Aleksandr Karelin

Alexander Karelin is a Russian wrestler, three-time Olympic champion, and a deputy of the State Duma. Of the fights, he won 888 and lost only 2 times. Thanks to this fact, his name got into the Guinness Book of Records and in the rating of the 25 best athletes in the world of the 20th century. In addition to sports achievements, Karelin has a Ph.D. and doctoral dissertation in the field of pedagogy.

The real Russian hero Alexander Karelin was born in Novosibirsk in 1967. At birth, the boy weighed 5.5 kg, and at 13 he was a cut taller than his own father. Dad Alexander Ivanovich Karelin, an amateur boxer, worked as a driver all his life, and mother Zinaida Ivanovna - a civil servant.

A sharp turn in the biography of the future national sports star took place when a young man approached the playing boys on the street of Novosibirsk. This man, who later became the only coach of Karelin, noticed a strong, tall guy (at the age of 13, Sasha was 178 cm tall and weighing 78 kg) and invited him to the gym.

From that day on, Alexander's life changed. Not a day passed without training, and not without injuries. So, at the age of 15, he broke his leg. It happened on the eve of the holiday on March 8, and the upset mother of the athlete in her hearts burned Sasha's uniform and forbade him to engage in wrestling. But Karelin could no longer give up his fate.

At the age of 17, the athlete received the title of master of sports, and a year later - the title of world champion among youth in Greco-Roman wrestling. In the 8th grade, Karelin left school and entered the technical school. After that, the young man became a cadet at the MVD school, and then a student at the Omsk Institute of Physical Education.

In 1986, the young athlete-athlete was enrolled in the USSR national team. In this capacity, the athlete won the championship of the republic, Europe and the world. After the USSR Championship in 1988, Karelin took part in the Olympic Games as part of the national team and won another champion title. The first round of the final, Alexander lost to the Bulgarian Rangelom Gerovski, but in the second he managed to snatch the victory, using the signature "reverse belt" technique. This technique brought Karelin victory at the World Championship in 1990, and then at the 1991 tournament.

In 1992, at the Olympic Games, Alexander Karelin defeated the Swedish twenty-time champion Thomas Johansson. A year later, in a fight with Matt Ghaffari, the athlete injured 2 ribs, but managed to withstand this and subsequent fights with Johansson and the Bulgarian Sergey Mureiko, confirming the world title. By this time, the weight of the athlete was 112 kg, height - 191 cm.

The triumphant series of victories for Alexander Karelin continued until 2000, when the Olympic Games were held in Sydney. The athlete worked hard, professional injuries, broken ribs in his career are countless. Once, in a matter of weeks, he was able to recover from the operation (Karelin's pectoral muscle came off) with the help of his constant trainer, although the doctors predicted that rehabilitation would take at least 9 months.

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At the Sydney Olympics, Karelin suffered a second defeat - in a fight with Roll Gardner. Nobody managed to put on the shoulder blades the "Russian terminator", as Alexander Karelin was called in foreign media, as evidenced not only by the numerous titles and awards of the fighter, but also by photos and video reports. For the first time, the athlete returned home not with a gold, but a silver medal and immediately announced his retirement.

Interestingly, even in those years, Russian athletes had a vague idea of ​​what an advertising contract was, so they went to fight in the outfit that was available. Alexander preferred the wrestling shoes of the Japanese company Tiger, which he had previously traded with a Bulgarian athlete for tights. Since the sponsor was Adidas in Sydney, Karelin had to carefully cut all the logos from his shoes and glue the name with adhesive tape on the sole.

In 1998, the athlete defended his Ph.D. at the Lesgaft St. Petersburg Academy, and in 2002 - his doctoral dissertation. The scientific works of the intellectual athlete are devoted to sports topics, in particular, the study of tactics, psychology, and stress resistance of wrestlers. Experts believe that Karelin came up with the formula for an ideal athlete who controls himself and does not give vent to emotions.

Alexander Alexandrovich devotes a lot of time to politics. Since 2001, the athlete has been a member of the supreme council of United Russia, in the State Duma, for 5 convocations, he served as a deputy from the Novosibirsk region. At one time he was a member of the Committee on Health and Sports, Energy, and the Commission on Geopolitics.

In 2016, the country saw the release of the film Champions: Faster. Above. Stronger ”, dedicated to the life and achievements of leading Russian and Soviet champion athletes. The role of Karelin in this tape was played by Sergei Bondarchuk, Jr.

In 2018, the former athlete became a member of the support group for incumbent President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections.

Karelin decided on his personal life in his youth. His only life partner was a girl named Olga. The future spouses met at a transport stop. As the athlete later joked, it was a bright summer evening, so the girl was not afraid of his frightening appearance. Olga Karelina is an accountant by education, later she became the owner of the Donna brand clothing store in Novosibirsk. The athlete's family has three children: Denis, Ivan and Vasilisa.

Behind a somewhat gloomy and frightening appearance, there is an intellectual who is seriously carried away by Dostoevsky, American and English literature and the activities of Pyotr Stolypin.

Alexander Alexandrovich loves cars, he has about seven of them. For everyday movement around the city, Karelin prefers Mercedes. And he calls the 1963 Volga the most unusual car in his fleet. Also in the collection of the State Duma deputy there are two ATVs and one Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Now the former athlete continues his political career, participating in the work of the State Duma. In addition to sports issues, Alexander is involved in various social projects. In March 2019, he visited Kolyma, where he visited the regional veteran organization, talked with young people and met with the leadership of the region.

At the beginning of 2019, Alexander Karelin distinguished himself by his statement about pension reform in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. The State Duma deputy is sure that the citizens of Russia should stop the practice of dependence and begin to provide for the older generation themselves, without waiting for help from the state. This is exactly what Karelin himself does when helping his father. The opinion of the former athlete, whose salary today amounts to several hundred thousand rubles a month, was criticized by Internet users.

1984 - Master of Sports of the USSR 1988 - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR 1997 - Hero of the Russian Federation 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994 - Winner of the "Golden Belt" as the best fighter on the planet 2001 - Cavalier of the Order of Honor 2001 - Cavalier of the Olympic Order 2002 - "Golden Branch" 2008 - "For services to the Fatherland" IV degree 2013 - Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation 2016 - Order "For services to the Republic of Dagestan"

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