1. People of Prymorsky Region we are
proud of.
Ivan Shtyl.
Kaptyr Katya
Form 9 «A»
Gymnasia №1
Nakhodka
Prymorsky Region

2. Every country has people they are proud of. And I want to tell you
about my countryman. Ivan Shtyl (June 8, 1986, Komsomolsk-on-Amur)
is a Russian rower, canoeist, the sprinter, who plays for the national
team of Russia since 2005.
With all my pride I can tell you that he is the Bronze medalist of the
Olympic Games in London in 2012, a six-time world champion, a
multiple winner of the European and national championships, World
Cup winner.
I do believe, Ivan Shtyl is one of the strongest world-class rowers.

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It is curious to know, he began his studies at the age of ten when he
was admitted to a local children's sports school. Four years of training
under the guidance of coach seeds took, and after the victory in the
canoe alone at the junior tournament "Quick paddle" in 1999 he was
noticed by experts from Vladivostok. He was accepted into the school of
Olympic reserve, where later he was included into the governor's
training program leading athletes the edge for the Olympics. At this
school he worked with a very skillful coaches Alex Cole and Sergei
Sidorenko.

4. Two years of hard work lead them to the successful results. He got a
bronze medal in the two-man team during the national competitions in
Kostroma.

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Becoming the leader of the team, Ivan Shtyl won the right to defend
the honor of the country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, took
part in the two hundred meter single canoe races, finishing first in the
semi-final, in the final crossed the finish line third and received a bronze
medal. Take the top spot him, by his own admission, prevented the
strong wind, which gave an advantage left-hand rowers

6. «I am the only person in the team, who lives so far away from
home. I've never had a coach with the region, which would lobby
my interests. I have always trained with someone instilled in
another group. It's only the last year and a half I have a coach
from the Far East.

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I trust him, I know that he will not betray me and I won`t let
him down. And before it, I was always alone and was cooked
in the thick of the national team. And that is why I became so
sociable».
• I do agree sport makes people strong and powerful and I am
happy that Ivan is such a person.
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