Alexander Viktorovich Biryukov ( August 18, 1953 , Moscow , USSR ) - Soviet hockey player , Soviet and Russian hockey coach of the highest category. Honored Trainer of the RSFSR (1990). In 2008, he led the junior team of Russia to the silver of the World Cup [1] .
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| Born | August 18, 1953 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||
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Biography
Born in a family of workers: father - Viktor Ivanovich Biryukov - originally from Moscow, was a builder; mother - Valentina Fedorovna - originally from the Tula region , worked as a laborer at a meat factory.
Alexander's childhood passed in Moscow, was fond of football and hockey. After playing at the Moscow Cup, Alexander was spotted by hockey coach Yevgeny Mayorov and invited to the Spartak sports school, where he began to go to training. However, a severe shoulder injury and several unsuccessful operations did not allow him to continue his hockey career.
In 1971, Alexander entered the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture ( GTsOLIFK ) at the Department of Hockey [2] .
Both of his sons - Maxim and Igor [3] - are professional hockey players; Maxim Biryukov is also a children's coach.
Career
He began his coaching career in 1978 at the School of Sports and Youth Sports , where he worked for 35 years.
Since 1989, he has been a coach, senior coach, head coach of junior and youth national teams of the USSR, Russia and the city of Moscow.
In 1990, for many years of fruitful work in preparing the reserve teams and training winners of the junior and youth world and European championships, Alexander Biryukov was awarded the title of Honored Coach of Russia [2] .
Achievements
Three times the national teams coached by Alexander Biryukov took awards at the World and European Championships.
| Year | Team | Tournament | A place |
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| 1989 | USSR (junior.) | SCM (up to 18) | |
| 1991 | USSR (young) | MFM (up to 20) | |
| 2008 | Russia (junior) | SCM (up to 18) |
- In 1989, the youth national team born in 1971 (head coach Nikolai Kazakov ) became the European Champion, defeating Czechoslovakia [4] .
- In 1991, the youth team born in 1971-1972 (head coach Robert Cherenkov ) became the silver medalist of the World Championship, losing to Canada [5] .
- In 1998, the youth national team born in 1990, led by Biryukov, reached the finals, where she lost to Canada [1] . After the championship, the coach announced the completion of work with national teams [6] .
Pupils
Among the pupils [2] of Alexander Biryukov:
- 1971: Pavel Bure [7] , Andrey Skabelka , Oleg Petrov [3] , Egor Bashkatov , Sergey Zvyagin , Dmitry Motkov .
- 1981: Oleg Saprykin , Alexander Buturlin , Alexander Chagodaev , Alexander Gorelov , Denis Denisov .
- 1990: Nikita Filatov [8] , Vyacheslav Kulemin [9] , Dmitry Kugryshev , Igor Golovkov .
- 1981: Oleg Saprykin , Alexander Buturlin , Alexander Chagodaev , Alexander Gorelov , Denis Denisov .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Konstantin Nuzhdenov. Russian national teams: two different finals with Canada . Championship.com (May 28, 2008). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Biryukov Alexander Viktorovich . Hockey school. Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Alexander Shatov. Maxim Orlov: “One of the biggest goals is to win the championship of Kazakhstan with Saryarka . Sports.kz (October 1, 2011). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ 22nd European Junior Championship (U18). April 2-10, 1989, Kiev, USSR. Bure, Tkachenko returned the USSR team title to champions. . Chronicle of hockey. Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Players of the USSR national team at the 1991 World Championship . Hockey archives. Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Alexander Biryukov: “I won’t work with teams anymore” . Sports.ru (May 30, 2008). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Elena Vaytsekhovskaya. Pavel Bure: Moscow holidays . Sport Express (June 4, 2001). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Elena Moiseenkova. Nikita Filatov: “CSKA is one big family” . Hockey of Moscow (April 5, 2010). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Dmitry Zimin. Vyacheslav Kulemin: My childhood idol is Pavel Bure . Information Service HC "Torpedo" (October 27, 2014). Date of treatment December 22, 2014.