Maxim Mirny: biography, interesting facts. Maxim Mirnyy Sports Center

Maxim Mirny is considered to be the best tennis player of the Republic of Belarus. His face is on banners all over the country, the surname is in the lists of winners of the Olympics, the name on the lips of compatriots. At 39, he remains in the elite division of the ATP tour, successfully performing in doubles. What is known about this athletic long-liver, who has become a real national hero?

The beginning of the way

He is the eldest son of Nikolai Nikolaevich Mirny, who once came to Minsk with a tour of the circus on the ice from Tula. My father worked as an artist in the world and loved the city so much that I decided to connect my future life with him. Here he met his fate - a famous swimmer named Tatiana, who became the mother of two sons - Maxim and Peter. A famous tennis player has another brother - Timothy, born in the second marriage of his father. About the separation of parents Maxim Mirny, whose biography is well known in Belarus, learned at the age of eighteen, and this was a real shock to him.

The family was friendly and very athletic. Nikolai Nikolayevich professionally played volleyball, so the sons of the road to the sport was predetermined. Peter was engaged in basketball, but for serious achievements he did not have the character that the elder brother had. Maxim, born on July 6, 1977, his father took to the tennis section at the age of six and, as a professional sportsman, immediately realized that he had a great future. For the sake of his son, he left the country and moved to the United States, unable to save the marriage.

The Role of the Father

The first coach of the most famous tennis player of Belarus was Valery Lavrenov. But the main role in his formation was played by Arkady Edelman, who had been trained by the young man up to 1992. After making a bet on another pupil - the rising star Tatyana Ignatieva, Edelman sent her through the American agency to Brooklyn, offering Mirny the role of a sparring partner for the girl. Having won a number of tournaments, the pupils brought fame to the coach, thanks to which the queue of those wishing to attend the tennis section lined up. Edelman decided to return to the country, and Maxim Mirnyi had to patronize Ignatieff, pursuing her career.

It was then that the father decided to go to the US to his son to help him in his own professional growth. Having sold family values, he with fourteen dollars in his pocket found himself on the American continent. To help financially, the father did not shun any work, settling in as a dishwasher and taking care of the veterans. Selflessness was rewarded. At the age of 14, the young man was accepted by Nick Bolletieri into the tennis academy. Until 1996, Nick was the official coach of Mirny. In the future, the names of Nikolai Mirny will appear in the minutes of the ATP tour, taking on the main burden of preparing his own son.

Achievements

Within two years, Maxim Mirny began to earn good money, and his father no longer needed a hard work. The first serious success came to the athlete in doubles. In 1998, paired with 16-year-old Serena Williams Mirny won the Wimbledon tournament, and later he was submitted to 9 more Grand Slam tournaments. And everything in the doubles, where he achieved outstanding results. In the rating of the ATP the athlete repeatedly held the first line: 11 weeks in 2003-2004, 9 in 2007 and 15 in 2012. 49 tournaments of the Masters series were won by him with different partners. At the Olympics in London (2012) Mirny was the standard-bearer of his country's team, fully justifying the trust. With compatriot Victoria Azarenka, he won a gold medal in the mix.

For several years, the Belarusian athlete does not perform in singles, but in 2003 he won the ATP tournament in Rotterdam and the 18th line in the main grid of players. At his "gold" championship on the account of the Peace victory over Ivan Ljubicic, Evgeny Kafelnikov and Roger Federer. Belarus regularly participates in Davis Cup competitions and even went to the finals in 2004. Since 1994, defends the honor of the country and Maxim Mirny.

Family athlete

The Belarusian tennis player is married to a teacher of the Suvorov School for 12 years by the name of Xenia. After six years of work, the young woman left teaching, focusing on the family. Relationships grew out of friendship. For Mirny it was important that the wife does not distract from the main cause of his life. And it turned out that today for him there is nothing important family in which four children grow up: two sisters (Melania and Petra) and two brothers (Demid and Trofim). It is interesting that the names were chosen on the family council and fully correspond to the pedigree of the outstanding athlete on the paternal line.

The family lives on two houses: in Bradenton (Florida), where Maxim Mirny trains on the eve of the season, and in Minsk, when from April to September the weather allows preparing for the tournaments. The athlete often goes to competitions, but always seeks home, where the wife has created the necessary coziness, decorating the walls with her artwork.

Interesting Facts

The impeccable reputation of Mirny made him the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations. Athletic figure of the athlete (weight - 93 kg with a height of 196 cm) can be seen on posters promoting a healthy lifestyle and calling for the prevention of HIV infection. Harmonious relations in the family became the reason why UNICEF invited the Peaceful people to the project "Children without violence". In his framework, the father shares recommendations on the education of young children.

During his career, Mirny won with a pair of seventeen athletes. Among them are Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Ram, Roger Federer. With Swede Jonas Bjorkman they won the main trophy of the competition 11 times. In 47 matches for the Davis Cup participated Belarusian athlete, winning 57 wins, including 33 - in tandem with compatriots.

About 10. 5 million dollars earned a game of tennis Maxim Mirny. The sports center in Malinovka (microdistrict of Minsk) is a joint business project of a millionaire tennis player with his father, in the construction of which 7 million prize money has been invested. The athlete has already graduated from BSU in adulthood in the specialty "International Law". Currently, he owns a pizzeria in the United States and develops new projects both in the US and in Belarus.

Family business

The sports center of Maxim Mirny (Gromov, 14) started to be built in 2009, and already in 2011 opened its doors not only for tennis players, but also for all fitness lovers. It includes gyms, facilities for practicing yoga, aerobics, dancing. To date, there is not a single Belarusian in the elite one hundred ATP rating. The blue dream of the father and son of the Peace, so that as many children as possible are engaged in this sport. For this purpose, the necessary conditions are created in the center, called Max Mirnyi Sport Center:

• A special inventory was purchased.
• Created a universal cover - hard.
• The democratic price policy is thought through.
• There were organized master classes by Maxim Mirny who, after completing his career, plans to concentrate on the work of the center.

Present day

Today the sports center of Maxim Mirny is under the supervision of the honored trainer of Belarus Nikolay Mirny. 350 children are involved in it, which is a huge achievement for the republic. The center completely exists due to self-repayment, without the help from the state, therefore actively develops a service: a zone of relaxation, a beauty salon, a medical center. But its main purpose is to promote the development of tennis in the country. In the lobby there are plasma screens, where parents can observe the success of children and understand how seriously the hobby of the child. They are helped by the best trainers of Belarus and unique programs.

About Maxim Mirny they say that he has a wonderful character: in sports - energetic and aggressive, in life - surprisingly delicate and kind. Despite his thirty-nine year old age, he did a lot for his country, becoming an example for a whole generation of Belarusian children.