SAVICHEV Aleksandr

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
4	Men	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
5	Men	2018	Netherlands
5	Men	2014	Elblag, POL
European Championships
1	Men	2019	Budapest, HUN
1	Men	2017	Porec, CRO

Spending time with family, reading. (Athlete, 18 Mar 2020)

Physical Education - Ural State University of Physical Education, Yekaterinburg, RUS

Wife Ekaterina, daughter Kira

Russian

Rodnik [Yekaterinburg, RUS] since 2005

Alexander Ovsyannikov [national], RUS

2006 for Russia, in Elblag, Poland (Athlete, 22 Apr 2012)

Russian Championship [RUS] (minsport.gov.ru, 25 Dec 2020)

He began playing sitting volleyball in 2005 with the Rodnik club in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. (rodnik.avsgroup.ru, 15 Jul 2013; Athlete, 22 Apr 2012)

He did not participate in much sport before his accident but, while recovering in hospital, he met the captain of the national sitting volleyball team and was invited to go to a training session. He did not know how to play volleyball, but joined the team and instantly felt comfortable with the sport. "I joined the team and began a new chapter in my life. It was a new experience, it was hard, and I had to learn a lot, but I immediately realised that this is my sport." (sverdlovsk.er.ru, 07 Mar 2014; volleyslide.tumblr.com, 09 Sep 2013; gazeta-uralsky-rabochii.rf, 26 Jun 2013; players.moonfruit.com, 21 Jun 2013; Athlete, 22 Apr 2012)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 18 Mar 2020)

Winning bronze at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, and claiming gold at the European championships in 2017 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Aug 2021; Athlete, 18 Mar 2020)

Coach Viktor Dyakov. (Athlete, 22 Apr 2012)

"Do everything and more. Use every moment." (Athlete, 22 Apr 2012)

He was named Best Spiker at the 2014 World Championships in Elblag, Poland. He also took part in the torch relay ahead of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. His leg of the relay was in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. (paravolley.pl, 03 Jul 2014; sverdlovsk.er.ru, 07 Mar 2014; volley-ural.ru, 28 Feb 2014)

He was named Best Spiker and Best Blocker at both the 2012 Intercontinental World Cup and the 2011 European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (sverdlovsk.er.ru, 07 Mar 2014; rodnik.avsgroup.ru, 15 Jul 2013)

He received 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 was named Best Player at the 2007 European Championships in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. (sverdlovsk.er.ru, 07 Mar 2014; rodnik.avsgroup.ru, 15 Jul 2013)

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