Pavel Kolobkov

On the Internet, Pavel Kolobkov is called nothing less than a superstar of Russian fencing. In politics, the athlete managed to achieve an equally ambitious goal. The Minister of Sports of Russia (2016–2020) came to this position, unlike his predecessor Vitaly Mutko, not by the official, but by the real sports ladder.

Pavel Kolobkov was born in September 1969 into a family of ordinary Moscow engineers. He studied at a prestigious English school, attended by the children and grandchildren of members of the government. Kolobkov went there because the educational institution was located in the neighborhood.

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Parents supported any undertaking of their son. At the age of 8, together with his classmate Oleg Skorobogatov, Pavel became interested in alpine skiing. Then, on the initiative of Oleg's stepfather, the future champion got acquainted with fencing, got to one of the best coaches of the CSKA sports school, Valery Nikolaychuk.

Already at the age of 15, at the championship of the Soviet Union, Pavel was in the third ten out of a hundred participants. Very soon Kolobkov won the junior world championship twice.

There is little information about Pavel Kolobkov's personal life. It is known that the athlete met his wife in his youth. The wife of the politician is called Catherine, the family has three children - daughter Olga and sons Alexander and Mikhail.

Alexander followed in the footsteps of his father, goes to the CSKA sports school for classes with his father's coach. But, according to Vladimir Ivanov, the guy thinks more about his studies, although he is as smart as Kolobkov Sr. The family is closed to the press; photos of its members on the Web are almost impossible to find.

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Pavel received two higher educations - pedagogical and legal, in his free time he is engaged in yoga and swimming.

According to friends, Kolobkov is by nature unmercenary. Even receiving substantial prize money, he drove for a long time in simple cars, the first foreign car was presented by Alisher Usmanov. Pavel did not forget to give a percentage to the coach.

At the age of 18, Kolobkov got to the first Olympics in his life, although he was allowed to participate only in the team tournament. The athlete said in an interview that he made his way to the national team to some extent by accident, was very young and was not afraid of anything. Pavel brought a bronze medal from Seoul.

In 1990, a threat loomed over the epee fencer's career: coach Valery Ivanovich Nikolaychuk was killed. According to teammate Vladimir Ivanov, the strongest coach in the country was threatened, and in the sports part he interfered with someone.

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Nikolaychuk wanted to take his guys to Germany and openly said that he was not allowed to work. After his death, Kolobkov's team rejected candidates for the post and invited Ivanov to retrain. So the teammate until 2008 was Pavel's personal trainer.

Subsequent sporting achievements of the new tandem confirmed that the friends made the right decision. In 1991, Kolobkov won the adult world championship and won the tournament 6 more times, won silver and bronze medals 2 times. After winning an individual tournament in 2005, he received the rank of colonel, becoming the first active athlete in the country to reach such a rank.

In addition, the epee fencer twice climbed to the highest step of the podium at the European Championships, 3 times - the second and four times - the third, in 1999 he won the World Cup. Pavel participated in five Olympics and returned with an award with each: from Barcelona, ​​Atlanta and Athens - with silver and bronze, from Sydney - with gold.

Pavel Kolobkov and Anna Semenovich at a gala concert at the Ice Palace on Khodynskoye Pole in Moscow, 2008.

Pavel defended the colors of the Russian flag for 20 years of his sports biography and left, by his own admission, due to severe fatigue, he wanted to devote more time to his family. Kolobkov was not faced with the question of what to do after the end of his sports career.

The Olympic champion, with solid practical experience, managed the World Class premium fitness club, then became the general director of the Fizkult club chain, owned by the famous fitness guru Olga Slutsker.

In 2007, Pavel, who had served at CSKA all his life, was invited to the post of deputy chairman of the Dynamo society. A year later, Kolobkov tried his hand in a new direction. The athlete took part in the Ice Age TV show, where Anna Semenovich acted as his partner.

In 2010, the Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko appointed Pavel Kolobkov as his deputy. Pavel led the Russian delegation at the London Olympic Games. The political career of a fencer is not limited only to the office of an official. Kolobkov is a member of the Public Chamber and is a member of two commissions at once: on social issues and demography and, of course, on health protection, development of physical education and sports.

In the domestic sports press, Pavel Kolobkov was blamed for the development of the meldonium scandal and the subsequent chain of exposures of Russian athletes. As a member of the WADA Board of Founders from the Russian side, the former fencer ignored the inclusion of the drug on the banned list. According to journalists, no one is going to belittle the merits of athletes in sports, but they do not know how to manage sports.

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According to Shampionat.com, it was known that RUSADA was expecting problems back in 2014, because of his official duties, the deputy minister could speak at a WADA meeting, when the question of meldonium was discussed, but he kept silent.

However, just against the background of the doping scandal, Pavel was unexpectedly appointed to the post of Minister of Sports. According to Aleksey Kustov, a former member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Athletics Federation, the promotion of the champion up the career ladder of a civil servant was lobbied by the President of the International Fencing Federation Alisher Usmanov. In the context of the conflict with the IOC and the showdown with doping, this post is “firing squad”, and hardly anyone would agree to it.

According to the observations of representatives of some media, Kolobkov, being a deputy minister and even directly holding a high post, did not please with his statements on major issues in the field of sports. However, in February 2018, the official called the women's hockey team's entry into the semifinals of the Olympic Games a historical event, and congratulated the skiers on numerous medals.

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In addition, the former athlete participated in the Russian Investment Forum, at which, among others, the issue of readiness for the 2018 FIFA World Cup was discussed.

On March 18, 2018, the presidential elections in Russia were held, in which Vladimir Putin won again. Immediately after the inauguration of the elected president of the Russian Federation, the government headed by the chairman resigned.

After taking office, Vladimir Putin again offered the post of prime minister to Dmitry Medvedev. On May 18, the new composition of the Russian government was announced to journalists. Pavel Kolobkov retained the position of the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation.

Pavel Anatolyevich took an active part in the holding of the 2018 World Cup, for which he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky a year later.

Pavel Kolobkov maintains his Instagram account, where he posts up-to-date news from the sphere of Russian sports. The politician regularly congratulates domestic athletes on their achievements, and also covers working meetings.

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In the fall of 2019, Pavel Anatolyevich held a meeting with the President of the Russian Rowing Federation Alexander Svirin, with whom he discussed the past World Championship in this sport, as well as the preparation of athletes for the qualifying selection before the Tokyo Olympics.

In early 2020, after the resignation of the government of Dmitry Medvedev, Oleg Matytsin became the new Minister of Sports. Information sources confirmed that Kolobkov would not be included in the new Cabinet. It was also reported that he was aware of his resignation, but this fact did not cause pessimistic feelings in him.

1987, 1988 - Two-time world champion among juniors 1988, 1992, 2004 - Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in individual and team championships 1991, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005 - Six-time world champion 1992, 1996 - Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in individual and team championships 1996, 2000 - Two-time European champion 1999 - Winner of the World Cup 2000 - Olympic champion in the individual championship

1992 - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR 1997 - Medal of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, II degree 2001 - Order of Honor 2006 - Medal of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, I degree 2013 - Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation 2019 - Order of Alexander Nevsky

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