Strekalovskikh, Konstantin Sergeevich

Born on January 21, 1991 in the village of Shakhmatov, Vyatka village council, Kargapolsky district, Kurgan region ^{[2] [3]} .

Since 2003, he was engaged in kettlebell lifting with his father, trainer and teacher Sergei Konstantinovich Strekalovsky on the basis of the Vyatka secondary school. Then he continued to improve sports training at the Kurgan school of higher sportsmanship. Konstantin Strekalovskikh repeatedly became the champion of the winter regional rural sports games "Zauralskaya blizzard" and the summer games "Golden Ear".

In 2005, he became the silver medalist of the Russian championship in weight lifting in the city of Gorno-Altaisk, fulfilled the standard of the candidate for master of sports of Russia in weight lifting.

In 2007:

• at the championship of the Asian zone of Russia among young men born in 1989 and younger in weight lifting, which took place on January 11-14, 2007 in Novosibirsk, took 5th place in the weight category up to 75 kg. He scored a total of 202.0 (jerk 129, jerk 73.0) ^[4]
• winner of the championship of Russia among youth in kettlebell lifting, held February 1-4, 2007 in Kaluga in the weight category St. 70 kg He scored a total of 226.5 (jerk 140, jerk 86.5) ^[5]
• winner of the I open European youth championship in kettlebell lifting held in Vilspils (Latvia) in the weight category St. 70 kg He scored a total of 555 (push 334, jerk 221) ^[6]

In 2008:

• winner of the championship of Russia among young men, held February 18-22, 2008 Ufa in the weight category up to 90 kg. He scored a total of 153.5 (jerk 106, jerk 47.5). Fulfilled the standard of the master of sports of Russia in kettlebell lifting ^[7] .
• winner of the European and World Youth Championships, held April 26–27, 2008 in Estonia in the weight category St. 85 kg He scored a total of 267 (jerk 164, jerk 103). The Russian team also won ^[8]

In 2009:

• winner of the championship of Russia among senior youths, held February 23-27, 2009 in Zavodoukovsk in the weight category up to 90 kg. He scored a total of 178.5 (jerk 111, jerk 67.5). The result in the long cycle clean and jerk is 61 (winner). The team of the Tyumen region also became the winner in the classic relay and relay relay in the long cycle push ^[9] .
• winner of the open European Youth Championship, held June 19-22, 2009 in Riga (Latvia) in the weight category St. 85 kg The result of the long cycle push was 117. The Russian team also became the winner ^[10] .

In 2010:

• Winner of the European Championship among juniors, held May 15-17, 2010 in Siauliai (Lithuania) in the weight category 95 kg. He scored a total of 360 (jerk 136, jerk 224) ^[11] .
• winner of the championship of Russia among juniors in weight lifting, held March 22-27, 2010 in Zavodoukovsk in the weight category up to 95 kg. He scored a total of 195 (jerk 124, jerk 71). The team of the Tyumen region also became the winner in the relay in the classical clean and jerk ^[12] .

In 2011

• winner of the championship of Russia among juniors, held March 22-27, 2011 in Bryansk in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 198.5 (jerk 121, jerk 77.5) ^[13] .
• winner of the world championship in weightlifting among juniors, held on September 16-19, 2011 in New York (USA) in the weight category 105 kg ^[14] . Set a world record among juniors.
• 2nd place in the championship of Russia, held June 1-4, 2011 in Tyumen in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 217.5 (jerk 143, jerk 74.5) ^[15] . Included in the main team of Russia.

In 2012

• By order of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of the Russian Federation dated February 14, 2012 No. 19-NG Strekalovskikh KS was awarded the sports title “Master of Sports of the International Class” ^{[16] [17]} .
• winner of the championship of the federal districts (Ural Federal District, Siberian Federal District, Far Eastern Federal District) in kettlebell lifting, held April 14-15, 2012 in g. Bely Yar of the Surgut region in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 233 (jerk 137, jerk 96) ^[18] .
• winner of the European Championship among juniors, held May 17-19, 2012 in Belgorod in the weight category 105 kg ^[19] .
• winner of the Russian championship, held June 9-12, 2012 in Orenburg in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 246 (jerk 161, jerk 85) ^[20] .
• winner of the V World TAFISA Games, held July 6-9, 2012 in Šiauliai, (Lithuania) in the 105 kg weight category ^[21] .
• winner of the IX All-Russian summer rural sports games, held July 13-17, 2012 in Cheboksary in the weight category 105 kg. He scored a total of 316 (jerk 205, jerk 111) ^{[22] [23]} .

In 2013:

• winner of the VI All-Russian winter rural sports games held March 1-3, 2014 in Krasnoyarsk in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 296.5 (jerk 185, jerk 111.5) ^[24] .
• winner of the Open Cup of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in weight lifting in memory of the Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel General V.K. Pikalov, held April 26-29, 2013 in Chelyabinsk in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 227 (jerk 145, jerk 82) ^[25] .
• winner of the Open European Championship among juniors, adults, veterans, held May 23-27, 2013 in Wexford (Ireland) in the ProfessionalMen weight category over 95 kg. He scored a total of 247 (jerk 157, jerk 90) ^{[26] [27]} .
• winner of the Russian championship in weight lifting, held June 11-12, 2013 in Omsk in the weight category up to 105 kg. He scored a total of 244 (jerk 153, jerk 91) ^[28] .
• He was honored to become one of the torchbearers of the Olympic torch relay of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Kurgan on December 15, 2013 ^[29] , but he lost this honorable right to his younger brother, a master of sports in kettlebell lifting, and to the bailiff Nikolai Strekalovsky ^{[30] ]} .

He graduated from the Faculty of Physical Culture of the Shadrinsk State Pedagogical Institute ^[31] .

Graduated from Tyumen State University , Institute of Physical Culture ^[32] .

He worked as a bailiff to ensure the established order of activity of the courts of the Office of the Federal Service of Bailiffs of the Russian Federation in the Kurgan Region ^[33]

Doctors discovered he had blood cancer and tried to cure it in Israel, but this did not succeed ^[34] .

Died December 18, 2014 .
Farewell took place on Friday, December 19, 2014, in the sports complex of the Kargapol Youth Sports School. He left a wife and a one-year-old son.

• Letter of appreciation from the Department of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kurgan Region and a cash prize of the Office for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Kurgan Region (rewarding according to the results of the V regional winter sports games “Zauralskaya Blizzard”), 2011 ^[35]