Vladimir Kuzin Biography

Kuznetsov S. Kuzin Vladimir Semenovich--Soviet athlete, Honored Master of Sports, Olympic champion of the year and two-time world champion Vladimir Semenovich Kuzin was born on July 15 in the village of Lampozhnya of the Mezensky district of the Arkhangelsk region. In the year, his father went to the front, leaving nine children on his shoulders. Vladimir, who was then 11 years old, had to work since childhood.

Vladimir Semenovich celebrated his first victory in skiing in the year when he won the district championship with a summer schoolboy and was awarded a diploma, as well as a prize invaluable at that time - a couple of warm underwear. At 16, Vladimir Kuzin was invited to adult competitions. He fled in felt boots and with heavy skis mounts. During the first start, he showed a wonderful quality - not to timid in front of the craftsmen: the village guy from the lamps showed the best result in the race.

In the years, Vladimir Semenovich worked as the head of the radio node in the village of Lampozhnya. He studied at the Arkhangelsk College of Physical Culture. The army service was held as a radiotea -telegraphist and the head of the radio station in the city of Arkhangelsk in the barracks of the uprising. In the year, at the World Cup in the Swedish city of Falun, he won 50 and 30 kilometers skiing, becoming the first Soviet world champion.

This was the first and last ski coronation. After this incident in the ski world, the tradition was assigned to award the unofficial title of “King of the Ski” to the rider, who, within the framework of the same World Cup or Olympic Games, would win at these two distances. The newspapers wrote that year: “Kuzin is a worthy ski king. The style of his run requires colossal forces.

You can even ask a question: has there ever been a more magnificent skier? He became the first Soviet skier to win both the Olympics and the World Cup. In the year, for this achievement he was awarded the Order of Lenin. After leaving large sports, Vladimir Semenovich worked for several years as a coach. He graduated from the Higher School of Coaches of the Red Banner Military Institute of Physical Culture and Sports named after V.

Lenin and the P. Physical Culture Institute of Physical Culture worked as a teacher at the Higher Naval Border School in Leningrad. C to gg. Professor of the Department of Sports of the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the RSUFK - from a year, Honored Master of Sports, Honored Coach of the USSR Vladimir Semenovich Kuzin died on October 5 in Moscow; He was buried in the Mitinsky cemetery.

The champion’s grave says: “The world champion. Olympic champion. King of Ski ". Next to the portrait, the monument depicts a symbolic crown. In the village of Lampozhny, there is a house-museum of Vladimir Kuzin, a bust of the champion is installed next to the museum. In the Mezensky district, traditional ski races for the prize of Vladimir Kuzin have been taking place annually since the year.

Since the year, the ski stadium in the Small Karelians has the name of the famous athlete. Antipin, N. Drannikov, N. Tikhonov; ch. Kopytova; Photo from arch.