Alexander Legkov: biography and personal life of the famous skier

The name of Alexander Legkov is known to everyone who enjoys winter sports. Triumphant Olympic Games in Sochi, one of the leaders of the Russian national team, a brilliant athlete - all this is about him. About the life of the skier will be told in this article.

Brief Biography of an Athlete

Legkov Alexander was born on May 7, 1983 in the small town of Krasnoarmeysk, located in the Moscow region. All members of his family loved sports. Mom occupied the position of physical education teacher in one of the local schools, and my father was passionate about hockey and football; Brother of the future skier from childhood was engaged in biathlon.

Perhaps, it was the father's passion for hockey and led to the fact that he began to engage in Junior Light. Alexander, however, for family reasons after a while could not continue attending training, despite the fact that the mentors noted the boy's great ability.

At the age of 15-16 years, the future Olympic champion began to engage in biathlon, like his older brother. His mentor was V. Zagulov. In 2001, the coach of the athlete became the famous Yuri Borodavko, who prepared many famous athletes.

In 2002, Legkov began to compete in cross-country skiing. It was from this moment began his professional career. Four years of participation in the competition to the young athlete came the first success. Since then, the prize-winning places at the World Cup and other major competitions have become, if not habitual, then quite a logical result, and the coaching staff has secured a place for the skier in the Russian national team.

Personal life

Sporting success influenced not only Alexander's professional career. He had numerous fans. What was their disappointment when the skier in 2012 married. Since then, the personal life of Alexander Legkov is inextricably linked with the name of Tatyana Guseva.

Athletes often are very superstitious, so the newlyweds for a long time did not tell anyone about their plans and the impending grandiose event. They reported the wedding only to the closest relatives and friends just one week before the celebration.

Alexander Legkov's wife supports the spouse in every possible way. He devoted his main sporting victory to her. As the athlete remarks, many of his successful performances are the merit of Tatyana.

Hobby of a skier

A very versatile man is the Olympic champion Legkov. Alexander, by virtue of his profession, is forced to always be in perfect physical form. However, for a man who more than a third of his life is engaged in sports at the highest level, this is not difficult. Therefore it is not surprising that the hobby of a skier is running on the mountains, the so-called "trail running". As the athlete says, his hobby for running is not a tribute to fashion. This is, rather, a useful habit that delivers a great pleasure to the skier. In this regard, the athlete gladly accepted a business proposal from the company Adidas about an open training session for running with all comers and journalists.

Alexander prefers not to play sports to music. He notes that it is important to listen to the sensations in the body during classes, and extraneous sounds can interfere with this.

Like any man, Legkov likes to eat deliciously. The athlete says that he does not deny himself food, whatever he wants. Because of the enormous physical exertion Alexander chooses food with a lot of carbohydrates to restore energy. He always densely breakfasts and dines, does not adhere to any special diet.

Achievements and titles

Skier Alexander Legkov began to show high results from the first season of appearances in professional sports. In 2006-2007 years. The athlete took second place in the World Cup, second only to the German T. Angerer.

In 2007, the Russian relay team brought a silver medal namely Legkov. Alexander showed the next triumphant result in 2013, when he won the famous multi-day race of the Tour de Ski.

However, the most successful year in the sports career of the skier was the 2014 Olympic. It was in Sochi that Legkov won two medals at once: silver in the men's relay 4 x 10 km, and ahead of all his rivals at the most prestigious distance - a 50 km marathon.

The athlete continues to train hard and declares that he is not going to finish his career yet, after which he plans to develop skiing in our country.