Ruslan Zakharov Biography

The first time Ruslan Zakharov wanted to finish interesting facts for the first time in sports in the year. Since then, he managed to become a member of the three Olympiads and even retrained from a short track to skater sport.

And if in the first form the athlete won the golden Olympic medal, then in the second he still has where to strive. Childhood and youth Ruslan was born on March 24 of the year in the city of Gorky now Nizhny Novgorod, and began to play sports after moving to Ufa. There he visited the ice arena, where hockey players trained in parallel, and from childhood he was ill for the local club Salavat Yulaev.

However, Ruslan himself did not pull in hockey. He came to a short track at the age of 8, when coach Albert Timerbulatov went to schools and looked for suitable boys. The training turned out to be funny and fascinating, as a result, Ruslan remained in this discipline, he also pulled his younger brother. Timur Zakharov is a member of the Russian national team since the year.

Despite the fact that Short Trek became the main thing in life, the athlete never forgot about his studies. The young man graduated with almost honors: in the certificate of the Olympic champion there are only 2 four. And Zakharov also has 3 diplomas of higher education. If at the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Education and Sports he received a specialty, then at the Bashkir State University he studied economics, philosophy and sociology.

In addition, Ruslan dreams of perfectly mastering the English language. Sakharov, although Zakharov began to engage in a short track in Bashkiria, then he represented the Moscow region where he was trained by A. Mintsev, Yu. Muratov and N. The first result at the All-Russian competitions Ruslan showed in the year when he became the second in the all-around. Having become the champion of Russia in M ​​at distances and m, Zakharov went to the European Championship, where he earned bronze at one and a half.

The main start in the biography was the Olympics in Sochi. Until now, Ruslan cannot forget that atmosphere of frantic support when it was felt that not only the stadium rejoice, but the whole country. Then, together with Viktor AN, Semen Elistratov and Vladimir Grigoryev Zakharov became the Olympic champion in the relay, overcoming the distance with the Olympic record, however, almost immediately after the athlete, the athlete was waiting for a test: falling in training, he broke Achilles.

The operation and months of recovery followed, but thanks to competent medical care, Ruslan quickly returned to duty. At the European Championship in Dordrecht in January GO ZAKHAROV, the comrades again got the gold of the relay. In the year, Ruslan announced that he was going into skating sports. The decision turned out to be forced: the leadership of the Short Treku team took up the rejuvenation of the composition, and Zakharov did not fit into the concept.

By that time, the athlete was still “not running”, and there was nothing that he would love and knew how to do as well as skating. During the transition, it turned out that short tracks and skaters have many fundamental differences, and the first of them are skates. Ruslan had to get used to unusual uniforms, the new radii of the turn, and also to master the highway, without which the training of skaters are unthinkable.

In addition, the athlete from his own pocket financed the transition, and before the federation joined its preparation, he spent almost half a million rubles. In a new discipline, Ruslan was also able to prove himself: at the European Championship in Kolomna, he won bronze in the mass start in the year. So far, Zakharov was not able to rise above this line at international starts: he became the third in team races at the world championships in Salt Lake City and Herenveen at the same time the athlete admitted that he had not yet known all the intricacies of skaters and still opened new facets in it.

In addition, it differs in complexion from most skaters: with growth of cm and weighing 72 kg Ruslan, the smallest in the national team. Ruslan’s personal life is happy in his personal life. His wife Sitor is a lawyer by education. They got married in the year and managed to get two sons. The eldest son Arthur of the year of birth is already in full swing in sports gymnastics, at the climbing and figure skating.

The younger David, born in M, while swimming in the pool. Zakharov hopes that in the future the boys themselves will decide on a close sport in spirit, but for now trying to instill in them discipline and pleasure from working on themselves. Ruslan leads a page on Instagram, where photos and children are just as often as sports personnel. The family loves to relax actively: they travel, go to the mountains, ride horses, swim and visit sights.

Once the Zakharovs went on a trip to Europe, during which they visited 12 countries. Ruslan Zakharov now at the Olympics of the year in Beijing Ruslan represented Russia in skating sports - the most medalemic winter form. He managed to take 5 distances, but the mass start and team race were acquired key importance to Zakharov. If in the last form he hoped for a high level of comrades, then in the first he was going to show skill in tactics.The Russian team are the owners of the Olympic Record and the silver medal in the team race at a distance of the distance in M ​​Ruslan, and the place took the place.

In the command race of persecution, the Russian team, which included Ruslan Zakharov, Sergey Trofimov and Daniil Aldoshkin entered semifinal competitions from 3 positions. In the semifinals, the Russians set an Olympic record in a decisive race, they opposed the Norway team, which prevailed, leaving Russians with silver medals. In the final program of the Games of the Mass Start, Ruslan, falling in the semifinals, could not be among the finalists.

There are 8 tattoos on the body of Ruslan, each of which carries a special meaning. Zakharov loves extreme entertainment, for example, to jump with a parachute and with a tarzanka. And he also loves mountains and once ascended Elbrus. The athlete visited 40 countries, and his beloved city is Istanbul. There were two Ruslan Zakharov in the Russian national team in the skating sports, but there was a tragedy: in October, the athlete’s summer namesake died, he was shot down by a car during a run.