Sports in Tolyatti

Local historians do not find any mention of citizens playing sports until the early 50s of the 20th century. Then two sports societies “Trud” and “Energy” appeared in the city at once, the latter being the leading sports community of the city until the end of the 1950s.

The center of sports life in Tolyatti was the local stadium around which stands were built during the construction of the hydroelectric station. The stadium hosted not only sports competitions, but also concerts and performances by artists. When moving the city, the stands were dismantled, moved to a new place and put in place of the future Trud stadium.

In connection with the construction of the Zhigulevskaya hydroelectric station and the growth of the city’s population, the number of sports teams and clubs in the city is growing. In 1956, there were 26 football teams alone. Since 1952, ice rinks began to be flooded in all city stadiums in winter, which allowed the population to engage in ice skating and hockey on a massive scale (previously, ice had to be used on lakes closest to the city).

After the transfer to a new place, the city’s development initially included a number of sports facilities for various purposes, and although not all of them are operational today, we can say that the city has a highly developed sports infrastructure, and its athletes are known not only in Russia but also internationally scale.

Amateur sport in the city is also not in last place: more than four hundred sporting events are held annually, in which a total of more than 100,000 people of all ages participate. More than 55,000 people are constantly involved in sports, which is slightly more than 7% of the total population of the city, among children and young people the proportion is slightly different: almost 40% of them are engaged in sports.

60 kinds of sports are cultivated in Tolyatti, the most popular among them are football, basketball (both more than 6000 people), volleyball (about 4500), swimming (3400), handball (3300). There are 26 institutions of continuing education of a sports orientation in 34 sports. Sports clubs of the city are exempted from rent for municipal premises.

The following are the main sports in Tolyatti, for each of which the names of the most prominent representatives are given and important sports facilities are described. The sequence of presentation of sports does not depend on their significance and scale. First, the Olympic sports are described alphabetically, then non-Olympic.

Basketball

Basketball is a relatively young sport for the city. The first professional teams appeared in the city only in the early 2000s.

Russian Championship

The Togliatti team was created in 2001 , played in the major league “A” of the Russian championship . Her coach was Vladimir Trunov , who, after a conflict with the club’s management, was dismissed. In 2004, Trunov created another professional team, “ Standard ”, which became the winner of the first league of the national championship. After the successful game demonstrated by the Standard, the city authorities decided to reduce one of the teams for financial reasons and BC Togliatti was disbanded. Thanks to the sponsorship contribution, “Standard” passed the major league and in 2004 was declared immediately for participation in the Super League “B” .

In 2006, the club moved to Super League “A” , but there was no venue for the games in the city that met the requirements of the top division of the national championship. It was decided to change the name of the club to “Standard-Samara Region” and use the site in the city of Samara as a home arena. Thus, the team left Togliatti ^[1] .

In 2007/2008, another Togliatti club “SDUSSHOR” played in the Russian basketball championship among men's teams of the major league “B”. The team is declared to participate in the championship as an amateur, its players are students of urban universities ^[2] . The home arena of the team is the sports complex "Acrobat" - one of the largest sports facilities in the Central district of the city. In their debut season 2007/2008, the team took the penultimate 9th place ^[3] .

Amateur

For lovers, since 2006, a streetball (street basketball) festival has been held, which is quite popular among citizens, so in 2007 627 teams took part in the festival, each of which included 4 people ^[4] .

City championships are also held among men's and student teams.

Children's Basketball

Two youth sports schools are training young athletes in the city, including the specialized Basketball Sports School, out of their graduates the Sports School team is composed.

In December 2007, the city hosted the first children's basketball festival “ Lada-Basket ”. 36 teams from 21 cities of Russia took part in it. The boys of 1992, 1993 and 1994 of birth, as well as the girls of 1994 of birth, participated. It is planned to make the festival regular ^[5] .

Boxing

Togliatti boxing school has prepared a number of athletes of the Russian level. Some managed to achieve success in international arenas. Davy Gogia - became the champion of Europe, but could not defend the title.

For twelve years now , the boxing tournament in memory of the Gerasimov brothers has been held at the rank of the qualifying tournament of the Russian championship in Togliatti.

Athletes are trained in ten different sports schools.

Freestyle Wrestling

Since 2002, an international freestyle wrestling tournament in memory of Ivan Samylin has been held annually in the city. In 1968, the first free-style wrestling school in the Kuibyshev region was founded in Togliatti. The tournament is attended by up to three hundred athletes from various regions of Russia, as well as the CIS countries ^{[6] [7]} .

Greco-Roman wrestling

Cycling

In the city, three sports schools are involved in training cyclists. A number of Togliatti riders have achieved serious success in the international arena.

Anatoly Yarkin became the champion of the 1980 Summer Olympics , the 1981 world champion. Marat Ganeev is a bronze medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics .

Alla Epifanova twice represented Russia at the Olympic mountain bike competitions .

At the European Championships in cycling on the highway among the hearing impaired in 2008, Kirill Pestov won the silver medal in the individual race, and Dmitry Kalinkin became the bronze medalist in the criterion race.

Water Sports

Swimming

Togliatti swimmers mainly achieve results in competitions of young men and veterans.

In 2008, at the Russian Championship among veterans, two swimmers won medals at once: Alla Moskovskaya (40-44 years old) bronze (400 m combined swimming), silver (50 m butterfly), Irina Strelnikova (45-49 years old) - bronze (50 m on the back)

Nikita Esaulenko won the gold, silver and bronze medals in relay races in the 2008 Russian Championship. Alexandra Pichugina became the third at a distance of 50 meters butterfly .

Diving

In 2007, the Togliatti athlete Anna Loose won the meter and three-meter ski jumps twice in the Russian Cup in diving and became the second in synchronized diving, as well as another Togliatti Julia Lokhmina

Sailing

This is one of the oldest cultivated sports in Togliatti. The first home-made yachts were launched during the filling of the Volga reservoir. At that time, a sailing club was created under the Kuibyshevhydrostroy trust. On August 23, 1951, after the opening ceremony of the yacht club, construction of 5 yachts went on a hike to Stalingrad . The first regatta in the city was held in 1958.

During the construction of new factories, new yacht clubs appeared in the city. In 1980, a school of higher sportsmanship with a sailing department was opened.

Over the history of sailing in Togliatti, many athletes have achieved success in competitions of the All-Union and All-Russian levels. The greatest successes were achieved by Yuri Konovalov , Igor Maletin and Anastasia Chernova (all are representatives of the Friendship yacht club). Yuri Konovalov on the Tornado catamaran became the champion of Europe and the world, participated in three Olympic games. Igor Maletin played in the Finn class , became a well-deserved trainer of Russia , who raised more than 30 members of the national team, including his daughter, Anastasia Chernova (husband), who defended the sports honor of Russia and Tolyatti at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in the Laser class Radial ”, and before that it won the national championships and the European Cup.

Sailing regatta “ Volga Cup ” is held annually in the waters of the Zhiguli Sea . Championships of Russia in some classes of yachts are also regularly held in Togliatti.

There are several yacht clubs in the city: Druzhba, Khimik, Seagull, Iskra, Treasure Island, which, after the financial crisis of the early 1990s, are again open for those who want to learn to sail. The municipality also takes part in financing the Khimik yacht club, which allows some children to be taught free of charge ^[8] .

Rowing Academic

At the European Championship in Dragon Boat Racing, Togliatti athletes Elena Iskhakova and Olga Ermakova won 2 silver medals in the Russian national team.

Kayaking and Canoeing

The history of the development of rowing in Togliatti begins in 1969. Four years later, the first master of sports of the USSR was prepared, then the construction of the rowing base began. In 1979, a specialized children's and youth sports school in kayaking and canoeing was opened.

In total, the AvtoVAZ water sports complex prepared 1 honored master of sports, 7 international-class masters of sports, 58 sports masters of the USSR and Russia.

The greatest successes among Togliatti rowers were achieved by:

• Igor Bogdanov - member of the USSR national team in 1980, winner of the international competitions "Friendship" and "Plovdiv Regatta";
• Andrei Verbitsky - prize-winner of the youth games of the Soviet Union in 1989, champion of the USSR in 1990, winner of the international competitions " Plovdiv Regatta ";
• Oleg Groshev - prize-winner of the youth games of the Soviet Union in 1989, champion of the USSR in 1990;
• Alexey Volkov - champion of the USSR in 1990, winner of the youth games of the Soviet Union in 1989;
• Vyacheslav Pervov - bronze medalist of the 1984 USSR Championship;
• Vladimir Vostrikov - silver medalist of the world championship, winner of the international competition "Friendship";
• Vitaly Stepanov - bronze medalist of the 1989 USSR Championship;
• Vitaly Gankin - silver and bronze medalist of the 1999 World Cup, twice European Champion of 1999, winner of 7 medals of the 1999 Russian Championship;
• Maria Erybasheva - champion of Russia in 2001.

The modern generation of athletes also does not remain without awards: in the Russian Championship in kayaking and canoeing in 2006, the kayaker Alexei Malyugin took two second (1000 m single and 1000 m paired) and third (500 m single) places. Kirill Gulyakov also took two second places (1000 m double kayak and 5000 m single kayak).

Even after the end of a sports career, many famous athletes in the past participate in veteran competitions: At the Olympic Games among veterans in 2002 in Australia, Igor Bogdanov won 4 gold and 1 silver medal, and Yuri Averyanov gold and silver.

At present, 2 honored trainers of Russia and 5 trainers of the highest category are engaged in training athletes at the school. In total, approximately 250 children are enrolled. However, the existing technical buildings of the rowing base no longer meet modern requirements, there are problems with the inventory ^[9] .

Volleyball

There are no professional volleyball teams in the city, but for amateurs, the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Togliatti City Hall in 2008 held the second tournament “Ball over the Net”, in which 111 teams took part.

Handball

Women's handball team “Lada” is one of the most titled city teams. On her account six titles of the champion of Russia (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008), two silver medals of the championship (2002, 2007), a victory in a cup of owners of cups of European countries in 2002 and a cup of Russia of 2006.

Two more teams of the club “Lada-2” and “Lada-3” are successfully preparing a shift for the main team, although they themselves have achieved success: “Lada-2”, like “Lada”, acts in the Super League , and “Lada-3” in the Premier League Championship of Russia.

Many Togliatti athletes of all ages in the ranks of the Russian team won in competitions of the highest level:

• European Champions :
  • Juniors - Ekaterina Sipatova , Oksana Koroleva , Irina Bliznova , Ekaterina Vetkova , Alexandra Kolokoltseva , Tatyana Parfyonova
  • Youth - Ekaterina Sipatova, Oksana Koroleva, Elena Chaplina
• World Champions :
  • Juniors - Ekaterina Ilyina , Olga Luzinova , Snezhana Makhneva , Daria Mochalova , Irina Nikitina
  • Youth - Oksana Koroleva, Elena Chaplina, Irina Bliznova, Polina Vyakhireva , Alexandra Kolokoltseva, Tatyana Parfyonova
  • Natalia Goncharova , Anna Kareeva , Elena Parshkova , Irina Poltoratskaya , Oksana Romenskaya , Inna Suslina , Maria Sidorova , Polina Vyakhireva , Lyudmila Postnova, Natalya Shipilova , Ekaterina Marennikova , Irina Bliznova , Nadezhda Muravyova .
• World Cup winners:
  • Lyudmila Postnova, Maria Sidorova and Ekaterina Marennikova, Irina Bliznova.

Irina Bliznova, Maria Sidorova, Lyudmila Postnova and Ekaterina Marennikova at the 2008 Summer Olympics won silver medals .

With such an abundance of awards and titles, the popularity of handball in the city is very high: up to 1300 people are involved in the specialized sports school of Olympic reserve No. 2 “Handball” and the flow of people who want to sign up does not wane ^[10] .

Their games "Lada" are held in the arena of the universal sports complex "Olympus" with a capacity of up to 2800 spectators. The arena meets all international standards: in 2003, the European Championship among girls was held in Togliatti. Due to the congestion in the arena, some games are held at the Acrobat Sports Complex.

For several years now, the International Children's Handball Festival has been held in Togliatti in the summer - a relatively new tradition, but rapidly developing, which is also popular with the townspeople.

Gymnastics

The highest heights of the Togliatti athletes reached the gymnast Alexei Nemov - four-time Olympic champion and holder of many other sports awards, holder of the Order of Courage and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland .

Judo

In the city there are two children's schools involved in the training of judokas. However, the first achievements appeared after the opening of the Granit sports complex in the Zhiguli Sea in 2006, which became the main training base for the Granit children's recreation and educational center, which specializes in judo and other martial arts.

Togliatti athletes managed to excel in children's judo competitions: in 2007 at the Russian Championship among students born in 1993-1994, Nikita Podkovalnikov took third place. In 2008, at the national championship among athletes born in 1990-1992, Yulia Kuzmjak became the winner, and Yevgeny Kushnir and Ksenia Volkova became silver medalists in their weight categories.

In addition, the Granit IC, which has been nicknamed the mecca of judo ^[11] since its opening, has hosted the country's largest judo competitions: the MVD championship, the championship and championship of the Volga Federal District , the championship of the Central Council of the VFSO Dynamo , the annual all-Russian judo master tournament A class for the prizes of the Office of Physical Culture and Sports of the Togliatti City Hall, in which hundreds of athletes from different cities of Russia and the CIS took part.

Equestrian

Equestrian sport in Togliatti is represented by several private stables (on the Zhiguli Sea, in Podstepki and Khryashchevka ), which train citizens on a commercial basis.

Athletics

High-level athletics in Togliatti is represented mainly by marathon runners, many of whom won world-class races. Irina Timofeeva took part in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics , where she won an honorable seventh place.

In other types of athletics Togliatti athletes are less represented, but also achieved success. Runner Elena Motalova in 1999 twice set the world record in 3000 m running with obstacles: 9: 56.6, and then 9: 48.88.

An athletics relay race dedicated to Victory Day is held annually. In recent years, the number of participants is about one and a half thousand people.

Skiing

Skiing is very popular in Togliatti. Official skiing competitions between teams of various institutions were held for the first time back in 1951.

In 1973, a youth sports school appeared in the city, which in 1979 became the school of the Olympic reserve. In total, the school trained three international-class masters of sports, 36 USSR masters of sports, more than 10 masters of sports of Russia and more than 50 masters of sports candidates, as well as about 400 first-class students ^[12] .

Today the Togliatti ski marathon is one of the stages of the Russian Super Cup in ski marathons . In 2008, it was already 21 times. The city is also one of the participants of the “Ski Track of Russia” campaign, in 2008 more than 12 thousand skiers took part in the race.

As in many other sports, Togliatti is famous for its veterans in skiing. The most famous is the participant of the Great Patriotic War Arkady Tupitsin born in 1926, repeated champion of Russia, world champion in 2007 ^[13]

The city center "Spin-Sport" holds regional skiing competitions on its own pistes. The complex has a training track 200 meters long and the main 750 meters long and a vertical drop of up to 70 meters. There is a children's ski school, where children from 5 to 12 years are engaged.

Bullet shooting , trap shooting

In Togliatti there is a shooting complex “Hunter Plus”, where you can engage in shooting. On the basis of the complex, a city cup for trap shooting is regularly held.

The successes of Togliatti shooters in relation to other sports are modest, but still present: in 2003, the Togliatti Sporting team took first place at the Russian double-person shooting team championship, and its member A. Ivanov took first place in the individual competition.

Tennis

Tennis is one of the young sports for Togliatti. Tennis development began in 1998 when the Togliatti Tennis Center tennis complex was opened. Today this center is a construction that fully complies with international standards, consisting of 8 indoor hard-coated courts with stands for 500 seats, and 8 outdoor courts: 3 with a clay surface with autonomous irrigation system and stands for 200 seats, 4 courts with hard cover and stands for 450 seats and a central court with hard cover and stands for 3,000 seats.

In 1999, Togliatti Tennis Center Insurance Company became the laureate of the Russian Cup national tennis award in the nomination “Best regional tennis club”, in 2006 - the Bank of Moscow award in the nomination “For the best organization of regional tennis events”, in 2008 the center became winner of the competition in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Tennis Federation in the nomination "The best sports base for international and All-Russian tennis competitions", and also received a number of awards at various levels.

On the basis of the center, competitions of various levels are constantly held, including 26 international tournaments, 20 championships and championships of the Russian Federation, PTT Cup tournaments, and many others. Three times the Big Hat tournament was held with the participation of famous politicians and artists of Russia.

In 2000, the Togliatti Tennis Center tennis club was created, and in 2001 the Togliatti Tennis League was created. In 2004, the municipal Tennis Sports School appeared, whose students have the opportunity to conduct their training on the basis of the Togliatti Tennis Center. During their existence, pupils of the school 19 times became winners and prize-winners of the championship and championship of Russia at different ages, became winners and prize-winners of various international competitions. In total, 5 masters of sports of Russia, 3 candidates for masters of sports, 13 athletes of the 1st category, more than 100 sportsmen of mass categories were trained.

In 2006, another tennis center of an international level appeared in the city. AvtogradTennis Center 2002 is a tennis center named after the victory of the Russian national team in the Davis Cup in 2002. In the center there are 6 indoor courts with a “hard” coating with a coating that reduces the risk of injury, 5 courts with a “hard” and two outdoor clay courts.

The 6 central courts of the center are named after Russian tennis players: Evgeny Kafelnikov , Marat Safin , Mikhail Yuzhny , A. Chesnokov , D. Torsunov , A. Metreveli . There is also a tennis museum at the center with a number of interesting exhibits for tennis fans.

Triathlon

The first triathlon competitions in Togliatti were held in 1988. Then only five participants came to the start. Over time, the triathlon began to enjoy much greater popularity. The AvtoVAZ OJSC sports club included a triathlon in the plant’s sports plan. Since 1993, an open triathlon city championship has been held. In 1995 and 1997, the Russian Championship was held in Tolyatti ^[14] .

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is one of the most popular martial arts in the city. Taekwondo has been developing in Togliatti since 1995, when a city federation for this sport appeared in the city. Also there were clubs "SONMIN", "Tornado", "Titan", "Lada". Today, approximately 500 people study in them. The Olympic Taekwondo Center “SONMIN” is the largest in the Samara Region, with approximately 200 students involved, including children with medical limitations.

The Tolyatti Open Olympic Taekwondo Cup (WTF version) is held annually among young men and women, juniors and juniors.

Weightlifting

City weightlifters mainly manifest themselves only in veteran competitions, but Togliatti remains one of the centers of weightlifting in the country. This is evidenced by tournaments held in the city.

In 2008, the XIII Championship of Russia in weightlifting among veterans was held. In November 2008, competitions will be held as part of the XIII Cup of Russia and the VI Cup of the CIS.

In 2009, the city hosted the XIV Russian Championship in March and the European Championship in May. (All competitions among veterans) ^[15] .

Fencing

The only school in the region that trains saber fencing operates in Tolyatti. In total, about 30-40 people study. Pupils of the Soyuz school more than once became winners of all-Russian and Russian open tournaments, participated in the First Summer Russian Spartakiad ( Kazan -2003), in the International Youth Sports Games of the CIS countries , the Baltic States and regions of Russia (Moscow-2002) ^[16] .

Figure Skating

Togliatti Maxim Shabalin paired with Oksana Domnina from Moscow region became the champions of Europe 2008 in ice dancing . This couple also participated in the Turin Olympics .

Soccer

Male

Big football in Togliatti appeared in 1964, when the created team Trud of the Volgocemmash plant won the right to play in the USSR championship in class B. The team spent three seasons in the USSR Championship and the Cup of the country, after which the “Labor” was renamed the football club “Chemist” . Then the games were held at the stadium "Labor".

In 1970, the Torpedo team appeared in the city, created by the merger of Chemist and Metallurg from Kuibyshev . In 1989, the team was renamed “Lada”. In 2015, the football club teamed up with the Academy team .

Nowadays , the Lada football club plays in the second division of the national championship, has established itself well in cup matches. In 2003, FC Lada played in the semifinal of the Russian Cup in football , defeating three representatives of the Premier League (Torpedo-ZIL, Zenit, Saturn) in succession. In the 90s , the club played in the Premier League , but due to various budget problems, with the coaching staff, with the re-equipment of the stadium, the club lost its position.

The base arena of the club is the Torpedo Stadium .

In 2008, FC Togliatti was formed, which included pupils of the Yuri Konoplev Football Academy . Tolyatti, like Lada, performed in the Ural-Volga zone of the second PFL division. In 2010, FC Togliatti relocated to the city of the same name and teamed up with the Academy football club. In 2015, the Academy teamed up with the Lada Togliatti football club.

From 1965 to the present, the city of Togliatti has always been represented by a professional team in every official season of national football.

• “Labor” (1965-1968)
• The Chemist (1969)
• Lada (1970-2009)
• The Academy (2010-2012)
• “ Lada-Tolyatti ” (2012 - present )

Female

Women's football team “Lada” has achieved much greater success. The team appeared in 1987, in 1990 it was officially announced to participate in the national championship, and since 1994 has been playing in the top division of the Russian championship . For 14 years, the team won the national title, won the silver medal three times and the bronze medal three times, won the Russian Cup three times and won various international tournaments, including the Italian Cup , and made it to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup . However, the budgetary problems associated with AvtoVAZ also affected the women's team, today it is only in the first division. The club has a children's football school, in which approximately 100 girls attend classes.

The base platform for the women's team is the Sputnik sports complex, built in 2002 and consisting of a football field with artificial turf and stands for 3,000 seats. The peculiarity of the coverage of the field allows you to conduct matches on it, including winter football.

Children's

The development of children's football in Togliatti is unique. The city has one of the best sports schools in Russia, the Yuri Konoplev Football Academy . The Academy sports complex has an indoor football arena with artificial turf of the latest generation, three fields with natural turf and six artificial turf fields that meet European standards and allows matches of any level, a choreography room, a gym, a special football training class, a modern medical school -diagnostic and recovery center. About a thousand children of various ages are involved in the “Academy”; schoolchildren receive a full-fledged education in a special secondary school. Non-resident and some Togliatti students live in the Academy boarding house. Education is completely free, but the competition for the right to study at the Academy is very high. Special invited trainers from all over Russia are engaged with students. Since 2008, the famous Dutch coach Louis Kolen will also work at the Academy. ^[17]

Over the 4 years of its existence, the Academy has graduated 6 masters of sports, more than 40 candidates for master, more than 30 pupils have been included in the youth teams of Russia. 6 players ( Roman Savenkov , Anton Vlasov , Denis Shcherbak , Igor Gorbatenko , Dmitry Ryzhov and Yevgeny Korotaev ) of the team of the Wings of the Soviets-SOK football academy named after Yuri Konoplev in 2006 became European football champions as part of the youth national team of Russia ^{[18] [ 19]} . The Academy teams have repeatedly won in various international tournaments, including taking third place in the 2007 World Cup among young men born in 1992, losing to Barcelona on a penalty spot .

After the 2007 season, four Academy graduates went to the Premier League teams: Alan Dzagoev , Anton Vlasov and Dmitry Ryzhov to CSKA FC, Igor Gorbatenko to Spartak FC.

Pupils of the older Yuri Konoplev Academy of Football play for two professional football clubs playing in the second league: These are FC Academy ( Dimitrovgrad ) and FC Tolyatti (Togliatti), which are formed only from students of the Academy of Football named after Yuri Konoplev and are the basis for players gaining experience in adult football.

Amateur

TLDF - Tolyatti Yard Soccer League.

The tournament was created in December 2009. The tournament participants are residents of 16 years. The tournament is held according to the spring-autumn system. The tournament is over nine months long, with breaks. Teams are divided into divisions. In the 1st season (2010), about 30 teams took part. In season 2 (2011) there are already more than 50 teams. In total, 628 games were played during the 2011 season. The third season starts in the spring of 2012, about 60 teams will take part in it. The total number of participants in the domestic football league is about 1000 people. People are showing increasing interest in domestic football, the teams have their own fans.

Every year, in addition to the TLDF Championship , the TLDF Cup is also held , as well as the best teams go to take part in Samara competitions. At the end of the season, the winners and best players of the league are awarded with cups, medals and valuable prizes.

The organizer of the tournament is ANO "FanClub Sport63"

Hockey

• The hockey team Lada is a two-time champion of the Russian ice hockey championship in the 1994 and 1996 seasons, the European Cup winner in the 1996/97 season, the Continental Cup winner in 2006, and the 1994 MHL Cup winner.

As a result of the financing crisis, HC Lada became bankrupt. He was not allowed to participate in the KHL season 2010-2011 and plays in the Higher League Championship of Russia.

The Russian Technologies State Corporation and the Continental Hockey League are confident that the club has gone through the most difficult times, wish the Togliatti Lada sporting happiness and are waiting for her speedy return to the KHL, the Rostekhnologii press service said in a statement (inaccessible link) .

Famous pupils of Togliatti hockey ( Victor Kozlov , Vasily Koshechkin , Dmitry Vorobyov , Alexey Kovalev , Ilya Bryzgalov and others) more than once became members of the Russian national team, world champions, joined the ranks of the leading NHL teams and won the Stanley Cup .

Motorsport

Togliatti - once was the center of major automobile sports: rally , circuit racing, autocross. The city hosted the stages of the Russian championship in highway-ring racing. The Silver Rook race is held annually on the third Sunday of September, on the Day of the Machine Builder , on the track of the building of the auxiliary workshops (CEC) of AVTOVAZ OJSC.

It was planned to build the latest racing track LADA RING on the basis of the test site of AvtoVAZ OJSC in s. Pine that meets all international standards.

However, after a change of leadership at AvtoVAZ and a sharp reduction in funding, not only club sports suffered, but even a profile for the plant, but very expensive motorsport. The AvtoVAZ company team does not actually take part in the competitions of the country's strongest racers. Existing Tolyatti-ring tracks and the KVC circuit require repair and no longer meet the standards accepted in motorsport. The race racers still almost never come to the races in the city.

Even the stages of the national racing series LADA are not held in Togliatti. In fact, motor racing in the city is in deep crisis ^[20] .

Golf

In 2004, the All-Russian ice golf tournament was held in Tolyatti. Then the construction of golf courses began. However, after the death of the main urban golf enthusiast, things stalled: the construction of the fields stopped, the school of young golfits fell apart.

Tolyatti athletes take part and win in Russian and some international competitions, but they have no place for training in the city itself. There are only two small golf courses ^[21] .

Sports Acrobatics

Tolyatti is an all-Russian center for sports acrobatics. It is in this sport that most Togliatti became world champions.

The achievements of the pupils of Vitaly Groysman , an honored trainer of the USSR and Russia, an honorary citizen of the city, who trained 30 world and European champions in acrobatics and trampoline , who won 175 gold medals, look impressive.

The level of sports acrobatics tournaments held in Tolyatti is also very significant. In 2008, the Russian Cup was held in trampoline , acrobatic track and double mini-tramp . Also in September 2008, Togliatti hosted the finals of the World Cup in trampoline and acrobatic track with the participation of the winners of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Mountaineering

The history of organized mountaineering in Tolyatti begins in 1959 when V. Benkin organizes a regional team ^[22] . In 1961, on the basis of the Volgocemmash plant, a sports section of mountaineering was created with regular training, training, training young people in climbing camps (supervisor V. Repin). Annual receipt and distribution of climbing packages. May camel climbing competition. In 1972, a mountaineering section was organized at the VAZ (organizer E. Lebovich, leaders V. Ashanin and Yu. Kazaev). In 1994, the climbing club "Ushba" was organized.

Athletes from Togliatti repeatedly became winners of the championships of the USSR, Russia. The peaks in the Caucasus, the Pamirs, the Himalayas, Argentina, Africa, France, Alaska, Pakistan, including the peaks of the world Everest - 1992, K2 - 1996, Nanga Parbat - 1997, Changabeng - 1998 and others were conquered ^[23] .

The most famous climbers of Togliatti :

• Volkov Andrey - international class master of sports , snow leopard , president of the Russian Mountaineering Federation since 2004 ^[24]
• Dusharin Ivan - master of sports of international class , snow leopard , vice president of FAR , chairman of the mountaineering committee, head of the training department of the Higher School of Economics ^[24] ;
• Benkin Vladimir - master of sports , ex-chairman of the Kuibyshev Regional Mountaineering Federation, winner of the USSR championship;
• Benkin Igor - master of sports of international class ;
• Ilya Sabelnikov - international master of sports ;
• Zakharov Vladimir - master of sports of international class ;
• Mariev Andrey - Honored Master of Sports ;
• Sharov Oleg - master of sports , winner of the USSR championship;
• Temirbaev Rinat is the head of the Ushba climbing club.

Karate

Martial arts, especially karate, are very popular in Tolyatti. The city school of martial arts "Union" has brought up a number of world-class athletes:

• Alexander Gerunov is a five-time world champion, European champion and seven-time Russian karate champion, winner of the third black belt dan.
• Roman Tushdiev . * Tatyana Milevskaya - master of sports of Russia.

Parachuting

In Togliatti there is a kiting center of the Samara region. There are all conditions here - the open space of the Zhiguli Sea and strong wind. The Snowkiting Championship is held in this area.

Speedway

Speedway is one of the most popular sports in the city. The history of its development dates back to 1967, when the Zhiguli team , which played in the USSR championship , was created at the sports and technical club DOSAAF Kuybyshevgidrostroy .

The base arena for the performance of all the city’s speedway teams is the track of the Stroitel stadium - the only track in the country that meets international standards. In 2009, the final of the European Championship was held in Tolyatti.

Glow Speedway

In 1975, "Lada" for the first time won medals in the major league championship - takes third place. In 1986, silver.

In 1989-1990, the club experienced serious financial difficulties, the question arose of the complete cessation of the existence of the team. The composition did not have adult riders, there were neither new motorcycles , nor spare parts for old ones.

In 1993, the situation changed dramatically, the team has a sponsor: Togliatti company Mega-Lada. New equipment is being bought, leading racers of the country are invited. The format of the race has changed: each home race of the club turned into a citywide celebration with concerts, lotteries, fireworks.

In 1994, the team won the Russian championship for the first time. Since then, the Garevka Speedway team, which has changed its name to Mega-Lada, has become the most titled club in the city: it has twelve champion titles and four European Champions Cups won. The team became the undisputed leader of the domestic speedway: for the period 2000-2008. she lost at home only 1 race with a difference of only 1 point. Club racers repeatedly become country champions in pair races and in individual championships. The Russian national team, which included Mega-Lada racers, took second place in the World Cup. The Togliatti driver Emil Sayfutdinov became the 2007 World Junior Speedway Champion and for the first time in the history of Russian sports was included in the permanent membership of the World Grand Prix series and the World Championship .

Until the 2009 season, the club actively used the best motorcycle racers in the world as legionaries: in its ranks were world champion Nicky Pedersen and vice champion Lee Adams .

After the assassination of club president A. Stepanov, Mega-Lada faced serious financial problems, and in the 2009 season it took last place without winning a single race.

Mega-Lada is not the only speedway team in the history of Togliatti. In 1996, Mega-Lada-2 appeared in the Russian Championship, taking fourth place.

Ice Speedway

Speedway on ice in the city appeared a little later than usual, but for a long time it was on ice that the Togliatti motorcycle racers achieved great success.

Anatoly Bondarenko in 1976 became the bronze medalist of the USSR championship , the very next year he won it. In 1977, Bondarenko became the silver medalist of the World Cup, European journalists nicknamed him the Volga Lightning. In 1979, Anatoly Bondarenko achieved unique success: in one season he won all possible gold medals. He became the world champion in the individual and team championships, the champion of the USSR in the individual and team events, and also the champion of the RSFSR. In subsequent years, he has repeatedly won prizes in the championships of the country and the world. His brother Nikolai also became the champion of the USSR ^[25] .

The team of the Kuibyshev region, made up of Togliatti riders, became the bronze medalist of the first USSR speedway championship on ice, in 1981 won silver medals, and in 1979 and 1982 became the champion.

In 2007, the management of Mega-Lada STK decided to renew the tradition of ice speedway, and an ice speedway team also appeared in the city, also called Mega-Lada, which in the first season won the first league of the national championship and moved to the highest. In just a year of existence, the athletes of the team achieved considerable personal achievements. Mega-Lada racer Dmitry Khomitsevich became the second in the personal world championship and the first in the team . Vitaly Khomitsevich won the personal championship of Russia , and Ivan Ivanov won the Cup of Russia .

Children's Speedway

In 1986, a sports section was created in the city for children aged 14-16 to prepare athletes for performance in the 125 cm³ class.

In 1990, the city hosted the finals of the national championship, in which the racers of the teenage club Zhigulenok (under the leadership of coach S. Zasypalov) won the title of champion of the USSR. In subsequent years, this success has been repeated more than once.

Since 2005, the regional children's and youth sports and technical school on speedway, funded from the regional budget, has been operating on the basis of STK Mega-Lada. The school is engaged in more than 100 children who study the construction of motorcycles and engines, and are profoundly engaged in English. They have at their disposal the only children's track in the country with stands for spectators, as well as specially purchased motorcycles with an engine capacity of 80 cm³, which even 7-8 year olds can train on.

Tourism

Every second weekend of June at the foot of the Molodetsky Barrow , the Zakharov rally is held - a festival for bards, tourists and athletes. The rally sports program hosts rogaining and orienteering competitions , volleyball and football, hiking and mountaineering, cross-country and cycling trials . There is a children's playground.

Every spring for more than 40 years, the " Zhiguli Circumnavigation " is held - descent in the yals around Samarskaya Luka and then descent along the river. Mustache and return back to Tolyatti.

Since the founding of Tolyatti, annually at the end of September an annual rally of tourists “Golden Autumn” has been held - the oldest tourist event in the Samara region, the holding of which has not been interrupted for a year. The program of the rally includes water tourism competitions, a tourist obstacle course, tourist skills, night orienteering, football, volleyball, cook competitions, songs, tourist newspapers, tourist travel reports. “Golden Autumn” is an environmentally friendly rally, a competition of bivouacs at an rally is the main type of program. The event is held almost on a voluntary basis by sports tourism enthusiasts, the principle of self-government is widely practiced in the organization.

The presence of Samara Luke made it possible to conduct competitions in various types of tourism. Every year on the Zhiguli Circumnavigation route, “high-speed circumnavigations” are held: June - water, July - cycling, November - walking, February - skiing. Competitions are extreme. Unlike the spring water trip in Yalı, lasting 10 days, “high-speed round-the-world trips” are held non-stop and are held over two days off.

Chess

The most intellectual sport was not left unattended in Togliatti. In 1974, the city chess club named after Anatoly Karpov started working, however, in the early 2000s, the club had problems with extending the lease for municipal premises ^[26] . However, in 2003, the SCSSA No. 4 "Chess" appeared in the city, on the basis of which the Chess School of the International Grandmaster Yuri Yakovich appeared , which specializes in training young athletes ^[27] . The conditions created at the school attract young athletes from all over Russia: Ivan Bukavshin and Darsen Sanzhaev came to the city to specialize in chess. Graduates of the school achieved significant success in the chess world: Dmitry Frolyanov at the age of 20 became an international grandmaster , Ivan Bukavshin became the 2008 European champion in his age group, and Darsen Sanzhaev became the bronze medalist of the European Rapid Chess Championship in 2008 ^[28] .

The semi-finals of the USSR championship, the Russian chess championship among clubs, the Russian championship among juniors, the stage of drawing the Russian Cup were held in the city ^[29] . Competitions are regularly held at the city and regional levels. A city championship is also held among kindergarten pupils ^[30] .

Another chess club of the city, created at JSC AvtoVAZ, is also not deprived of specialists. Among the teachers of the club are international grandmasters Arseny Alavkin and Pavel Skachkov .

In Togliatti, a sports palace, 3 sports complexes, 4 stadiums, 4 yacht clubs, 3 pools and many other sports facilities were built:

• Sports Palace "Volgar" ,

Stadiums

• Torpedo Stadium ,
• Work,
• Spark,
• Friendship.

Sports facilities

• universal sports complex "Olympus",
• "Acrobat",
• "Satellite",
• "Crystal",
• STK named after A. Stepanov .

  Universal sports complex TsSK VVS

Ice Palace "Lada Arena" opened August 9, 2013

Swimming Pools

• "Dolphin",
• "Start",
• “Basin of Togliatti State University ”,
• "Olympus".

  Swimming pool of the Universal sports complex TsSK VVS

Ski centers

• sports park "Spin-Sport", ( skiing , snowboarding , tennis ),
• Ski complex AvtoVAZ .

Shooting Centers

• rifle complex "Hunter +" ( sporting , bow and crossbow ),
• Paintball club "Legion"
• Paintball club "Sniper"
• Paintball club "Division"
• Paintball club "White Leopard"
• Paintball club "Vikings"
• Paintball club "Rusich"
• Fight club
• laser strike center.

Other facilities

• equestrian center,
• 4 yacht clubs
• "Togliatti Golf Center".

• All about sports in Tolyatti
• It is necessary to maintain sports traditions (inaccessible link)
• The cultural life of the city