SUM Students Are the Pride of the Country!
On 24 January 2020, Russian skaters enjoyed a brilliant victory at the European Championships in the Austrian city of Graz, sweeping the podium in pair skating. Aleksandra Boykova and Dmitriy Kozlovskiy took the gold medal, claiming the first triumph of their sporting careers. Yevgeniya Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov won second place, with bronze taken by Darya Pavlyuchenko and Denis Khodykin—students of the State University of Management (Institute of HR Management, Social and Business Communications, Healthcare and Sports Industry Management Department).
This isn’t the only example of professional athletes from the SUM student body making the entire country proud of their success. SUM students have won various international tournaments and Russian and European championships. Among them are football, hockey and rugby players, judokas, skiers, cyclists, dancers, skaters, figure skaters, equestrians and many other kinds of athletes.
Some of our athletes include:
1. Aleksandr Romanov, hockey player, HC CSKA KHL defender
Team achievements:
Bronze medallist in the 2019 Youth World Championship
Silver medallist in the 2020 Youth World Championship
2019 Gagarin Cup Winner
Personal achievements:
Best Centreman of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship
Best Defenseman of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship
2. Denis Khodykin, pair figure skater
Achievements:
2018 Russian Junior Champion
2018 World Junior Champion
Silver medallist in the short pair skating programme of the 2020 European Championship
3. Vladislav Yarukov, football player, FC Dynamo goalkeeper
Achievements:
Russian Premier League player (youth championship) and Russian Cup player (youth championship) matches
4. Aleksandr Katyshev, cyclist, member of the Russian national cycling team
Achievements:
Multiple winner of Russian and international competitions
5. Artyom Zhuravlev, dancesport
Achievements:
Ultimate pair dancing winner of the Russian Open Championship
Multiple winner of Russian and international competitions
6. Konstantin Kasatkin, equestrian sports, Equestrian Federation of Moscow
Achievements:
Candidate for Master of Sports
7. Sergey Ksenofontov, biathlete
Achievements:
Member of the national youth biathlon team
8. Anastasiya Garayeva, speed skating, Kometa Sports School of Speed Skating Olympic Reserve
Achievements:
Candidate for Master of Sports
Member of the national youth speed skating team
9. Rustam Guliyev, judoka, Moscow Sports Committee
10. Artyom Lysenin, biathlon, ski jumping, Burevestnik ski school of the Yunost Moskvy sports and athletics association
11. Dmitriy Utkin, athlete, sports instructor, HC Vityaz
12. Konstantin Yerokhin, football player, PFC CSKA defender
13. Andrey Blokhin, rugby player
Achievements:
Participated in:
2018/19 Moscow Championship for sports schools
2018 Moscow Cup
2017 Moscow Championship
2017/18 Moscow Championship for students
2017/18 Moscow Rugby Sevens Championship for students
2017 Moscow Cup
2017 Moscow Winter Championship for students
2016/17 Moscow Championship for sports schools
2016/17 Moscow Student Rugby League
2016/17 Moscow Student Rugby Sevens League
14. Dmitriy Naumenko, football player, Youth Football Academy
The photos in the article are taken from the personal accounts of the athletes.
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Дата публикации: 31.01.2020