Ustyugov weight. Last year he beat the Russians on the ski track, and now he gave an interview to SE. Ski king Sergei Ustyugov

Many biathlon fans are well aware of Evgeniy Ustyugov, the famous Olympic champion. Having heard about Sergei, who has the same last name and is a current ski racing star, they think that they are relatives. Is it so?

Is Sergei Ustyugov the brother of Evgeniy Ustyugov?

Biathlon fans immediately ask themselves this question, especially considering their small age difference. As it turned out in one of Sergei’s early interviews, they have no family ties, and they are united only by a common Siberian origin and a love of winter sports.

Evgeniy Romanovich Ustyugov, a world-famous biathlete, was born on June 4, 1985 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. Since childhood, following the example of his father and mother, he has been involved in skiing. Evgeniy came to his main sport, biathlon, at the age of 12. His first coach was Viktor Ivanovich Ermakov.

Sergei Aleksandrovich Ustyugov is a famous Russian skier, born on April 8, 1992 in the village of Mezhdurechensky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Here, in his small homeland, he began skiing at the age of 9 under the guidance of Ivan Bragin.

Achievements of Evgeny Ustyugov

Evgeny Ustyugov achieved his greatest successes at the Olympic Games: in 2010 in Vancouver, he won his first gold medal in the 15 km mass start discipline. The peculiarity of this race is that only 30 of the best riders in the world take part in it. Thanks to his impeccable shooting, hitting all targets, he left far behind such recognized masters of skiing and rifle as Ole Einar Björndalen, Michael Greis and Emil Svendsen. Here, in Vancouver, but already as part of the relay four, he won his second, this time bronze, medal.

Subsequently, Evgeny Ustyugov confirmed that the victories were not a coincidence: in the 2010 season, he was the best in the sprint race in Oberhof, and helped the Russian team win the relay race in Ruhpolding. Over the next 4 years, Evgeniy often took a place on the podium in World Cup races.

Evgeniy Ustyugov won another Olympic gold medal in the team race in 2014 in Sochi. This same season was the last in his professional career. After the end of the Race of Champions, surrounded by his many fans and biathlon stars, the Olympian announced his retirement from the sport.

Famous Mansi

Sergei Ustyugov is unique in everything. He is a representative of a small people living on the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, whose population is less than 20 thousand people.

He began to show excellent results in cross-country skiing from his youth - he has 8 gold medals at junior world championships. Having moved to the adult category, he continued his brilliant performance.

For many years, Norwegians have been recognized leaders in skiing competitions. This is not surprising, since the entire population of Norway is fond of winter sports. This country was glorified on world stages by such famous athletes as Björn Deli, Petter Northug, Martin Sundby. Sergei Ustyugov, despite his young age, has already managed to repeat the records of the first two skiers and has repeatedly defeated the third.

The “flying” Mansi has 9 victories at the World Cup stages, 2 medals of the highest standard at the 2017 World Ski Championships, held in Lahti, Finland. In January 2017, he became the second winner in the history of Russian sports of the prestigious multi-day ski race Tour de Ski. At this race, he showed his undeniable advantage over Martin Sundby, “bringing” more than 1 minute to the finish line. Among the achievements of Sergei Ustyugov, it can be noted that both short distances and marathons are equally easy for him.

Namesakes in Sochi

Sergei Ustyugov and Evgeniy Ustyugov followed their own paths to fame, which is not surprising, since they represented different sports. But there was one common event in their careers - participation in the Olympic Games in Sochi. Evgeny Ustyugov, a biathlete, again conquered the sports Olympus in that memorable year. For Sergei, such competitions were the first in his career. Unfortunately, the success of Evgeniy's namesake was hindered by an unfortunate fall in the sprint final. As a result, Sergei became only fifth.

In 2014, Evgeny Ustyugov left big sport. His young and promising namesake, on the contrary, continues his triumphant march in skiing competitions. We can only hope that in a few years Sergei Ustyugov will again write this glorious name into the history of the Winter Olympics.

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Biography, life story of Sergei Alexandrovich Ustyugov

Ustyugov Sergey Aleksandrovich is a famous young skier, multiple winner of various competitions, the hope of Russian sports.

early years

Sergei, who was born on April 8, 1992 in the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug, often caused trouble for his parents as a child. The boy grew up active and required regular supervision. I became friends with physical education early, although at first I didn’t feel much enthusiasm for going to the gym. I started with the boxing section, but quickly lost interest in the classes. Then he switched to biathlon and realized that skiing with a rifle on his back was much more interesting to him than waving his fists. Seryozha got a taste for it and decided to devote himself to this sport in the coming years. The future star’s mother categorically objected to her son’s intention, because she believed that full-fledged training would negatively affect his performance at school. However, the young athlete showed character and insisted on his own.

Career start

Sergei Ustyugov has established himself as a skier who can handle any distance. At the age of 11, at the suggestion of his coach, he concentrated directly on racing. The new mentor was able to discern in the boy the abilities that could make him a professional athlete. But, at first, Sergei could not boast of success on the ski track. The reason for this was the difficult character of the teenager, who did not obey the experienced master in everything. But the coach showed patience and, as a result, the ward began to show the results that were expected of him. The young man began to confidently win children's competitions and receive one award after another. These prizes took pride of place in the home collection of the famous athlete.

The young skier, who confidently finished at the district championship, was noticed by the coaches of the Russian youth team. As part of the national team, Sergei Ustyugov clearly demonstrated his capabilities in the 2011-2012 season, in particular, he won all starts at the World Championships in Turkey and performed well at international competitions in Estonia. Such achievements are guaranteed to bring Sergei a place in the first team.

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"Adult" sport

In the next two seasons, the promising skier had the opportunity to give his best. The time has come to join the big sport, and the transition to it was not easy for many young men. Sergei Ustyugov also fully felt the higher level of his opponents, having run the sprint extremely unsuccessfully at the competition in Liberec. There was reason to give up, because this distance has always been Sergei’s signature distance. But he continued to prepare for the next starts. And he proved to everyone that it was not in vain that his mentors invested their strength and skills in him. The athlete climbed to the podium of many prestigious international championships and was among the top ten on the planet.

However, Sergei Ustyugov has not yet achieved victory in the most important competitions, although he had the opportunity to do so. In 2014, he went to the Winter Olympics in Sochi as a participant, for whom many predicted, if not “gold,” then at least “silver” or “bronze.” But fate decreed otherwise - the Russian athlete crossed the finish line only fifth. An unfortunate incident prevented us from showing a more significant result. Two rivals suddenly fell into the snow in front of Sergei, and he was unable to avoid a collision. The fall left no chance of victory. The disappointment of Ustyugov, and with him the fans, knew no bounds. But they, together with Sergei’s friend, skier Elena Soboleva, do not lose hope.

December 31, 2019

Sergey Ustyugov January 1, 2020

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Sergey Ustyugov January 5, 2020

Sports Achievements of Sergei Ustyugov

2019 - Silver medal “Tour De Ski”

2017 - silver medal (Lahti, 50 km)

2017 - silver medal (Lahti, 4×10 km relay)

2017 - gold medal (Lahti, team sprint, classic)

2017 - gold medal (Lahti, skiathlon 15+15 km)

2017 - silver medal (Lahti, personal sprint)

2017 - gold medal "Tour de Ski"

2016 - bronze medal "Tour De Ski"

2013 - bronze medal (Val di Fiemme, 4×10 km relay)

06.01.2020

Ustyugov Sergey Alexandrovich

Russian Skier

World champion

News & Events

01/03/2020 Skier Ustyugov became second in the mass start at the Tour de Ski stage in Italy

As part of the multi-day ski race “Tour de Ski” in the Italian Val di Fiemme on January 3, 2020, Sergei Ustyugov took second place in the classic style mass start, with a result of 39 minutes 51.7 seconds. The victory in the race was celebrated by Norwegian Johannes Klebo, who covered a distance of 15 kilometers 0.7 seconds faster than the Russian. Alexander Bolshunov closed the top three, losing one second to the leader. Andrey Larkov finished fourth, Denis Spitsov - seventh, Artem Maltsev - 12th, Andrey Melnichenko - 15th, Ivan Yakimushkin - 17th, Gleb Retivykh - 55th. In the general classification of the Tour de Ski, Bolshunov is 18 seconds ahead of Klebo, who has risen to second place, Ustyugov loses 21 seconds and is third.

12/31/2019 Russian skiers took the entire podium at the Tour de Ski stage in Italy

At the third stage of the Tour de Ski ski tournament in Italy on December 31, 2019, in the 15-kilometer freestyle race, Russian athletes took the entire podium. The winner was Sergei Ustyugov, who covered the distance in 31 minutes 2.5 seconds. Ivan Yakimushkin finished second, 22.6 seconds behind the leader. Alexander Bolshunov took third place, losing to Ustyugov by 29 seconds. Three more Russian skiers made it into the top ten at the end of the start: Artem Maltsev became sixth, Andrei Larkov was next, and Denis Spitsov closed the top ten. The overall leader of the Tour de Ski is the Norwegian Johannes Kläbo. Bolshunov is second, 32 seconds behind the leader.

01/06/2019 The Tour de Ski 2018/2019 ski race has ended

03/29/2018 The Federation of Sports Journalists of Russia awarded the best athletes of last year

02/09/2018 The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeals of Russian athletes

12/30/2017 Russian skier Ustyugov won the sprint at the Tour de Ski stage

12/19/2017 Awarding the best athletes of 2017

02/25/2017 Sergey Ustyugov became the World Skiathlon champion

Russian skier. Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Two-time world champion 2017. Winner of the multi-day Tour de Ski race.
An all-rounder, he successfully performs in both sprint and distance races.

Sergey Ustyugov was born on April 8, 1992 in the village of Mezhdurechensky, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. The boy began cross-country skiing in 2001 at a special Olympic reserve biathlon school for children and youth in the village of Mezhdurechensky, where Ivan Bragin became the first coach of the future champion.

In 2011, Sergei Ustyugov won gold in the sprint at the Junior World Ski Championships in Otepää. In 2012, Sergei Ustyugov became a four-time winner of the Junior World Championships in Erzurum. Then the athlete won gold in the sprint, 10 km race, skiathlon and as part of the relay.

Further, at the World Ski Championships among juniors and youth in Liberec, Sergei Ustyugov won two gold medals in the under 23 category: in the 15 km freestyle race and in the 30 km skiathlon.

Ustyugov made his debut in the World Cup on February 6, 2011, and then for the first time he got into the top ten at the World Cup stage, in the relay race. In total, during his career, the skier reached the podium of the World Cup stages twenty-two times. Ustyugov has nine victories to his name. Another six times he was second and seven times third. Ustyugov’s best achievement in the overall final standings of the World Cup is fourth place in the 2015/2016 season.

At the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, together with the team, he became a bronze medalist in the relay race, and in the individual race he was 47th at a distance of 15 km freestyle.

At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, in the final of the personal sprint, being one of the main contenders for victory, he took fifth place, falling in the final.

In May 2014, it was announced that Sergei Ustyugov was moving from the remote Russian national team, led by Oleg Perevozchikov, to a separate group of the Russian national team under the leadership of the Swiss-German duo of coaches Reto Burgermeister and Isabelle Knaute.

In January 2015, also together with Alexey Petukhov, he won the team sprint at the World Cup stage in Otepää. At the stage in Rybinsk, he took second place in the freestyle sprint and third place in the 15 km freestyle individual race.

A year later, Ustyugov took third place in the 2016 Tour de Ski stage race. At the stage in Nove Mesto, he won silver and bronze in the 15 km freestyle and relay, respectively. In February 2016, at the World Cup in Falun, Sweden, he won the 15 km freestyle mass start. Then he took second place in the stage race “Tour of Canada”, simultaneously getting on the podium in five races of the tour and losing only to Martin Sundby.

In October 2016, it became known about a conflict between Burgermeister-Knaute and several skiers. The President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation and the head coach of the Russian national team, Elena Vyalbe, allowed the skiers to move from the Burgermeister-Knaute group to the group of another German specialist, Markus Kramer, who at that time already trained Olympic champion Alexander Legkov and a number of other strong skiers.

The following season, Sergei Ustyugov won the Tour de Ski 2017. The athlete performed excellently at all stages of the stage race: he won the first five stages and took second place in the sixth stage, losing 2.2 seconds to Martin Sundby. Before the last seventh stage, Sergei had a 1 minute 12 second advantage over his closest pursuer, Norwegian Martin Sundby.

Having confidently carried out the last race up the Alpe de Cermis mountain, Sergey Ustyugov maintained his handicap and won the Tour. Thus, Ustyugov became the second Russian skier after Alexander Legkov to win the Tour de Ski. Sergei Ustyugov also set a record for the number of victories in a row at the stages of one round. Previously, the Norwegian Sundby had won the most races in the tour. In the same year, at the World Championships in Lahti, he won the 30 km race.

In the Italian Val di Fiem, on January 6, 2019, the last stage of the prestigious multi-day ski race “Tour de Ski” took place. The competition ended with a nine-kilometer sprint race. Sergei Ustyugov showed himself to be excellent, winning a silver medal.

At the third stage of the Tour de Ski in Italy December 31, 2019 Sergei Ustyugov took first place in the 15-kilometer freestyle race, covering the distance in 31 minutes 2.5 seconds. Another Russian Ivan Yakimushkin finished second, 22.6 seconds behind the leader. Alexander Bolshunov took third place, losing to Ustyugov by 29 seconds.

Sergey Ustyugov January 1, 2020, at the Tour de Ski stage in Italian Toblach, took second place in the 15-kilometer pursuit race in the classic style, losing 13.7 seconds to the winner Alexander Bolshunov. Finn Iivo Niskanen completed the top three. In the overall Tour de Ski ranking, Ustyugov dropped to second place, behind Bolshunov. In third place is the winner of last season's stage race, Norwegian Johannes Klebo.

As part of the multi-day ski race "Tour de Ski" in the Italian Val di Fiemme January 3, 2020 Sergey Ustyugov took second place in the classical style mass start, with a result of 39 minutes 51.7 seconds. The victory in the race was celebrated by Norwegian Johannes Klebo, who covered a distance of 15 kilometers 0.7 seconds faster than the Russian. The top three winners were rounded out by Alexander Bolshunov, who lost 1 second to the leader.

Sergey Ustyugov January 5, 2020 Following the results of seven stages of the multi-day ski race, the Tour de Ski took second place in the general classification. The Russian skier lost to the winner, his teammate Alexander Bolshunov, by 27.3 seconds. The top three winners were completed by Norwegian Johannes Klebo, who was 1 minute 9 seconds behind the leader.

Sergei Alexandrovich Ustyugov. Born on April 8, 1992 in the village. Mezhdurechensky Tyumen region. Russian skier. Two-time world champion (2017), winner of the Tour de Ski multi-day race (2016/2017). Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2017).

By nationality - Mansi.

Some sources report his relationship with the famous Russian biathlete, two-time Olympic champion Evgeniy Ustyugov. However, they are only namesakes and there are no family ties between them.

Sergei is the youngest child in the family. From an early age I fell in love with sports. I started with boxing. Then he became interested in biathlon and trained at the Biathlon Sports School in the village of Mezhdurechensky. Since 2001, he focused on cross-country skiing, and his first coach was Ivan Bragin. Ustyugov quite quickly began to show very high results for his age and win at various competitions.

As Sergei Ustyugov admitted, he grew up as a hooligan, and if not for sports, his fate could have been completely different: “I simply don’t communicate with some childhood friends anymore. Some spent time in prison. Some are in prison. And I was able to rebuild. Sports rebuilt me. I studied very poorly. My mother told me: “Get rid of sports.”

From an early age, he was distinguished by his great diligence in training, determination and perseverance in achieving his goal. He himself said: “As a child, I had a very specific and conscious dream - to get into the national team of the country. In general, having achieved one goal, I set new ones for myself.”

At the same time, Sergei has a difficult character; due to his excessive love of freedom, he could remain outside the sport: “The main negative thing about me is my character. And the main positive thing... is also my character... From my first training camp they wanted to kick me out “I wrote three explanatory notes. Violation of the regime, and all that. I didn’t like that they were putting pressure on me,” he recalled.

His first big success came in 2011, when Sergei Ustyugov won gold in the sprint at the Junior World Ski Championships in Otepää (Estonia). On February 6, 2011, he made his debut at the World Cup and then for the first time got into the top ten at one of the stages (in the relay).

In 2012, Sergei Ustyugov became a four-time winner of the junior world championship in Erzurum (Türkiye). Then he won gold in the sprint, 10 km race, skiathlon and as part of the relay.

In 2013, at the World Ski Championships among juniors and youth in Liberec (Czech Republic), Sergei Ustyugov won two gold medals in the under 23 category - in the 15 km freestyle race and in the 30 km skiathlon.

At the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, together with the team, he became a bronze medalist in the relay race, and in the individual race he was 47th at a distance of 15 km freestyle. He made his first appearance on the podium at the World Cup at the stage in Davos on December 15, 2013, taking 3rd place in the freestyle sprint. The following month, he won a stage in the Czech Nove Mesto na Morave in the freestyle sprint.

In 2014, at the youth cross-country championships in Val di Fiemme, he won gold in the individual sprint. At the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi in the final of the personal sprint, being one of the main contenders for victory, he took fifth place, falling in the final.

According to Ustyugov, skiing for him is a lifestyle, not a means of making money: “I never thought that I got into skiing purely to make money. I don’t go to work.”.

In January 2015, also together with Alexey Petukhov, he won the team sprint at the World Cup stage in Otepää. At the stage in Rybinsk, he took 2nd place in the freestyle sprint and 3rd place in the 15 km freestyle individual race.

In 2016, he took 3rd place in the 2016 Tour de Ski stage race. At the stage in Nove Mesto, he won silver and bronze in the 15 km freestyle and relay race, respectively. In February 2016, at the World Cup in Falun, Sweden, he won the 15 km freestyle mass start. In March 2016, he took second place at the Tour of Canada stage race, at the same time getting on the podium in five races of the tour and losing only to Martin Sundby.

In October 2016, it became known about a conflict between Burgermeister-Knaute and several skiers - Sergei Ustyugov, Evgeniy Belov and Stanislav Volzhentsev. The President of the Russian Ski Racing Federation and the head coach of the Russian national team allowed the skiers to move from the Burgermeister-Knaute group to the group of another German specialist Markus Kramer, who at that time already trained the 2014 Olympic champion Alexander Legkov and a number of other strong skiers.

Sergey Ustyugov won the Tour de Ski 2016/2017. He performed excellently at all stages of the stage race: he won the first 5 stages and at the sixth stage (15 km CS, mass start) he took 2nd place, losing 2.2 seconds to Martin Sundby. Before the last seventh stage, Sergei had the first position and 1 minute 12 seconds advantage over his closest pursuer, Norwegian Martin Sundby. Having confidently completed the last race up the Alpe de Cermis mountain, Sergey Ustyugov maintained his handicap and won the Tour. Thus, Ustyugov became the second Russian skier after Alexander Legkov to win the Tour de Ski. Sergei Ustyugov also set a record for the number of victories in a row at the stages of one tour - 5. Previously, the Norwegian Sundby won the most number of races in the tour (4).

At the 2017 World Ski Championships On February 23, he won a silver medal in the individual freestyle sprint, losing only to 26-year-old Italian Federico Pellegrino.

On February 25, Ustyugov won gold in the 15+15 km skiathlon. A few kilometers before the finish, Ustyugov and Sundby created a gap from the main group. On one of the last climbs, Sundby attempted to accelerate, but broke his pole. As a result of this, the Norwegian fell behind Ustyugov by several tens of meters and was unable to compete with Sergei for gold at the finish. Thus, Sergei Ustyugov won the world champion title for the first time in his career.

On February 26, Sergei competed in the team sprint in the classic style together with two-time world champion 31-year-old Nikita Kryukov. At the last stage, Ustyugov fled from Russia. 30 seconds before the finish, he was fourth after the Norwegian Emil Iversen, the Finn Iivo Niskanen and the 2017 world champion in the personal sprint Italian Federico Pellegrino. At the same time, the Norwegian and Finn were ahead, and the Russian and Italian skiers were somewhat behind. On the way out to the stadium, the Finn drove up close to the Norwegian, and while changing lanes to another Iversen track, the athletes collided. Both skiers fell, the Norwegian broke his pole, and Pellegrino and Ustyugov drove around their fallen opponents. At the finish line, Sergei made a powerful acceleration and confidently won gold, ahead of the Italian by 2.14 seconds, Niskanen finished third. Ustyugov won his second gold medal at the World Championships, and Kryukov became the first three-time world champion in the history of Soviet and Russian sports.

Ustyugov missed the next race of the championship, 15 km time trial in the classic style. In the 4x10 km relay, Sergei ran the last leg. After 3 stages, Russia was approximately 17 seconds behind Norway, Ustyugov was able to reduce the gap to 4 seconds, but was unable to compete for victory, winning his 2nd medal in relay races at the World Championships.

The last race of the championship was the 50 km freestyle marathon, which Ustyugov, in his own words, ran only for the second time in his career. Approximately a kilometer before the finish, the trio of Canadian Alex Harvey, Ustyugov and Sundby broke away from the main group. As a result of the finishing spurt, Harvey won gold, Ustyugov became second, and Finn Matti Heikkinen won the bronze medal, Sundby became only fifth.

Based on the results of the entire tournament, Sergei Ustyugov repeated the record of the Norwegians Björn Deli and Petter Northug for the number of medals at one World Championship - 5 medals (2 gold and 3 silver). Sergei also equaled Alexey Prokurorov in the number of world championship awards (six medals each).

During his career, he was on the podium at World Cup stages more than twenty times in individual races. Ustyugov has nine victories, six times he was second and seven times third. Ustyugov’s best achievement in the overall final standings of the World Cup is fourth place in the 2015/2016 season.

“There are moments in a race when you have to step over yourself. It’s like a car, it reaches the red cut-off point, beyond which the engine explodes. And you also have such a cut-off point. And you step over it, even knowing that it is mortally dangerous. I brought myself to such a state. It all happens automatically: you get started and drive, and you get high from this state.”, - said Sergei Ustyugov.

Sergei Ustyugov's height: 184 centimeters.

Personal life of Sergei Ustyugov:

Wife: Elena Soboleva, world champion in cross-country skiing among juniors. We got married on August 10, 2019 in Yekaterinburg.

Sports achievements of Sergei Ustyugov:

World Championships:

Bronze - Val di Fiemme 2013 - 4x10 km relay
Silver - Lahti 2017 - personal sprint
Gold - Lahti 2017 - skiathlon 15+15 km
Gold - Lahti 2017 - team sprint classic
Silver - Lahti 2017 - 4×10 km relay
Silver - Lahti 2017 - 50 km
Silver - Seefeld 2019 - 4×10 km relay

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