Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Limb deficiency |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
SB-UL |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Wife Anna, one son |
Residence |
Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, Russian |
Higher education |
Economics - Ugra State University: Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began snowboarding in 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation. |
Why this sport? |
"I switched from cross-country skiing and athletics to snowboarding. I learned that there are upper limb amputees in Para snowboarding and wished to try myself in this sport." |
Club / Team |
Ugra Adaptive Sports Centre: Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS |
Name of coach |
Evgeny Pronashko [national], RUS; Nikita Kovalenko [personal], RUS, from 2016 |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2017 |
Competing for |
Russia |
Tournament |
European Cup |
Location |
Landgraaf, NED |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Misha (ugra-news.ru, 16 Feb 2018) |
Hobbies |
Fishing, football, fitness. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2020) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning silver in men's SB-UL snowboard cross at the 2019 World Cup Finals in Klovsjo, Sweden. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2020; IPC, 08 Apr 2019) |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Nikita Kovalenko. (Athlete, 08 Dec 2017) |
Hero / Idol |
French snowboarder Pierre Vaultier, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (ugra-news.ru, 16 Feb 2018; Athlete, 08 Dec 2017) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Your boundaries are only in your head." (VK profile, 20 Dec 2018) |
Awards and honours |
He has received the title of Candidate for Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2020; minsport.gov.ru, 29 May 2020) |
Other sports |
He has competed in Para athletics at the junior world championships, and won medals at the Russian junior national championships in Para cross-country skiing. (ugra-news.ru, 31 May 2017) |
Ambitions |
To win a gold medal at the Paralympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 19 Dec 2018) |
Impairment |
His left arm was amputated above the elbow when he was a child. "I was age three when I underwent surgery for a heart defect. However, due to a medical error with a catheter, I developed thrombosis, and my arm had to be taken off almost entirely." (ugra.aif.ru, 28 Feb 2018) |
Other information |
SPORTS PROJECT
He is the co-founder of Free Training Ugra, a sports project launched in collaboration with the Ugra Olympic Council in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation. The project offers free fitness programmes led by well-known athletes for locals in the Ugra region of the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2020; Free Training Ugra VK page, 12 Sep 2020)
OTHER ROLES
He has served as a member of the Civic Council within the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Ugra region of the Russian Federation. He has also served as vice president of the Ugra Olympic Council, and as co-ordinator of the Ugra Governor's advisory body for the impaired. (Athlete, 24 Dec 2020; Facebook profile, 11 Dec 2020) |
