Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

Russian Roman Petushkov – the fivefold world champion in skiing and biathlon of sports of persons with defeat of the musculoskeletal device of 2013.

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

The repeated winner of stages of the World Cup, the silver and bronze prize-winner of the Paralympic games, twice the best athlete of the world according to the version of the International Paralympic committee.

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

Mikhalina Lysova – the deserved master of sports of Russia, the Paralympic champion in relay race on skiing and the bronze prize-winner in biathlon пасьюте among visually impaired athletes on Winter Paralympic games of 2010 in Vancouver. According to her, of sports was fond in the childhood, in native Nizhni Tagil, and did not dream at all of such big achievements further.

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

The native of the Bashkir village Kayrakovo Kirill Mikhaylov has actively gone in for sports in 1993. Kirill is the deserved master of sports of Russia on skiing, and also the athlete of year according to the GQ version. It is married, at spouses two sons – Daniel and Kornil. Kirill Mikhaylov on the example has shown that sports — are destiny. He dreamt to make sports career and showed quite good result, but the serious trauma in road accident has given up as a bad job his hopes of medals in big-time sports. However Kirill could collect will in a fist and has solved

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

The Paralympic champion in relay race on skiing and the owner of a silver medal in biathlon пасьюте among visually impaired athletes on Winter Paralympic games of 2010 in Vancouver Lyubov Vasilyeva – the deserved master of sports of Russia. Since the childhood Vasilyeva was surrounded by sports – being engaged with healthy children, Liouba skied, ran and danced. How it was heavy, she always aspired to be the first. The love was successful not only in sports, but also in art — she very well drew.

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

The double Paralympic champion and the silver prize-winner winter Paralympic games of 2010 in Vancouver Maria Iovleva has risen on skis at the age of 10 years. Now, Maria is in the status of the deserved master of sports and prepares for competitions on Paralympic games in Sochi.

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

The prize-winner of the 10th winter Paralympic games Anna Burmistrova – the owner of 5 gold awards, and also the 4th silver. In March, 2010 the Medal of honour for a big contribution to physical culture and sport development, and also for high achievements on the 10th Paralympic winter games of 2010 has been handed over to it. According to Anna, she has started to be engaged in sports in 6 years. At first mother has given it on swimming for the general development (at Anna плексит bilateral, paralysis of Erba (the partial immovability of a hand caused by a trauma of a humeral texture at the time of delivery). Doctors unanimously repeated to the sportswoman, it is impossible what to train, but mother of the girl has insisted on the. In 14 years Anna Burmistrova has got to the national team and acted at the international level.

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

Skier Irek Zaripov – the champion in skiing and biathlon. Irek has lost feet in 2000, having got on a motorcycle under the truck. Two years after that he lived, according to him, as a plant, without understanding, why is necessary in this world. Only thanks to sports to go in which it parents have convinced, it has found again ability to rejoice lives. To return itself to a form, Irek has started to train persistently. As result – 4 gold medals on games 2010 in Vancouver. In Vancouver Irek devotes the victories to all as he has told: «who promoted my formation who supported me — it both parents, and the wife, and my son».

Strong and inspiring: 8 most known Russian paralimpiyets

Alexander Frantsev – the champion of Russia in mountain skiing, the prize-winner of stages of the Cup of Europe, the participant of Paralympic winter games in Vancouver. Was born Alexander on April 24, 1987 in Kamchatka Krai. Acts in category of visually impaired athletes. In 2013 at a final stage of the World Cup of IPC 2013 on mountain skiing has won gold in high-speed disciplines and has won a rank of the absolute winner of the World Cup in the category. Alexander Frantsev – «The champion «Sochi 2014 ? since 2012, represents the Far East federal district in the project. The sportswoman plans to take part in Paralympic winter games in Sochi.