MY SPORT IDOL Alexander Legkov Alexander Legkov

“MY SPORT IDOL” Alexander Legkov

Alexander Legkov is a Russian athlete, skier, first silver medal winner of the ski race Tour de C (2007) and Golden medalist of the Olympic games in Sochi. Alexander passenger cars sports future was predetermined already the most he was born in a sports family. The skier was born in the city Krasnoarmijske in the Moscow region. His father Gennady had a passion for football and Russian hockey, and his mother Irina athletics, then she went to work as a physical education teacher in school. Thus, Alexander and his older brother Victor's childhood was examples parents.

So, in the childhood Alexander Legkov enjoys hockey, he's trained by V. Smekhov. Alexander quickly became a captain and striker city youth hockey team "the Vortex". When he turned 12, he was recognized as the best player in the region. In order to develop Alexander had to move to a big club, but he was in Moscow. Because the parents had enough money, in order that the son often went to Moscow, and in Krasnoarmeysk to build career as a hockey player then it was not possible, Alexander, and ended hockey with.

As he got into the team of Russia! Got Alexander Legkov to skiers quite by accident, he once remarked coach-skiers and encouraged him to go to the skiers. So, Alexander began to train in Moscow, in "Slalom". In 2001, he take in the team. From that moment the boy's life is closely linked to skiing. In ten years he has been doing with the German coach, and in 2012 – with the Swiss Reto Burmeistera.

Success in this sport was evident for passenger cars, in 20 years he gets the win at the Continental Cup a couple of years in international competitions ski Federation shows the third result. Also the second result Alexander showed in 2006 in the Championship of Russia in the marathon and first in the world Championship (WCH) among adolescents in Slovenia.

Very intense and rich in places for passenger cars was 2007. So in this he showed the first result on the East European Cup, won silver at the Tour de C in Italy, first place at the world Cup (KM) in Rybinsk, but at the world Cup in Japan shows the second result. In 2008, following the athlete gets first place in the competition ski Federation in Finland, and in 2009 at the world Cup.

A minor setback was waiting for the passenger cars at the Olympic games in Vancouver in 2010, then he made a mistake and knocked down, but still won the bronze medal. But the athlete did not give up and continued, and soon ranked first in the competition of the Federation of ski sports in Norway. Alexander also gets in the 2010 -2011 championship in several stages of KM, the following year in the competition FLS in Sweden took second and third places.

ALEXANDER LEGKOV - ABOUT ME

In 2012 -2014 Alexander Legkov announced the winner of the Royal ski marathon in Norway, and in 2013 – first place at the Tour de C, and third place at the world Cup in Italy. A great achievement for the athlete was to participate in the Olympic games in Sochi in 2014, where he became known around the world, winning gold in the marathon in the 50 km, silver in the relay 4 x 10 km, skiathlon 30 m received 11 th place.