During the Soviet period, sports began to develop rapidly in the country. Many new directions appeared in its structure, one of which was the Greco-Roman wrestling. Alexander Karelin became a major representative of the Greco-Roman wrestling school. Currently, the athlete is not only a three-time Olympic champion, but also a deputy to the State House.
Biography of Alexander Karelin
Athlete, fighter, Olympic champion Alexander Alexandrovich Karelin was born on September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk. The boy was born into a simple family. Father - Alexander Ivanovich worked as a dump truck driver, was unprofessionally engaged in boxing. Mother - Zinaida Ivanovna - an employee. Both parents are quite large, and the boy was born with a heroic weight of five and a half kilograms.
Alexander has been involved in sports since childhood. When he was 14 years old, Sasha entered the "Petrel" section of Greco-Roman wrestling. His coach Viktor Mikhailovich Kuznetsov noticed Alexander on the street. He was given an impressive height and a precocious physique. V. M. The only coach of Alexander Karelin became a blacksmith.
Initially, the mother did not accept her son's hobby, she was afraid of permanent injuries, broken arms and legs, without which attendance of sections and competitions could not do. During the regional championship, Alexander broke his leg. Zinaida Ivanovna burned his uniform and forbade him to attend classes. However, the young man refused. This was the beginning of his sports career.
After receiving secondary education, Alexander entered the motor transport technical school of Novosibirsk. During his studies, the future Olympic champion decided to become a cadet of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School. In the same year he was sent to serve in a sports company of the Siberian Military District. Then Alexander entered and graduated from the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
After serving in the army, Alexander entered the Omsk Institute of Physical Education, then got into the national sports team.
Sports career of Alexander Karelin
Karelin's sports life was rich in a large number of victories. Alexander received his only defeat in his entire career at the USSR Championship, losing one point to his opponent. Since that time, a series of victories in the sports career of Alexander Karelin began.
The first success was the victory at the USSR youth championship in 1985. Subsequently, Alexander wins such competitions as the USSR Championship among juniors, the summer sports day of the RSFSR, the junior European championship, the RSFSR championship, the international tournament in memory of Ivan Poddubny.
The wrestler received his first Olympic gold in 1988 by defeating the Bulgarian athlete Rangel Gerovski in the final. In 1992, Alexander won the second gold at the Barcelona Olympics. The last competition of the athlete is the Sydney Olympics, where for the first time in 13 years of his sports career the wrestler received a silver medal. Alexander Karelin announced the end of his sports career.
Personal life and family
Alexander always put his family in the first place in his life. He has a wife and three children - two sons and a daughter. One of the sons followed in the footsteps of his father and is professionally engaged in Greco-Roman wrestling. Ivan in 2014 took fifth place in the Russian championship. Vasilisa's daughter is a professional gymnast.
Currently, Alexander Karelin is fully devoted to politics. Several times he was elected to the State Duma of Russia, has the Hero of Russia award. In 2013, he was awarded a certificate of honor of the President of Russia. Alexander believes that he can and should serve the society. His dissertation "Systems of Integral Training of Highly Qualified Wrestlers" has become a practical guide for many athletes in Russia.
