Russian swimmer Sergei Fesikov. Biography and sporting achievements.

Many outstanding Russian athletes defend the honor of our country at all kinds of tournaments and competitions of international level. In the pleiad of the best is the young swimmer Sergei Fesikov. About him, his sporting success will be discussed in this article.

Childhood years of the future champion

Russian swimmer Sergei Fesikov is a native of Leningrad. 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 one. Among the options considered were football, volleyball, swimming. In the end, 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.

The first success of the swimmer

The main preparation for competitions and training Sergei Fesikov spent in 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 major sporting successes were the victories at the 2007 European Championships in 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.

Sports achievements of the famous Russian swimmer

A talented sportsman was invited to the Russian national swimming team. 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 was in Debrecen (Hungary) at the European Swimming Championships in the 25-meter pool, having won 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 the back, S. Fesikov received the title of two-time champion of Russia.

The performance of Russian swimmers, including Sergei Fesikov, was unsuccessful at the 2008 European Championships in the Dutch Eindhoven. The relay team of Russia was disqualified due to a false start of one of its participants. Sergei failed to take prizes in the swim 100 meters with a crochet and 50 meters.

Consolation was the best result of the Russian four: 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 tournament record set 5 years ago, also Russians - 3 minutes. 34.25 sec.

Fesikov in the national team of our country participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The 2009 European Swimming Championships in "short" water became successful for the swimmer, 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.

The "yielding" 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 two silver medals. Gold became the seventh stage of the Cup in Singapore. The swimmer received the highest awards in a hundred meter swim in the croquet, in the complex and in the combined relay race.

In an endless series of competitions and tournaments in the life of a Russian athlete, a joyful personal event happened. 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.

Government awards athlete

For serious sports achievements and contribution to the development of Russian sport 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.