Famous Russian athlete Alexander Sukhorukov

Russian titled athlete Alexander Sukhorukov became famous for his victories in swimming, defending the honor of Russia at international competitions. About how the future champion came to the "big" sport, his achievements and many other things we will tell in this article.

Childhood future champion

Russian swimmer Sukhorukov Alexander Leonidovich was born on February 22, 1988 in the town of Ukhta of the Komi Republic. His first appearance in the pool, Alexander is obliged to my mother. Svetlana Vasilyevna Sukhorukova, an experienced swimming instructor, trains children in the city pool "Youth". When Sasha was not yet a year, she took him into the pool and tempered in a small bath. There he learned to swim. The swimmer's talent appeared from an early age. Alexander Sukhorukov swam the distance much faster than their peers.

The first successes in swimming

Alexander Sukhorukov accepted the decision on his transition from the usual general education institution in which he studied to Ukhta sports school on his own. It happened in the seventh grade. The boy literally raved about wanting to become a champion, spending a lot of time in the pool. Since childhood, physically very strong, Alexander was determined to win. Having fallen into the hands of a wonderful coach Sergei Petrovich Fedorov and largely thanks to him, the future champion began to win his first awards.

Step by step, Alexander Sukhorukov moved forward to his dream. The swimmer, starting from the age of 11, has repeatedly won and won prizes and championships of the Komi Republic among boys in his age group. He particularly succeeded in short-distance swimsuits thanks to a good sprint jerk.

Already in 2002, Alexander Sukhorukov received the title of candidate for the master of sports of Russia.

Performances for the national team

Alexander Sukhorukov - a swimmer, stood out among his peers. His success did not go unnoticed. In 2004, Alexander was invited to the Russian national team. The first competition in the Russian team, in which the athlete took part, was the European Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca in Spain in 2006.

Since that time serious sports victories have begun. Alexander Sukhorukov, whose voyage turned from a job for the soul into a real profession, worked hard to achieve the set goals.

Speaking as a member of the Russian national team, Alexander brought to his team the expected from him excellent results. For example, at the World Championships in Dubai as part of the Russian national team, Alexander Sukhorukov showed excellent time in the 4 to 200 m freestyle relay race and also set a new world record - 6 minutes 49.04 seconds.

Victory in big sport

In the piggy bank of an outstanding Russian swimmer, many glorious victories. Alexander became a silver medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as part of the relay team: D. Izotov, N. Lobintsev, A. Sukhorukov, E. Lagunov. Sukhorukov is the world record holder in the relay 4 to 100 m in English Manchester.

Alexander became vice-champion at the 2008 European Championships in the relay race 4 x 200 m freestyle. Twice gold for the country (in the men's relay at a distance of 4 x 100 m, and 4 x 200 m freestyle) in the Russian national team Sukhorukov won in Hungary, at the European Championships held in August 2010.

Among the sports achievements of the athlete is the victory at the World Championships in 2010 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and in the same place - the title of the world record holder in the relay 4 to 200 m. Alexander Sukhorukov is a swimmer whose photo after this success appeared on the pages of many media, - became the pride of the Russian team at this championship.

In 2011, Sukhorukov became a silver medalist at the European Championships held in Polish Szczecin.

The similar Berlin tournament in 2014 on water kinds of sports became for the Russian national team one more victorious competition. Our men's team, composed by A. Grechin, A. Sukhorukov, N. Lobintsev and V. Morozov, won the silver award in the royal relay 4 x 200 m, ahead of the Italian team by 0.11 sec. And losing to French swimmers. Alexander Sukhorukov showed his best result at the stage of the relay race.

Sukhorukov is a five-time champion of Russia, as well as a multiple record holder of the Russian Federation and Europe.

Working days of the sportsman

High performance in sports are given to A. Sukhorukov through enhanced training. The swimmer lives in St. Petersburg. Trains in the Olympic Training Center under the leadership of Sergei Yurievich Tarasov. With the coach, Alexander, as well as with his teammates, developed good friendships. In many respects thanks to this Sukhorukov and achieves excellent results.

The athlete spends a lot of time at training camps, often travels abroad. In his native town of Ukhta is rare - during the year only about a month. Before responsible competitions in the swimmer's schedule, besides swimming, daily hours of training in the hall and in the fresh air (often on the sand), running and much more appear.

Engaged in professional swimming, the athlete studied at Ukhta State Technical University in parallel, since he believes that economic education can be useful in the future (after the end of a sports career).

Government awards and titles

Alexander Sukhorukov is a well-deserved master of sports of Russia. In 2011, the head of the Komi Republic, V. Gaizer, personally presented this breastplate to him. The world record holder has repeatedly held the top positions in the ranking of the best republican athletes.

In 2009, the swimmer was awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland II degree. Thus, the state noted its contribution to the development of physical culture, sports, sports achievements at the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing.

A. Sukhorukov - the owner of the medal "For military valor".

A worthy assessment of the talented athlete's success is an excellent incentive for him in the fight for new medals.