The biography of the carol of the skater

Born on February 18 in St. Petersburg. Russian skater-single. Silver medalist of the Olympic Games Bronze medalist of the World Cup Three -time Russian Champion, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Mikhail Kolyada was born on February 18 in St. Petersburg. He said about the history of his surname: “Once the Russian king dispersed the Cossacks, and my ancestor moved to the western part of Ukraine.

There he met a girl, built a house, they decided to get married. And when they were married that the priest asked: “And what is your last name? It turns out that the person chose his surname. " His parents were fond of sports: his father was a picture and hand -to -hand combat, his mother ran skiing. He was an older child in the family, has two sisters and brother. From the age of five he began to engage in figure skating.

His first coach was Valentina Chebotareva. The first significant success came to him in the year when Kolyada won the Russian championship among juniors. He received the right to speak at the Junior World Championship in Milan, where he was the best of the European skaters-single-handers. He performed well at the Russian championship and after the short program went in place, but in an arbitrary he was forced to stop the competition due to a broken hook for the lacing of skates.

In November, he was declared at the stage of the Grand Prix series, but in August he received a severe trauma in training: doctors diagnosed an ankle fracture. In m on the Nornya memorial in Bratislava, in the sum of the points, he became the second. In November, he replaced Arthur Gachinsky, who had finished his career at the Grand Prix series in Moscow and ended up in the middle of the table.

At the end of December, at the National Championship, Mikhail confidently took the second place, successfully climbing the championships of Europe and the world. At the World Cup, held in the American Boston, Kolyada sensationally took 4th place. At the end of November, he took part in the stage of the NHK Trophy Grand Prix, where the first of the Russian men-single men tried to fulfill the most complex of the jumps-the quarterly Lutz.

But he made an undercurrent in a quarter of turnover and fall. At the end of December, for the first time became the champion of Russia. At the end of January, GO performed in Ostrava at the European Championship and took third place. Then I received a silver medal of the world championship in Tokyo. I won at the Chinese stage of the Grand Prix series in Beijing.

At the final of the Grand Prix in Nagoy Kolyada, he took third place, improving his previous achievements in the amount of points. At the National Championship in mid-December in St. Petersburg, Mikhail spoke confidently and successfully and for the second time became the champion. In Moscow, at the European Championship, Mikhail Kolyada won a bronze medal - this is his second pedestal at the continental championship.

At the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, as part of the Russian team, he won a silver medal in team competitions. At the personal tournament of the Olympic Games, the loner made mistakes and became the eighth. In the same Milan championship in Milan, he brilliantly performed in a short program, 08 points, but not very well in an arbitrary. As a result, he won a bronze medal. In the year of the European Championship after a short program, Mikhail was a leader, bypassing the seven -time European champion Havier Fernandez, but an unsuccessful arbitrary program threw an athlete to the final fifth place.

At the World Cup, he finished the sixth. In September, it became known that Kolyada has an operation to treat chronic sinusitis. Mikhail was able to start training only in the year. In the year, Kolyada moved to a group to Alexei Mishin. After the injury, the first start for Mikhail was the third stage of the Russian Cup, where he took gold. At the Russian Championship of the year, the skater successfully performed and won gold, and, the gap from the second place amounted to more than 30 points.

At the Channel Channel Cup in an arbitrary program, Mikhail Kolyada jumped three quadruple jumps, but made a step-out on the four-salkhov, then performed two pure quadruple sheepskin coats, one of which in a cascade with triple. At the World Cup in Stockholm, Kolyada did not perform the best way and took the final fifth place. At the world championship in Osaka, along with his partners, he won gold.

The growth of Mikhail Kolyada: centimeters. Personal life of Mikhail Kolyada: married. Wife - Daria Dmitrievna Beklemishcheva genus. Since the year, Beklemishcheva lived and trained in St. Petersburg at the Figure Skating Academy. Her coach was Valentina Chebotareva, who also trains Kolyad himself. Therefore, Mikhail and Daria are familiar from childhood. Daria performed in paired skating.

Later, Daria stood in a couple with an athlete from Hungary. We got married in July. For me, freedom is freedom of action. When I feel the flight of thought and understand that they hear me, whether at home or on ice, then I am happy. ” Sports achievements of Mikhail Kolyada: Silver - Pyeongchang - Team competitions World Championships: Bronze - Milan - Single Ringing European Championships: Bronze - Ostrava - Single Lighting Bronze - Moscow - Single Ringing Team Championships of the World:.