Nikiforov skater biography

Viktor Vasilievich Nikiforov December 4, Moscow. Viktor Nikiforov was born in Moscow in the year, since childhood he was playing sports. His formation, as an athlete, accounted for just the period of take -off of the popularity of the new type of hockey - “Canadian”, as this game with the puck was then called. At the age of 18, Nikiforov debuted as part of the Moscow Spartak.

It was as part of the Red-White Club that he made his first sports successes. The next step in the sports life of Viktor Nikiforov was Dynamo, first Novosibirsk, and then Moscow. A tall and physically strong hockey player, he possessed an incredibly strong and accurate throw. The individual passages of Nikiforov at the highest speed were delighted with hockey lovers. Olympic champions - Viktor Nikiforov - the extreme on the right in the second row.

Excellent physical data, stable landing, soft sliding, an interesting peculiar stroke, understanding of game situations made him a formidable striker, striving to score at all costs. Viktor Vasilievich was the idol of Novosibirsk fans who went to look at his game. He was the leader of the Novosibirsk hockey and the favorite of the public. The third medalist of the USSR championship - the world champion, Europe and the Olympic Games - and a year later the young striker became the best sniper Sibiryakov, abandoning 10 goals, after which his invitation to Moscow followed.

As part of the Moscow Dynamo, he reached previously not seen sports heights for himself: he became the third prize-winner of the championship of the country of the year and the finalist of the USSR Cup-Nikiforov abandoned the seven goals in the USSR championship, and the white and white coach Arkady Chernyshev decided to invite the promising striker to the Olympics of the year, where he won gold as part of the team.

Only the summer Hlystov was inferior to this striker at the age. Then, after the season in Dynamo, Viktor Vasilievich returned to Spartak, which consisted of which he spent several more years. He was a player endowed with great endurance and courage. Once in Gorky now - Nizhny Novgorod at the "Seven Team Tournament" Viktor Vasilievich received a serious ankle injury.

The leg was swollen so that it was impossible to put on its horse. Then Nikiforov found another, larger size, and still went out to play!

There are cases when this forward in the degree frost went out onto the ice in the same shirt and hit everyone with his skill: he could throw the puck from the whole field above the opposite gate, the finites wrapped the most unimaginable! But, unfortunately, due to the frequent violations of the regime, the sports career of Nikiforova gradually went down down and ended early.

A year later, the summer hockey player hung skates on a nail. Having left the game field, Nikiforov began to work as a coach in Novokuznetsk. His natural talent, potential and unique data of the attacker were never disclosed and implemented to the end.