MILENIN Viktor

RPC
Sitting Volleyball
20 Nov 1987
33
Male
VS1
KRASNOTUR'INSK
 
Russian Federation
KRASNOTUR'INSK
 
Russian Federation

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VBS Sitting Volleyball Men
RPC
RPC
 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Men's Preliminaries Pool A
#01
JPN
Japan
0
RPC
RPC
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Men's Preliminaries Pool A
#05
RPC
RPC
3
BIH
Bosnia Herzegovina
0
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Men's Preliminaries Pool A
#09
EGY
Egypt
0
RPC
RPC
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Men's Semifinals
#15
RPC
RPC
3
BRA
Brazil
1
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Men's Gold Medal Match
#18
RPC
RPC
1
IRI
Islamic Rep. of Iran
3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
3Men2008Beijing, CHN
4Men2012London, GBR
World Championships
5Men2018Netherlands
5Men2014Elblag, POL
European Championships
1Men2019Budapest, HUN
1Men2017Porec, CRO
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Listening to music, reading. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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Athlete
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Coaching - Siberian State University of Physical Education and Sport, Sterlitamak, RUS
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Wife Anna Milenina, sons Matvey and Timofey, daughter Vasilisa
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Russian
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Rodnik [Yekaterinburg, RUS] since 2005
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Alexander Ovsyannikov [national], RUS
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Opposite hitter (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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His wife Anna Milenina [nee Burmistrova] has represented the Russian Federation in Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon. She competed at the Paralympic Winter Games in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, winning a total of 17 medals [seven gold, eight silver and two bronze]. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Aug 2021; interfax.ru, 14 Mar 2014)
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He took up taekwondo at age 11 and, two months before his accident, attained a black belt and won a medal at the Sverdlovsk regional taekwondo championships in the Russian Federation. (2.russia.tv, 22 Aug 2012; krasnoturinsk.me, 12 Aug 2005)
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2005 for Russia, in Leverkusen, Germany (krasnoturinsk.me, 12 Aug 2005)
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Russian Championship [RUS] (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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He took up the sport in 2003 with the Rodnik club in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. (rodnik.avsgroup.ru, 08 Oct 2015)
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He found out about sitting volleyball from a prosthetics centre in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, shortly after his amputation. The Rodnik team captain Sergey Yakunin regularly made visits to the centre in search of prospective players and invited him to go to a training session. He attended training several times and liked the sport. "With the help of the volleyball team I believed in myself and started living like a regular person." (krasnoturinsk.info, 22 Sep 2012; 2.russia.tv, 22 Aug 2012; krasnoturinsk.org, 12 Aug 2005)
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To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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Winning bronze at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Aug 2021; Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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Russian Para Nordic skier [and his wife] Anna Milenina. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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Coach Viktor Dyakov. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)
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He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the European championships in 2019 and 2017. (eurosittingvolley.com, 20 Jul 2019; paralymp.ru, 20 Nov 2017)

He was named Best Blocker at the 2012 Intercontinental Cup, Best Player at the 2007 European Championships in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary and Best Spiker at the 2006 European Cup. (sportufo.ru, 01 Oct 2012; rezeptsport.ru, 10 Mar 2012)

He was presented with the Order for Merit to the Fatherland [second grade] in the Russian Federation in recognition of the bronze medal he won at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (kremlin.ru, 30 Sep 2009)

He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 25 Dec 2020)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (2.russia.tv, 22 Aug 2012; krasnoturinsk.me, 12 Aug 2005)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (2.russia.tv, 22 Aug 2012; krasnoturinsk.me, 12 Aug 2005)

Impairment Details
He was hit by a drunk driver at age 16 while riding his motorcycle. His left leg was amputated as a result of his injuries. (2.russia.tv, 22 Aug 2012; krasnoturinsk.me, 12 Aug 2005)

General
PARALYMPIC COUPLE
His wife Anna Milenina has won multiple gold medals in cross-country skiing and biathlon at the Paralympic Winter Games, but he admits winter sports are not his strength. "I don't know how to ski. I always fall. It will take me 40 to 60 minutes to ski one-and-a-half kilometres. In the meantime she manages to ski five to 10 times around me on the same track. She doesn't try to teach me to ski and I don't try to teach her to play volleyball." (krasnoturinsk.info, 22 Sep 2012)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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