Dmitry Malyshko: photo, biography, private life

Everyone who is a fan of competitions in biathlon, knows well who Dmitry Molyshko is. Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation is one of the idols of many young people (and not only) who begin their sporting activities in this beautiful and spectacular sport.

Dmitry Malyshko: photo, brief biography

Dmitry was born in 1987 on March 19 in the Leningrad region (the city of Sosnovy Bor). It should be noted that his native city is famous for its strong biathlon school. To be engaged in this kind of sports the boy began with 8 years. His first coach was Yury Parfenov.

At first Dmitry liked to just shoot, but eventually he began to get used to cross-country skiing and eventually realized that this was his sport.

The young athlete at first did not particularly shine with the results, speaking in the period of junior. In 2005, Malyshko participated in the youth world championship in Kontiolahti. In these competitions, he twice hit the 10 strongest biathletes in the individual sprint race.

Coach Dmitry Kucherov noticed the future champion at the 2008 Youth Winter Games in Saransk, where Dmitry Malyshko won a bronze medal. Until the transition athlete in the adult team was engaged with him Kucherov.

At the time, in 2008, due to funding problems in the Biathlon Federation, Malyshko decided to withdraw from the sport, stopping training. Then he began to work in a bank. However, the coaches Kucherov and Vasiliev settled financial issues, and Dmitry again returned to the sport.

For the first time on the stages of the IBU Cup, he was in 2009-2010. In the Russian national team. At these competitions the sportsman made his debut in November 2009, taking part in the sprint race of the 1st stage of the Cup in the Swedish town of Idra. As a result, he became 51-m. And at the end of the season he won the silver medal of the European championship in the relay race. For the season in the overall standings, he finished 28th.

Health problems, subsequent successes

In 2011, Dmitry Malyshko joined the national team and began preparing for the World Cup. However, in the autumn he was again transferred to the youth team due to the difficulties of training in the main team, and in January 2011, Dmitry was operated for heart disease. In February, he again began training.

In the future, successful performances followed one another. In the first competitions after the illness on the sprint Dmitry lost only to Ivan Tcherezov and only 2 seconds.

In the IBU Cup 2011-2012. The athlete took the first gold in the international sprint competitions. In just one season 2011-2012. Dmitry on KM 9 times was in the top ten (personal race).

Dmitry Malyshko is a biathlete, referring to the type of "high-speed" athletes. Shooting is worse for him than running. He very often on the CM entered the speed of the race in the top ten. Especially the passage of the last circle, where he can successfully fight with the most eminent masters: Marten Fourcade, Emil Svensen. Most of it leads shooting. And he's working on it a lot. In recent seasons, there has been an improvement in statistics in this direction.

Successes of recent years

The best in terms of success in the sports career of the athlete was the 2012-2013 season: in personal races, the first two places (in Oberhof) and the second two (in Ruhpolding, Hochfilzen); Prize places in the relay races (including the first - in Oberhof and in Sochi).

The 2013-2014 season. Was worse. Dmitry Malyshko did not climb the pedestal, but 11th place in the overall standings.

2014-2015 years were less successful. In the overall standings of this season Malyshko took the 31st place. However, there are joyful moments. On stage 4 in the German Oberhof Malyshko rose to third place. It was just the day his son was born. Stable Dmitry's performances helped his team win 3 gold in the relay race. Dmitry Malyshko has even more chances to improve his results.

Personal life

Dmitry lives with Ekaterina Tikhonova, and together they are now raising their son Philip, who was born in 2015 on January 11. This happened when Malyshko went to his bronze medal in the mass start in Oberhof.

Goals, hobbies

His main goal at the moment is to get a second higher legal education. He understands that sooner or later a sports career will end and begin to have a different life already as a family man, and a second education will help him fulfill future goals. His first higher education was received at the State University of Service and Economics in the city of St. Petersburg.

The most important hobby for Dmitry is cars. He really likes beautiful and fast cars. His favorite pastime is racing on a motorcycle. Interested in motorsports (rally and "Formula-1").

By nature Dmitri Malyshko is a sociable person who does not tolerate loneliness. His element is communication with friends in the company. The people closest to him, except for the family, are childhood friends. And in the national team he has excellent relations with everyone, especially with A. Shipulin and T. Lapshin. And the athlete is a music lover.

At the moment, this biathlete still has unrealized opportunities, and he persistently and persistently strives to win the highest positions in the sport. Dmitry has already managed to win love and respect for his fans.