Many outstanding Russian athletes defendhonor of our country at all kinds of tournaments and competitions of international level. In the galaxy of the best is the young swimmer Sergei Fesikov. About him, his sporting success will be discussed in this article.
Russian swimmer Sergei Fesikov, born inLeningrad. The future champion of 21.01.1989 was born in the family of athletes. His dad (volleyball coach Vasily Fesikov) and mom after the birth of his son immediately decided that as soon as the boy grows up, they will give it to the sport. True, it was not immediately decided which. Among the options considered were football, volleyball, swimming. As a result, when Sergei was 6 years old, he was taken to the pool. Parents made the right decision. Sergei Fesikov, whose voyage became the main occupation in life, achieved serious success in this sport.
Basic training for competitions and trainingSergei Fesikov spent in the city of Yaroslavl and Obninsk. In parallel, he studied at Yaroslavl State University. P. Demidov, who graduated in 2010, receiving the specialty of "social worker".
His first serious sporting successes werevictory at the European Championships in 2007 among juniors in Antwerp (Belgium). Sergei Fesikov won then 3 medals: two gold awards - for the swim of 4x200 meters and for the fifty-meter freestyle, and also one silver medal for a hundred-meter distance by the crawl.
A talented sportsman was invited to the Russian teamon swimming. The debut performance of the swimmer in the Russian team took place at the Open Swimming Championships in Paris. Russian swimmers - A. Kapralov, E. Lagunov, S. Fesikov, A. Grechin, won the relay race 4 to 100 m freestyle.
The best Russian swimmer Fesikov became in Debrecen (Hungary) at the European Swimming Championships in the 25-meter pool, winning a bronze medal at a 100-meter complex.
Later, at the championship of the country, thanks to the victories at the distance of 50 meters with a crochet and 50 meters on his back, S. Fesikov received the title of two-time champion of Russia.
The performance of Russianswimmers, among whom was Sergei Fesikov, at the 2008 European Championships in the Dutch Eindhoven. Russia's relay team was disqualified due to a false start of one of its participants. Sergei failed to take prizes in the swims of 100 meters with a crochet and 50 meters.
Consolation was the best result of the Russianfour: S. Donets, G. Falco, S. Fesikov, N. Skvortsov, in the preliminary swim of the relay 4x100 meters - 3 minutes 36.96 seconds, and in the final stage of the competition our swimmers broke the record of the tournament, set 5 years ago, also by the Russians - 3 min. 34.25 sec.
Fesikov in the national team of our country participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The 2009 European Championships was a success for the swimmer.on swimming in the "short" water, where he won "gold" in the combined relay race in the Russian national team and established a new world record in co-authorship with other team members.
At one of the stages of the World Cup in Berlin, Sergei Fesikov, whose swimming at a distance of 100 m complex was brilliant, again broke the previous world record.
"Yield" in terms of medals for Sergei was 2014. "Gold" he took at the Cup of Russia in the city of Ruza.
Excellent results the swimmer showed at the World Cup stages on "short" water. At the fifth stage in Chinese Beijing, he took first place in the complex at a distance of 100 meters.
The sixth stage in Japanese Tokyo brought him twosilver medals. The seventh stage of the Cup in Singapore became gold-bearing. The swimmer received the highest awards in a hundred-meter swim by the crawl, in the complex and in the combined relay race.
In an endless series of competitions and tournaments inthe life of the Russian sportsman there was a joyful event of a personal plan. August 16, 2013, the athlete married the silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games, Anastasia Zueva. In 2014, Anastasia Fesikova and Sergei Fesikov became happy parents. They had a son.
For serious sport achievements and contributions to thethe development of Russian sports and physical culture swimmer Sergei Fesikov was awarded the medal "For Services to the Fatherland" of the second degree. He is also a master of sports of the Russian Federation.
