Vadim Nikolayevich Selyukin (born March 26, 1977 in Kiselevsk , Kemerovo Region , RSFSR , USSR ) is a Russian sledge hockey player . Silver medalist of the 2014 Paralympic Games . Bronze medalist of the 2013 Sledge Hockey World Championship . European Champion 2016. Five - time champion of the country [1] ( 2009 , 2011 , 2012 ), 2015, 2016, the best striker and scorer of the first championship of Russia in 2009, the best striker of the international tournament of four nations in Sochi in 2013. The best defender of the Russian championship in 2016. Honored Master of Sports of Russia . Until 2013, he was captain of the Russian national sledge hockey team . He stands for the Phoenix club located near Moscow and is its captain [2] .
 Vadim Selyukin | |||||
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| Position | defender | ||||
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | ||||
| Born | March 26, 1977 (42 years old) RSFSR , USSR | ||||
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Biography
Vadim Selyukin, while undergoing a special operation in Chechnya while serving in the Russian Armed Forces , was seriously injured in an explosion. Gangrene of both legs began, and they had to be amputated [3] [4] .
After discharge from the hospital, Vadim Selyukin did not lose heart. He graduated with honors from Moscow State Open University with a degree in Management. He went in for sports - first swimming (in this sport, Selyukin grew up to be an instructor for swimmers with impaired health) First coach Boris Nikolaevich Shestakov. [4] [5] .
| While serving in the Armed Forces of Russia, he was seriously injured, as a result of which he lost the ability to fully move. Returning to a peaceful life, he found out that he was admitted to the sledge hockey team in the Moscow region , and in 2009 decided to try his hand at a completely new and unfamiliar sport for himself ... [6] |
In early 2009, Selyukin began to engage in sledge hockey ; since that time he has been playing for the Khimki club “Phoenix” [2] [4] .
During the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi (2014), Vadim Selyukin won a silver medal as part of the Russian national sledge hockey team [3] .
The motto of Vadim Selyukin:
| There are no authorities on the ice! [four] |
He is fond of driving, diving , fishing [4] .
Family
Married. My wife’s name is Irina. They have a daughter, Catherine [4] [5] .
Rewards
- Order of Courage - Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 12, 2002.
- Order of Courage - Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 10.01.2003.
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I degree ( March 17, 2014 ) - for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 in Sochi [7]
Notes
- ↑ Russian sledge hockey players gather in Aleksin
- ↑ 1 2 Victory of the Russian team at the tournament of four nations
- ↑ 1 2 Real Men // Arguments and Facts . - 2014. - No. 12 (1741) for March 19 . - S. 34 . (Retrieved May 10, 2016)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Selyukin Vadim. Athlete Bio . // Website of the International Paralympic Committee . Date of treatment May 10, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Warriors of the Spirit // Arguments and Facts . - 2014. - No. 11 (1740) for March 12 . - S. 46 . (Retrieved May 13, 2016)
- ↑ Interview on sportbox.ru .
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 17, 2014 No. 144 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation” Archived on February 3, 2016.