Yuri Mikhailovich Borzakovsky: biography. Yuri Borzakovsky: biography, photos and interesting facts Yuri Borzakovsky and his family
2008
Yuri Borzakovsky started successfully new season, winning the 800 meters at the international tournament “Russian Winter” with best result seasons in the world. He also performed well at the European Cup. But at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Yuri was left without a medal. True, it was not his fault - during the 4 x 400 meter relay, Maxim Dyldin, who was running in the penultimate stage, fell and passed the baton to Borzakovsky last. Even Borzakovsky himself was unable to help the team out.
I don’t suspect permanent champions of doping
“I talked to Max, and he admitted that his opponent pushed him in the fight for an advantageous position on the track,” recalls Yuri. — The push was not frankly rude and boorish, it just happened unexpectedly, in such a situation he could not stand on his feet. And I, having taken the baton far behind everyone else, had already lost the incentive to give my best on the track. I just reached the finish line so that our team would be given sixth place.
— Was the confident victory of the young runner from Sudan Abubaker Kaki Khamisa in the 800-meter race at the World Championships a surprise?
- 1 minute 44.81 seconds - a very decent result. And the triumph of this runner really came as a surprise to me. I had never heard of him before. In such cases, the athlete cannot be suspected in advance of using any drugs. But practice shows: if some constantly, year after year, run at the world level, like, for example, the Kenyan Bungei or Mulaudzi from South Africa, then there is no reason to suspect them of anything. Unlike those who, as the song says, “came from nowhere and went to nowhere.”
— What are your immediate plans?
— We have training camps in Cyprus until April 20. Our group is my coach Vyacheslav Evstratov and there are seven of us runners with him.
I love training in Kyrgyzstan
— You managed to win “Russian Winter” using rather unusual tactics...
“A huge amount of work was done during the fall. At the beginning of the season, my coach Vyacheslav Makarovich Evstratov and I increased both the volume of work and the intensity. I completed all four quarters of the distance at Russian Winter in the same time. We specifically worked out a similar running schedule in training.
— And where do you train now?
— Before the Meteor stadium was built in my native Zhukovsky, I had to go to training either to the Olympic base in Podolsk or to Moscow. The one-way journey took an hour and a half, and sometimes more. I only experience difficulties in winter.
— The entire Russian team spent December and February in Portugal. Why didn't you go with the team?
— Evstratov’s group, including me, has already chosen Cyprus. One of the reasons: our coach is already 76 years old, and he can hardly endure long flights. And in Cyprus, I think, the conditions are no worse than in Portugal. Soon we will go to Kyrgyzstan, which I already know well, to Lake Issyk-Kul. There, the service is gradually improving, and prices for accommodation and food are lower than in Western Europe and even in Russia. And hotel staff are trying not to lose clients from Russia. The places there are wonderfully beautiful, the environment is good. And despite the fact that the place is high-altitude, the terrain is quite flat. When we get there, even my middle-aged coach tries to do some exercises, walking and even jogging. Probably the atmosphere there adds strength.
Barracuda on a hook
- IN last years have you traveled to many countries? Where did you particularly like?
— I almost never have the opportunity to see anything other than stadiums, hotels and airports. But sometimes there are exceptions. I remember the wonderful excursions around Rome. And in Cyprus, during training camps, there is enough time to explore the sights of the island. Including those related to ancient Greek history and famous myths. There are also Orthodox churches there. Last time I brought home a beautiful icon from Cyprus. But all these joys are overshadowed by separation from family.
— You’re not taking your wife and sons with you this time?
- I'll leave it at home. For two reasons. Firstly, my wife Ira is not a free person. She works as a fitness instructor at the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky. She has 12 people in her group. If you constantly go away and throw your players at other coaches, then this is not in better side will affect your professional reputation. In addition, she is now intensively taking courses at the photo academy, and will graduate at the end of spring. Then we'll go somewhere. And experience shows that taking two sons at once on foreign trips is very troublesome and tiring. The youngest, Leva, is two and a half years old, the eldest, Yaroslav, is five. They are too small for such long trips. Thank God, grandmothers help out - both mother and mother-in-law. But in the summer my wife Irina and I big company relatives went to Egypt on a tourist trip.
— What are your most vivid impressions?
- Firstly, a minimum of training and the opportunity to sleep as much as you want. Ancient monuments, of course. And the most vivid impression for me, as a gambling fisherman, was the trip to motor boats along the Red Sea. The fishing is excellent! And tuna was caught, and barracuda, and tiger fish. We pulled it all out of the water ourselves, while the boat was driven by a local sailor. And two hours later, all this fish was prepared for us according to local recipes.
— Does your wife approve of this hobby?
“So she’s just as much of an amateur as I am.” And he knows how to do everything correctly, including gear, baits, and other fishing tricks. When I live at home, we try to go to some body of water every week. I also fished on the Volga and the Black Sea. But a busy sports schedule, of course, limits our fishing passion. And sometimes, when I come back from a long trip, I don’t want to leave the house at all, but just be with the children.
— Your eldest commented very funny on your father’s performances a year ago...
— For some reason, Yaroslav calls the stadium, and indeed any other place of my training, the Olympics. I wanted to go to the “Russian Winter” to cheer for me, but I caught a cold. I stayed in Zhukovsky with my sister, worried in front of the TV.
Footballers take too much care of themselves
— Besides athletics, what sports are you interested in?
— If I have time, I enjoy watching many competitions. Lately I’ve been following biathlon with particular passion. Interesting ski race, boxing. And, of course, football and hockey. By the way, many years ago I came to light section athletics by mistake. After training, the runners played football among themselves, and I thought - the football players are practicing. I played... and stayed with coach Lyubov Miroshnichenko.
— Which teams do you support?
— There are no preferences in national championship matches. I don’t support either Dynamo, which I’ve been a member of for a long time, or the Moscow region Saturn and Khimki. But I worry very zealously about the Russian national teams. Although to Russian football players I must say, I have an inexplicable love. I saw them training and at first I was just surprised. But it became clear why they usually barely move their legs in the second half. A very gentle training regimen, especially in terms of general physical training.
— Among your serious hobbies is music. I had a chance to listen to you sing into the microphone, accompanying yourself on the guitar. What does the repertoire consist of?
— I don’t understand musical notation. I even get confused with the names of the chords. So I catch most of the songs by ear. If I hear something and like it, I play it on the guitar. There is no permanent repertoire. True, lately I have become interested in electronic music.
— A couple of years ago, it seems, you worked part-time as a disc jockey in some clubs?
— Yes, this hobby was interrupted for a long time due to that tragic car accident in which a person died. Such shocks, of course, dampen the mood and desire to hang out for a long time. But recently I have resumed my disc jockey experience. Although my main income continues to be sports. Working as a disc jockey is more of an active holiday.
Ovett is ready to adopt me
— Have you developed friendly relations with any of the track and field athletes?
- Of the great champions of past years - with Steve Ovett. We were introduced to him when I was not even twenty. Having learned that I was born on April 12, 1981, he immediately figured out that exactly 9 months before that day I had won the Moscow Olympics, and with a serious expression on his face he told me: “Yes, it’s me. I remember in Moscow, after winning the 800-meter race, I had a good time - so you were born, so talented.” Afterwards we met several times, and he jokingly calls me his son. But he says he is ready to officially adopt. I recently met another Moscow Olympic champion in the 1500 meters, Sebastian Coe. But he has become a big official and behaves more solidly and seriously.
Of the current famous foreign athletes, I am friends with the world champion in the 1500 meters, Ukrainian Ivan Geshko. And almost all of the champions at my distance have already finished competing. Apart from me, the only people left were the Kenyan Bungei and the South African Mulaudzi. Although they are almost fellow countrymen in our Russian understanding and look very similar, I became much closer friends with the Kenyan. He is a very open, friendly guy, we even call each other and communicate on e-mail.
— Didn’t you have such an idea: to train with him in Africa in winter time?
— He himself constantly invites me to Kenya. He has an agricultural farm there. You can eat the best natural products. But, at least until the Olympics, I have no right to take that much risk. I don’t have immunity to African infections; I might catch some kind of fever. When you train a lot, illnesses take hold more easily. I often catch colds in Russia, and when I travel abroad, I constantly have problems with digestion from food that is unusual for my Russian stomach. Although, of course, I would be interested in going. IN recent months I was very worried about my Kenyan friend when there were riots in Kenya. But then he reassured me with the message that he had moved his family to Italy. And yet, I think experienced fighters will be able to pass the test in Beijing better. I never wish for my victories. But I hope I will perform no worse than in Athens 2004.
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The case is not closed
Many Russian fans, of course, are interested in how Borzakovsky’s case ultimately ended in connection with the car accident in Zhukovsky.
A year and a half ago, Borzakovsky hit and killed a man with his car. But the investigation established that the driver was sober, did not exceed the speed limit, and did not violate the rules traffic. While the victim was dead drunk and suddenly jumped out onto roadway because of a car parked on the side of the road. The investigation, and then the judge, did not see any crime in Borzakovsky’s actions.
The common-law wife of the deceased brought a claim, and at first everything was settled amicably. But when it turned out that the “opposite side” was a famous and wealthy person, requests rose to an unimaginable level. There are no charges against Borzakovsky, but the case is still not closed. Neither the plaintiff nor her lawyer have yet made themselves known. As informed people say, Borzakovsky himself is ready to help the victim’s family, especially since the deceased left behind a small child. But financial assistance before the case is closed may look like an attempt to pay off.
My wife and friend are responsible for the site
Recently, Yuri Borzakovsky's hobbies have included skiing and the Internet.
Probably, even if a person completely ignorant of the intricacies of athletics running saw the performance of this athlete on a treadmill or on TV, he would remember this for a long time. We are talking about one of the most talented Russian athletes, Olympic champion Yurie Borzakovsky. Indeed, having first appeared in the arenas of the world's largest competitions, this athlete never ceases to amaze both specialists and fans with his completely unique running tactics, which some call adventurism, others - the pinnacle sportsmanship and self-confidence. Yuri trains with L. Miroshnichenko and V. Evstratov, honored trainers of Russia.
Yuri was born in April 1981 in the town of Kratovo near Moscow. He started playing football as a boy, but then came to athletics, Where sports career talented young man quickly went up. Already at the age of 19, he performed at his first Olympic Games in Sydney, where he took 6th place in the final race of 1500 meters. Since then, the name of Yuri Borzakovsky has practically never left the pages of the world sports press, as a completely unique athlete, a contender for the most high places in your favorite track and field event. Today, the athlete’s track record includes victories at the most prestigious world-class competitions. Yuri, at the age of 16, won the national championship in the 800-meter run, and the following year, 1998, the World Youth Games. In 1999, the athlete won the Russian Championship among adults and at the same time set a national record among juniors, after which he was included in the team to participate in the 2000 Olympics.
It was from this year that Yuri primarily competes at a distance of 800 meters, where he amazes everyone with his unique running tactics. Possessing fantastic sprinting abilities and the functional endurance of an average person, Yuri always starts running last along the distance, and this continues until approximately the 450-500 meter mark. Then, as a rule, something incredible happens - he jumps out from behind his opponents like lightning and “walks away” from them to his victory as if they were standing still. At such moments the stadiums exploded with a storm of delight, which is why Yuri is loved as an athlete in many countries around the world. This tactic brought Borzakovsky many wonderful victories. In 2001, he won the world indoor championship, received silver in Paris at the world championship, and in 2004 he achieved his highest sporting achievement - at the Olympic Games in Athens he became Olympic champion. By the way, as Yuri himself says, the first gold medal His wife Ira helped him win the planetary championship, and for this he taught her culinary wisdom, and now she masters it perfectly. Already in the rank of Olympic champion, Borzakovsky won silver at the World Championships in Helsinki. He also has bronze medals at the world championships in 2007 and 2011, and medals at all merits of the continental championships in 2006, 2008 and 2009. By the way, many experts and the athlete himself equate his performance in Daegu and winning a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships with a gold medal. According to Yuri, this successful start gives the 30-year-old athlete optimism for success at the Olympic Games in London, as Yuri said, his sports uniform in Daegu was the best of her entire career.
Yuri Borzakovsky is an Honored Master of Sports of Russia, lives and trains in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow, where, as they say, Governor B. Gromov built a new comfortable stadium “for him.” According to Gromov himself, this is not surprising, because Yuri is an honorary citizen of his hometown.
Yuri stands for the Dynamo sports society, he is a major, but he considers his main place of service Olympic Committee, where there is also a lot of work and hassle. For his sporting achievements, Yuri Borzakovsky was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Yuri Borzakovsky’s wife, Irina, is also involved in sports; she is a sports instructor; the Borzakovskys have two sons, Yaroslav and Lev.
The Olympic champion also has a hobby with which he can surprise no less than with his running tactics. Borzakovsky is popular in his hometown as DJ Borzakovsky, whose favorite styles are minimal-tech, deep-house, electro, garage. According to Yuri, he has loved music since childhood, hence his passion. Although it’s quite difficult to call such a hobby a hobby, in his city Yuri is invited to perform in clubs as a professional DJ. But, Yuri believes that music can wait, but sport, unfortunately, never waits for anyone, and therefore all the champion’s thoughts are now focused on preparing for the Olympics in London.
Yuri Danilov
Borzakovsky Yuri (born in 1981) - Russian athlete athlete. 2001 World Indoor Athletics Champion in the 800m race.
Yuri Borzakovsky was born on April 12, 1981 in a simple family. His mother worked as a janitor, and his father worked as a garbage collector. The boy, born on Cosmonautics Day, was named after Gagarin. Yuri was the eldest in the family and was an example for the younger children.
At the age of ten, he began training in the athletics section. The energetic and lively child enjoyed the training sessions. By the age of twelve, he achieved some positive results in this sport and received the nickname Kenyan.
Since childhood, Yuri has admired runners from this country and claimed that they have a different muscle structure, ideal for running.
However, the athlete himself has all the data to win various competitions. He is naturally endowed with enormous muscle strength: Muscles make up 50% of the mass of his legs.
The amazing endurance and speed developed by an athlete on a treadmill is the result of constant training. Combined with tactical knowledge, on which half the success in middle-distance running depends, these qualities allow Yuri to win various competitions.
At the World Indoor Athletics Championships held in Lisbon in the spring of 2001, nineteen-year-old Borzakovsky beat all competitors in the 800 m final, finishing first and winning gold. He beat the silver medalist by almost 2 seconds and showed the second fastest time in the history of indoor track and field games.
Yuri Borzakovsky's tactical trick is a slow start and a fast finish. 500 m from the start, the runner catches up and easily passes his opponents, leaving them no chance. His advantage increases with almost every step, reaching tens of meters.
However, athletes from other teams do not like this style of running. So on one of international tournaments Kenyan Noah Ngeni, at that time the world record holder in the 1000 m race, hit Yuri, who was trying to get around his opponents, in the liver, and when he tried again, he received another sharp poke in the back.
In the fall of 2000, Yuri Borzakovsky married his beloved girl Irina, a student at the regional academy of physical education. Famous athlete and he studies at this institution. The young family lives in the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow region, and the main source of income is the prize money that Yuri receives at competitions.
However, neither big earnings nor high-profile titles turned his head. Yuri Borzakovsky continues his daily training, hoping to become a prize-winner at the next competition.
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Birthday April 12, 1981
Russian runner, Olympic champion, world and European champion, Honored Master of Sports of Russia
Graduate of the Moscow State Academy physical culture. Champion of Russia among youth (1997) in the 800 m run, winner of the World Youth Games (1998), multiple champion of Russia in the 800 m run (1999-2009), Russian record holder in the 400 and 800 m run among juniors (1999), European and Russian record holder in the 800 m race among youth (2001), world, European and Russian record holder among youth in the 800 m indoor race (2001), Russian record holder in the 600 m indoor race (2010), 800 m ( 2001), 800 m indoor (2001) and 1000 m indoor (2008), European Cup winner (1999), European junior champion (1999), two-time winner European Winter Championship in the 800 m race (2000 and 2009), European youth champion in the 400 m race (2001), winner of the Winter World Championship in the 800 m race (2001), 2004 Olympic champion in the 800 m race.
Borzakovsky's main distance, in which he has competed at the level of the world elite since 2000, is the 800 m. His distinctive tactic is to stay behind the group for the first 500 m, and then take the lead thanks to his extremely strong sprinting qualities.
At the age of 19, Yuri competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where he reached the final race, but finished sixth. In 2001, he became the world indoor champion, and at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, he was a silver medalist, losing 0.03 seconds to the Algerian Jabir Said-Guerni.
Yuri achieved his greatest success at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the Olympic champion, beating South African Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and world record holder Wilson Kipketer from Denmark in the final.
At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Borzakovsky again won the silver medal, losing to Rashid Ramzi from Bahrain.
At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Yuri took 3rd place.
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he took 3rd place in the semi-finals and thus did not qualify for the final round. He himself explained this by acclimatization and mistakes in pre-Olympic preparation.
Member of the Russian national team since 1998. He plays for the VSFO Dynamo (Moscow region). Lives in Zhukovsky (Moscow region). Married, has two sons.
Awards
- Order of Friendship - for great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achivments at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad 2004 in Athens
Yura, at the age of 19, in infancy for a middle athlete, you already ran in the Olympic final. When did you become interested in running?
Everything happened by chance. At the age of 10 I started playing football in sports school his hometown Zhukovsky. Two weeks later there were the first competitions. I thought it was football, but it turned out that it was running. I came to the finish line second. I was very happy and decided to stay.
Do you regret football?
During training we often play football. In the game you move and don’t notice a huge amount of acceleration, you get less tired psychologically. Football helps running.
How did your parents react to your sports activities?
Fine. They simple people. Father is a driver, mother is a janitor.
By today's standards, you got married very early. Where did you meet your wife?
Irina and I went to the same kindergarten. Then they separated, the parents changed their place of residence. True, we only found out about this at the age of 16, when we met again and remembered our childhood. After this meeting we never parted. I began to look after her. And three years later they got married.
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Do you remember when you proposed?
We walked together, as usual, around the city. Then we came home. And something inside pushed me. I decided to tell Ira: be my wife. She immediately agreed. It was after the Australian Olympics. I then completed my task in Sydney - I made it to the finals. Using positive emotions after the wedding, I won the 2001 Winter World Championships. And in May last year a boy was born, they named him Yaroslav.
And who is the boss in your family?
My wife says I am. But sometimes it shows the opposite. It happens that Ira is wrong about something, she is aware of it, but she tries not to show it to me. He says: I’m older than you, which means I’m right. She really is a year older. But when she needs to answer for something, she says: you are the eldest in the family, you sort it out. (Ira later deciphered: “Married means to her husband, he is the most important!” - V.R.)
As a child I fed the whole family
What does a young wife do besides raising a child?
She is a needlewoman, a seamstress by profession. Maybe for fun, sew yourself a dress or suit. Before the birth of her son, she managed to work as a secretary. Now a housewife. And I was studying even earlier athletics, ran. Nowadays, too, to keep fit, he sometimes goes for a run in the forest.
A small child probably doesn’t let you sleep at night, do you have to get up often?
To be honest, they let me get enough sleep. I don't get up. Everyone understands that I have a hard workout tomorrow and I need to be in shape.
Do you live separately from your parents?
We are currently living with our mother-in-law. After victories at the World and European Championships, they promised me better living conditions. But for some reason this process took a long time. And my coach, Vyacheslav Makarovich, arranged a meeting with the governor of the Moscow region. We arrived and talked about our problems. Boris Gromov gave me a three-room apartment. Now the construction of the house is nearing completion. By the way, a modern stadium for track and field athletes will be built in Zhukovsky. We went to look for housing and got a whole stadium in addition - great! There is already a project, the place has been cleared, and by the summer they will probably have time to lay the path.
Who cooks for you and your wife at home?
In the kitchen now either the wife or the mother-in-law is in charge. I don’t want to brag, but I can also make a lot of different dishes. I like to cook cabbage soup, for example. When I was unmarried and living with my parents, I had to cook often. My mother and father are at work, and I also have a younger brother and sister. As the eldest, he cooked dinners and fed the whole family.
Athletes are usually interested in cars, are you an exception?
Yes, I really like driving a car. But unlike my brother, I don’t like to dig into them. Thank God my car doesn't break down.
And what model?
I learned to drive a V8. After the European Championship, I got some money and changed my old car to a “nine”.
What sports plans do you have for this year?
My coach and I decided to skip all the winter competitions. We want to be better prepared for the main start of the season - the summer World Championships in Paris.
But what about the “Golden League”, where the winner receives several tens of kilograms of gold. Don't want to become a millionaire?
To be first, you need to win all the summer starts of the Golden League. To do this you will need to give it your all. Maintain peak form for three months. I'm still young for such loads. At some stages, of course, I will participate. But we must remember that the championship in Paris is ahead. And in next year- Olympics. I think it's a little golden one olympic medal more expensive than a pile of gold bars of the highest standard.
Yuri is not an alien
They say that Borzakovsky recovers faster than other athletes after physical activity and his heart works differently from others. And the reason for this is his naturally slow pulse. For comment, we turned to the President of the Sports Medicine Federation, Lev MARKOV.
Yuri has a very good heart from birth, and also a very trained one. It pumps oxygen better than competitors and helps the runner use his strength more effectively over the course. As for the pulse, these are rumors. He is not an alien, as some people think. And the fact that even on the eve of the competition Yuri had a cold, but went out and defeated everyone, should not be surprising. The reason is simple. When a person is sick, all the reserves of his body are mobilized. And they help you quickly adapt to new loads. The body seems to turn on additional power and work to the maximum! But only if the person has a very healthy heart.
