Valery Andreyevich Metelitsa ( September 10, 1941 , Zolotonosha , Poltava region , Ukrainian SSR - December 24, 2015 , Barnaul , Altai Territory , Russian Federation ) - Soviet and Russian sambo trainer , honored trainer of the USSR and the Russian Federation .
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Biography
USSR Master of Sports in Sambo. Since 1946 he lived in the Altai Territory. In 1964 he graduated from the Altai Polytechnic Institute (mechanical engineer), in 1974 - from the Omsk School of Trainers (wrestling coach).
Four years after the institute, he worked as a process engineer at the Altai Motor Plant, after which he created the Sambo sports school “Sparta” (1968), which he headed for 19 years. In 1988-1989 was the head of the class A hockey team Motor, director of the Barnaul Sambo Development Center (1994-2002).
Member of the Presidium of the Sambo Federation of the RSFSR (1971-1983). Chairman of the jury of the All-Russian Sambo Federation (1974-1982). Member of the Executive Committee of the All-Union Sambo Federation (1975-1982). President of the Sambo Federation of the Asian part of Russia (1993-2005). Head Sambo Trainer of the Siberian Federal District (2001-2005). Vice President, First Vice President, Secretary General of the International Sambo Federation of Asia (1991-2005).
Judge of the All-Russian, All-Union and International Sambo Extra-Class Categories.
He was known in his hometown for making a sculpture of a swan Andryushu on a pipe near the bridge at the New Market in 2005. The bird got its name in honor of the dead father and brother Valery Andreyevich. By City Day, he and his assistants attached wings, tail and head of a swan to a curiously bent pipe on the bridge over the railway track. In the future, the bird’s figure was repeatedly subjected to arson from the vandals, however, the famous trainer restored it every time. In 2009, Andryusha made a couple, before the City Day, the swan Elena stood there. And three years later, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the region, the Swan Fidelity campaign was announced, and a whole flock of different swans made by the townspeople “settled down” on the pipe.
Awards and titles
Honored Sambo Trainer of the USSR . Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of the Altai Republic. Honorary Citizen of the city of Barnaul.