Impairment Information |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS |
Occupation |
Athlete, Student |
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 |
Nikita Kovalenko [personal], RUS, from 2016; Evgeny Pronashko [national], RUS |
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, 08 Dec 2017) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning gold at the 2018 Russian Championships in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 19 Dec 2018) |
Most influential person in career |
His personal 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) |
Other sports |
He has competed in Para athletics at the junior world championships, and won medals at the 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) |
Other information |
SPORTS PROJECT
He is the founder of Free Training Ugra, a sports project launched under the auspices of the Ugra Olympic Council in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation. The project offers free fitness programmes for locals from well-known athletes in the Ugra region. (Instagram profile, 19 Dec 2018; Free Training Ugra VK page, 14 Dec 2018)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a member of the Civic Council within the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs division in the Ugra region of the Russian Federation, assistant of the Federation Council's senator, member of the Ugra Youth Parliament, and coordinator of the Ugra Governor's advisory body for the impaired. (Athlete, 19 Dec 2018) |
