- Sergei, you were going to end your career four years ago, after the Paralympics in Turin. Maybe you'll change your mind now?

- No, this is a settled issue. The last four years in sports have been hard for me. After Turin, health problems began, and in general it was difficult to combine sports, family life and study at the Diplomatic Academy. But he survived. True, I stopped exercising long distances, all the bet, preparing for Vancouver, made on the sprint.

- Why?

- Age takes its toll. I understood that in longer races it would be difficult for me to compete with the young ones on those tracks, in that weather. This year I tried to drive long races at three stages of the World Cup and took places far from prize money. At some point, the question even arose that it makes no sense for me to go to Vancouver. But my coach Irina Gromova defended me, and the leadership of the Russian Paralympic Committee supported me. But it so happened that the sprint was the last in the Paralympics program, and by that time many had already given up on me.

– And you yourself?

“And I believed it would work. In the sprint, not only physical readiness plays a big role, but also psychological. Perhaps the four-time Vancouver champion Irek Zaripov was physically better than me, but psychologically I was stronger (in that race, Zaripov finished second. - "NO").

Do you remember your winning feelings?

- I was simply overwhelmed with joy, and I didn’t even have the strength to smile. Very tired. I thought of only one thing - now I would have to rest a little ... All emotions remained on the track, even when I received a medal at the awards ceremony, it was somehow empty inside. I don’t remember any easy races for myself, but this Paralympics was especially difficult.

- Even the Olympians complained about the difficult weather, the complexity of the Canadian tracks ...

– Not only in this matter. For us, all the tracks are difficult. It’s just that in general the Paralympic movement is going to be very high level, which almost does not differ from the level Olympic Games. Now it is almost a professional sport. And I am even more glad that I won two gold medals in Vancouver.

- Do you know that now you will receive a reward, like real professionals?

- Yes, sure. It is very pleasant that they have finally stopped separating us from the Olympians and are beginning to perceive us as full-fledged members of a single team - the Russian national team. This is true. We win no less medals, even more, than the Olympians, and the attitude should be appropriate.

- Your coach Irina Gromova says that at the last training camp in Canmore, the officers picked you up late in the evening, after you had already gone to bed. Requirements from the World anti-doping agency to the Paralympians, it turns out, the same as to healthy athletes?

– Yes, WADA officers controlled us in the same way. At that training camp, I was tested for doping three times.

- Sergey, how did you get into wheelchair sports?

- Due to a spinal injury that he received as a result of an accident. I was born in Pskov orienteering, became a candidate for master ... And at the age of 17 this accident happened. While still training in Pskov, he became the national champion in athletics and, as a master of sports in athletics, went to the Games in Barcelona. That's how it went...

– What now?

Paralympic champion

Champion of the Paralympic Games, Honored Master of Sports in cross-country skiing, Master of Sports international class in biathlon, master of sports of international class in athletics, candidate master of sports in orienteering.

Born in Pskov. He studied at schools No. 16, No. 5 and No. 23 of the city. In 1987 he entered the Pskov Polytechnic Institute - a branch of the St. Petersburg State Technical University. Had an accident and suffered a spinal injury, due to which he was forced to leave big sport. Being disabled, he continued to train hard, and four years later he was awarded the title of "Master of Sports in Athletics" for winning the super marathon Moscow - Kyiv - Krivoy Rog.

Sergei Shilov is a four-time European champion and multiple winner of the World Cup in cross-country skiing, multiple winner of the continental championships in athletics and many other competitions. He won in international marathons athletics in Slovenia, Germany, South Korea, Moscow, Poland. In 2002, for the fourth time, he became the champion of the Paralympic Games, held in Salt Lake City (USA). At the IX Winter Paralympic Games in 2006 in Turin (Italy) he won three awards, becoming a two-time vice-champion of the Paralympic Games in cross-country skiing. Lives in Moscow, but comes to Pskov, where he has many friends. He was awarded the Orders of Friendship and the Badge of Honor.

Member of the Executive Committee of the Paralympic Committee of Russia. In 2009 he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (specialty: International Relations).

In 2009, Sergei Shilov became an Honorary Citizen of Pskov.

On March 21, 2010, at the X Paralympic Games in Vancouver, athlete Sergey Shilov won gold in the ski sprint.

The legendary Pskov athlete, six-time champion of the Paralympic Games Sergey Shilov, who left big sport in December last year, became the “mayor” of one of the two Paralympic villages at the upcoming Paralympic Games in Sochi.

As the athlete wrote on his page on the Vkontakte social network, two Paralympic villages have opened in Sochi: the coastal Estate and the mountain Village. Shilov himself became the "mayor" of the "Village".

It should be noted that the athlete is a seven-time winner of the World Championships in cross-country skiing, a four-time European champion, a two-time winner of the World Cup in cross-country skiing, a multiple winner of the continental championships in athletics and many other competitions. In addition, Shilov is an Honored Master of Sports of Russia, International Master of Sports in Biathlon, International Master of Sports in Athletics, Candidate Master of Sports in Orienteering. The athlete is a member of the executive committee of the Russian Paralympic Committee.

According to news agencies - PAI - http://informpskov.ru/news/138479.html

Pskov Sergey Shilov participated in the creation of a Youtube channel dedicated to the Paralympics in Sochi

Six-time Paralympic champion, a native of Pskov Sergey Shilov took part in the creation of a YouTube channel dedicated to the upcoming Paralympics in Sochi.

On the YouTube video hosting, a video is available for viewing, where Sergey Shilov talks about sports facilities, which will host the Paralympic competitions, in particular, about ski resort"Rosa Khutor".

“In March 2014, it is here (Rosa Khutor) that competitions in Paralympic sports will be held: skiing and a new discipline - parasnowboarding. In Alpine skiing, there are 4 types of competitions: Super-G, Downhill, Giant Slalom and Slalom. Athletes with different categories of disabilities participate in the competitions. Athletes use different equipment: conventional skis, mono-skis - this is a seat mounted on one ski, as well as special poles with skis at the end - outriggers, ”Sergey Shilov reads the text behind the scenes.

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"KNOW OURS"!

SHILOV SERGEY VALENTINOVICH

(October 1, 1970, Pskov)

Honored Master of Sports of Russia in cross-country skiing, international master of sports in biathlon, international master of sports in athletics, candidate for master of sports in orienteering. Six-time champion of the Paralympic Games, four-time European champion and multiple winner of the World Cup in cross-country skiing, multiple winner of the continental championships in athletics and many other competitions. Member of the Executive Committee of the Paralympic Committee of Russia.

Honorary citizen of the city of Pskov (2009).

Laureate of the Russian National Prize. E. Mukhina.

Awarded the Order of Friendship and the Badge of Honor (2010).

Since 1982, he began to engage in orienteering, fulfilled the standard "Candidate for Master of Sports", became a member of the VDFSO team of trade unions, the Russian and Central Council of the DSO "Spartak". In 1986, he got into a car accident, in which he received serious injury spine, but continued to train hard. Since 1993 he has been taking part in cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions. In 1998 he became the champion of the Winter Paralympic Games in Nagano. He took first place in cross-country skiing at a distance of 5 km. At the Winter Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, he won 3 gold medals: in the relay race, in races at distances of 5 and 15 km. At the same competitions, he won the silver medal in the 10 km race. At the Paralympic Games in Turin in 2006 he won 2 silver and 1 bronze medals. At the Vancouver Olympics (2010) he won gold. Ambassador of Sochi 2014.

Nastya Tolcheva(age 14), from a letter to his favorite athlete:

“Thank you for raising the banner of the Paralympic movement and holding master classes for children. For the fact that you set an example with your achievements, perseverance, willpower, not letting us, the disabled, despair, relax, wallow in whining.

Sergey Shilov:

“I am glad that someone, looking at me, comes out of the four walls and starts playing sports. So, I try not only for myself, but also raise the spirit, mood of other people. Nastya is looking for herself in sports - and it's great. Thank you very much for this letter. An unexpected and such a pleasant joy.

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