Biography of Terentyev skier

Born on May 19 in Naryan-Mar. Russian skier. The bronze medalist of the Olympics Two-time champion of the Winter Universiade Alexander Terentyev was born on May 19 in Naryan-Mar. Parents - Vasily and Irina Terentyevs in the girlishness of Makarov. Has the younger brother of Artem Rod. The family lives in the village of Seekers, this is 10 km from the city of Naryan-Mar. I always ran from the stop of the cross -stop.

Then he returned - he did the lessons. So all childhood passed, ”he recalled. From an early age, he was actively involved in sports - athletics, football, from the 3rd grade he began to take part in ski competitions. He graduated from Smolensk State University of Sports with a degree in the "trainer-teacher". From the year he played for the junior team of Russia. Then he won two gold medals at the Winter Spartakiad of Russia's students, then he fulfilled the standard of the master of sports of Russia in skiing.

Coach - Yuri Viktorovich Borodavko. He made his debut in the main team of Russia at the stage of the World Cup in Dresden. In the Sprint, the skate became M, and in the relay race, along with his partner, he took 5th place. At the Winter Universiade in the city of Krasnoyarsk, he won two gold medals, defeating in individual sprint and mixed team sprint paired with Christina Matsokina.

He won silver as part of the national team on a mixed relay race in the Finnish Vuratti, where in February the youth world skiing championship was held. Alexander Terentyev very powerfully passed his third stage and reduced the lag behind leaders for about 15 seconds. In the final race, the Russian showed the result of 2 minutes 31.90 seconds. The second was the Norwegian Johannes Clebo 2.

After the victory, Terentyev said: “I am very happy to win now in such a difficult situation.

The finale was very heavy, and the semifinals was for me as the final, because there were strong sprinters, and I understood that I had a chance to throw two of them in this race, and I succeeded. The main idea was that I had to overtake three rivals in order to be in the prizes, and there it was already! He overcame the distance in two minutes and 59.3 seconds. He lagged behind the winner by 1.3 seconds.

The Olympic champion was the Norwegian Johannes Klebo. Silver was won by the Italian Federico Pellegrino. Growth by Alexander Terentyev: centimeters. Personal life of Alexander Terentyev: It consists with the skier of Anna Grukhvina, she plays for the Russian youth team won silver in a mixed relay at the world ski championship among the youth of the year.