BAICHIK Aleksandr

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

Fishing. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)

Athlete

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

Wife Julia, one son

Russian

Spartanets [Shchyolkovo, RUS]

Nikolay Zelikov [club], RUS; Alexander Ovsyannikov [national], RUS

Russian Championship [RUS] (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)

He took up the sport in 2000 in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. (rodnik.avsgroup.ru, 08 Oct 2015)

He started playing volleyball while in primary school, and competed in city and regional competitions. After losing his leg he did not want to play sport at first, but changed his mind after meeting the captain of a sitting volleyball team while in hospital. He was inspired to join the AVS Rodnik team and progressed to compete at national level. "Here everyone is equal. You are happy about living, about your victories. Overall, it strengthened my spirit, psychologically and physically." (sportufo.ru, 01 Oct 2012; ural.rfn.ru, 21 Sep 2006)

To win gold at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)

Winning bronze at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, and claiming gold at the 2019 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Aug 2021; Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, US boxer Roy Jones Jr., Russian mixed martial artist Fedor Emelianenko. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)

His physical education teacher Olga Tarasova. (Athlete, 17 Mar 2020)

He was presented with the Order for Merit to the Fatherland [second grade] in the Russian Federation in recognition of winning bronze 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)