited to play for the CSKA team. Since 1970 he has been a striker in the team. Soon the players elected him 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 a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games. Since 1975, Vladimir Leonidovich has been the second coach of the USSR 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 XXI Olympiad and the 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 moved to the village of Khrenovoe, where he spent his childhood. The love for horses was passed on to him by inheritance. They say that his grandfather roamed with a camp, and his grandson inherited from his ancestor jet-black eyes, curly hair and, of course, a love of horses. From the age of 12, Alexander began training in the equestrian section at the Khrenovsky stud farm, and enthusiastically mastered the difficult art of horse riding. Having graduated from high school with a gold medal, he devotes himself entirely to sports. As a member of the equestrian team of the VSO "Urozhay" he takes an active part in many all-Union and international competitions and more than once emerges as a winner. At the age of 16 he was awarded the title of Master of Sports. In 1964, at the national equestrian championship 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 competes on the horse Eger of the Khrenovsky stud farm. He competes for the title of champion together with the English Princess Anne and emerges victorious, receiving a small gold medal and a champion cup, which is kept in the Khrenovsky Stud Museum. Alexander Mikhailovich was a participant in two Olympic Games and a five-time national champion in triathlon. Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physical Education and Sports. He worked as a coach for many years. Alexander Mikhailovich is considered the best equestrian eventer, an international master of sports.