Vladimir Drachev

Vladimir Drachev is a biathlete who has become world champion 4 times. At the distance covered, the man was distinguished by high speed and a desire to win. After completing his career, Drachev trains Belarusian athletes, and also conducts social and political activities.

Vladimir Drachev is a native of the city of Petrozavodsk. He was born on March 7, 1966. As a child, the boy spent a lot of time in his mother's small homeland, on an island in the Kizhi nature reserve. The small village gave the first impressions of the world around. Here Volodya became addicted to fishing and other simple hobbies of Soviet children.

Skis have become an important tool in the boy's life. He was interested in the successes of Nikolai Zimyatov and Alexander Zavyalov, hoping to repeat the triumph of idols. Having entered the national team with eminent athletes, Vladimir Drachev made his childhood dream come true.

The first educational sports institution for him was a children's and youth school. The guy began to engage in biathlon at a professional level in 1980. The athlete received his higher education at the Military Institute of Physical Culture, which he graduated in 1987.

The first biathlete's award was silver at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A successful debut in the sprint, coupled with an effective relay race, helped the young man get into the national team. His performances were not perfect: there were mistakes and roughness, but in speed Drachev was unmatched.

The sports biography of Vladimir Drachev attracted the attention of experts and the public in 1996 at a competition in the city of Ruhpolding. Drachev, already well-known in the professional world, was among the favorites of the competition. He won a gold medal for the sprint and a similar award for passing the relay, and then took 2nd place in the individual and team races at the world biathlon championship.

The 1995/1996 sports season brought the man the status of a medalist in the World Cup. Drachev turned out to be the second athlete after Sergei Chepikov who managed to conquer this peak. For 2018, no biathlete has repeated the achievement of his predecessors.

In 1998, Vladimir Drachev again brought the country an Olympic medal. Bronze for the relay in Nagano was added to the athlete's piggy bank. A personal medal could also get into it, but the weather conditions played a cruel joke with the athletes, and the results of the sprint were canceled. At the next performance, the frustrated skier was out of shape.

Vladimir competed in the Slovenian town of Pokljuka in the pursuit races included in the 2002 Olympics program. The main award went to the Russian biathlete. Until 2004, Drachev's collection was replenished with 3 more awards from the world championship, including gold.

In preparation for the next Olympics in Salt Lake City, Vladimir Drachev received a refusal from the Russian national team and the Biathlon Federation, so he did not represent the country's interests at the international competition. In an interview, the athlete said that the management did not like the openness and the presence of his own opinion. The biathlete supported the coach Anatoly Khovantsev. In a difficult moment, he turned out to be a support for a person who brought the national team more than one medal and raised talented athletes.

Drachev left the national team and received offers from Belarus. The team received him warmly and cordially, and the friendly atmosphere was conducive to achieving good results. In 2003, the biathlete won a bronze medal at the World Championships and at the World Cup became the second person to cross the finish line, behind only Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.

In 2006, Vladimir Drachev left the big sport. Behind his shoulders were 25 victories at the stages of the World Cup and prizes received in 17 more competitions. Continuing to live in biathlon, the athlete began to coach the youth national team of Belarus and provide advice to the Russian national team. After some time, Drachev stopped working with the domestic team. The reason for this was the quarrel with the head coach.

Sportsmen, after parting with their core activities, are looking for an interesting activity in other areas. Vladimir Drachev was interested in the political arena.

In 2013, the governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, recommended the former athlete to the post of deputy head of the Vsevolozhsk district administration. Thanks to such patronage, Drachev managed to prove himself, and a year later he was already in the status of head of the administration. Since 2016, Vladimir Petrovich has been a State Duma deputy.

The election was facilitated by the education received at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation.

2018 brought the former athlete an appointment as president of the Russian Biathlon Union. Now he is a member of the United Russia faction and is a member of the committee on ecology and environmental protection.

Vladimir Drachev was married twice. The athlete's first wife was named Svetlana. She gave birth to a biathlete's son Ilya. The marriage broke up, but the father keeps in touch with his son and even was his coach. Now Ilya is a successful businessman.

Tatiana Dracheva became the second wife of Vladimir. Their family has 5 children: 2 sons and 3 daughters, who are the main happiness of a man's personal life. For some time the Drachevs lived in St. Petersburg, and then, as the career of the head of the family developed, they moved to Moscow. Here in 2018 the youngest daughter Veronica was born.

Vladimir Drachev has a personal account on the Instagram network. In it, the deputy shares a photo with his family, pictures with young athletes and images from business trips, from places of competitions and business meetings.

The political career of Vladimir Drachev is developing successfully, but the man does not forget about his hobby for biathlon. His sharp comments and statements about what is happening in this area often appear in the media.

In the spring of 2018, after becoming president of the Biathlon Union, Drachev got the opportunity to change a lot. The former champion's goal is to keep the Russian team in the top three of the Nations Cup.

Also, Vladimir Drachev pays great attention to the development of biathlon in the regions. In 2019, he began organizing specialized educational institutions, attracting the interest of young people to this sport.

The height of Vladimir Drachev is 168 cm.

Silver medalist at the 1994 Olympic Games in the relay. Bronze medalist of the 1998 Olympic Games in the relay. Four-time world champion (1996 - sprint and relay, 1998 - pursuit, 2000 - relay). Five-time silver medalist of the World Championships (1994, 1996 - team race, 1996 - individual race, 1999 - mass start and relay). Two-time bronze medalist of the World Championships (1998 - team race, 2003 - relay race). Winner of the World Cup 1995/1996. Silver medalist of the 2002/2003 World Cup. World Cup stages: 15 wins, 10 second and 7 third places.

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