Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov Biography

The winner of the bronze medal at the Olympics in the year, the medalist of the World Cup and Europe. Short water champion. Childhood and youth Vladimir Morozov have repeatedly become a winner at the world and European championships in swimming, going to the start of short distances. In the future, the athlete plans to continue to protect all the titles that he have.

Due to political ups and downs, the athlete turned out to be between the two countries in America and Russia, but thanks to this he took only the best from each of them, improving his style and capabilities. Vladimir Viktorovich was born on June 16 in the city of Novosibirsk. The winner grew up in an incomplete family, as his parents divorced in the year.

The father of the future champion did not at all take part in his upbringing. The boy came to the world of navigation at ten years old, which is considered quite late for athletes. It was then that the mother led the boy to Igor Demin, who became the coach of Vladimir. Many years later, the young man said that it was Igor for him that became not only a coach, but also an example to follow, who replaced his own father.

Morozov attended training in the Children and Youth Sports School of known as the Koltsovsky Hopes, located near Novosibirsk. Vladimir Morozov when the young man was fourteen, his mother got married a second time. The spouse became for an representative of America and, together with her son, she left for another country. At the age of fifteen, the athlete entered the South California University in Los Angeles, where he also visited the pool with his studies.

Here, the place of his coach was taken by the representative of America Dave Salo. In his interview, Vladimir repeatedly said that training in America and Russia have significant differences. In the West, as a rule, athletes are not trained in one specific sport, but receive uniform loads that help to develop endurance, athletic physique and contribute to rapid switching from one direction to another, while completely without losing skill and speed.

Russian coaches are emphasized on a specific style, training the swimmer technique. In Russia, according to Vladimir, everything is aimed at a specific result. In addition, Morozov is sure that it was the merger of the two training systems that helped him show outstanding results. The great sport despite the fact that Vladimir Viktorovich lived and constantly trained in America, at all international competitions he went to the start and defended Russia.

This decision was made by him independently, as the young man wanted to support his homeland at a difficult political moment. For the first time, Morozov went to competitions, which are considered the highest level for athletes that year when he was nineteen years old. At the World Championship in Shanghai, where water sports competitions were held, Vladimir was part of the national team.

After some time, the young man left for the Olympics, where he was able to win a bronze medal. The athlete sailed a voluntary style of four meters. For the victory of Vladimir Morozov in London at the next Olympics, he was awarded the presidential decree “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the second degree. At the end of the summer of the same year, the guy was able to protect the title of master of sports in swimming.

In short water, in the framework of the World Cup, Vladimir twice won gold medals. The Russian athlete in Istanbul demonstrated the best results at the meter and 50 meter distance, sailing their free style. According to sports observers, the business card of the Russian is a short distance swimming. As part of the European Championship, the athlete has repeatedly become a winner in this category.

The fact that Vladimir constantly lives in Los Angeles allows him to take part in the championship of America. At such competitions for juniors, the guy was the best three times. In Kazan, the Universiade was held in Kazan, at which Vladimir Morozov earned four gold medals at once, setting five records at various distances. Then its result was 50.3 seconds. From the competition, the man returned home the owner of the World Cup.

In the year, the athlete was removed from participating in the next Olympic Games. He later admitted that this decision, in his opinion, was not at all sports, but had a political connotation, and therefore it was not at all upset that he plays for Russia, and not for the United States. In the scandal in which Morozov was involved, they did not prove that the Russian accepted substances that were prohibited.

Therefore, in the games that were held in Rio de Janeiro Morozov, he still took part. The day before the start, Vladimir in his interview said that the team team will certainly avenge those participants who were still disqualified. At the same time, the psychological pressure exerted on athletes had a strong influence, and Morozov returned home without awards.The star also gave up three gold and one silver medal as part of the European Championship, which was held in Denmark, and a little later at the World Cup he took gold.

Vladimir Morozov did not refuse the European Championship in December, despite his poor health. The athlete no longer went out for a hundred -meter, as he decided not to aggravate his fortune. At the same time, the disease did not obscure, and the Russian won, helping the national team in the relay of 4 at 50 meters. A year later, at the World Cup, the swimmer nevertheless reached a distance of a hundred meters and was able to break his own record, significantly improved time.

In the year, as part of the European Championship, which was held in Glasgow, the famous swimmer took seven gold medals, speaking at different distances. Then Vladimir Salnikov, who is the president of the All -Russian swimming Federation, noted that the swimmer is a real phenomenon in the world of sports.

At the same time, the man added that if Morozov had been declared at other distances, then there would be much more rewards. Today the swimmer does not represent his life without swimming. For ten years, he traveled to all kinds of championship in Europe and the world and at the same time participated in all significant tournaments. The time of emotional and physical burnout is not alien to anyone, and therefore the athlete perceived the rest that was due to Pandemia calmly.

For six months while all the pools were closed to the country for training, Vladimir spent in household chores. They may be familiar.