1. Radik Zaripov,
an wushu world champion
Salikhova Fauziya Zainullovna,
an English teacher of school № 14
city Nizhnevartovsk region Khanti-Mansiiskaya Ugra

2. It was in 2002. I
and my 6th form
students were
watching a new
performance in our
local city drama
theatre. We were
fascinated by the
style and dexterity
of the actors and
especially by the
small boy who
starred in the play.
It was Radik
Zaripov. That time
he was only 11
years old.

3. As we learned from the
booklet, it wasn’t a
usual play or
performance. It was a
pliant sport
performance. A wellknown fairy-tale
“Nightingale” by H.-С.
Andersen was greatly
changed by the
producer Nataliya
Naumova and the
wushu trainer Igor
Kreimer.

4. The play was performed
only by wushu
sportsmen which were
of different age. The
play was so unusual and
beautiful that it was
granted by the regional
governor.
Radik Zaripov was born
on the 8th of January
1989 in city Kazan’ in
Tatarstan. Soon his
family moved in
Nizhnevartovsk. His
father, being an wushu
trainer, helped him
much.

5. Since that time Radik
Zaripov has trained
much and has taken
part in different sport
competitions. Today
he is a Russia
champion, a
European champion
and a world champion
in wushu.
To popularize sport
Radik organized
different morning
exercises for the
citizens nearby lake
Komsomolskaya
which is in the centre
of our city.

6. There is a quite new
tradition in our local
city newspaper:
every well-known
person speaks about
his five favourite
books. Here are five
favourite books,
loved by Radik.

7. Our city is rich with sportsmen and we have a special monument for
sportsmen in our city. It is called “A glory memorial of Nizhnevartovsk
sport”. Here you can see a great star in honour of Radik Zaripov. I am
very proud of my city and its great sportsmen. And I strongly advise
you to come and watch “Nightingale” at our local drama theatre but
with other wushu sportsmen.