Stanislav Vyazovsky is a 77-year-old teacher and athlete from Krasny Yar, Russia who is devoted to physical culture and promoting healthy lifestyles. He has been a competitive swimmer since childhood despite having heart disease. In 2012, he set a record by swimming across the Volga River and back without stopping at age 77. He started a club for women called the Krasnoyarsk Beauties to encourage exercise and healthy living, and has organized similar clubs across the region. Through his personal example and leadership, Vyazovsky continues to inspire others to embrace physical activity and reject unhealthy habits like smoking.

1. The story about a teacher, a swimmer, a recordbreaker, a leader, a man with inexhaustible energy, a
propagandist of healthy lifestyle and a very good man.
Kiseleva Galina Nikolaevna
Lyceum № 6
Togliatti

2. I want to tell about a person whose devotion to physical
culture, sport and healthy life style is enormous and endless.
S. Vyazovsky was born on June 28, 1935 in the village Krasny
Yar Samara region. He was fond of sport from his childhood and did
athletics in spite of heart-disease. He worked as a teacher in his native
village school for a long time,
trained a large number of athletes
and retired at the age of 74. Now
he is a pensioner but he
remains to be an example for
those who love physical
culture and sport.

3. July, 2012. 77- year -old S. Vyazovsky swam across the river Volga to
the right bank and back without stopping. It was a record! Nobody
else has done anything of the kind at this age. The swim took him 1
hour 28 minutes. The first time Stanislav crossed the river Volga
when he was a student at the age of 23.

4. The previous heat he made in 2009. Since that time he had two cancer
operations.
«I want to prove everyone, including myself that life goes on and sport
can return sick people to normal life. Having done this ,
I want to inspire people to give
up smoking and drinking
alcohol .You should lead healthy
lifestyle»- says Stanislav.
His relatives and friends came
to support him, especially his
grandchildren (he has got 2
grandsons and a granddaughter).
«We are proud of our granddad.
He has been training us to sport
from our childhood. Quite
possibly in a year I will be able to
do the same» – says 13- year- old
Nikita Vyazovsky.

5. Stanislav is very popular with the inhabitants of Krasny Yar district
Samara region, especially with women because he makes them
beautiful, slim and what is more important, healthy.
9 years ago he organized the club Krasnoyarsk Beauties and
446 women joined it. The youngest beauty is 3 years old, the oldest
is 87. The beauties do sports 3 times a week. Stanislav Vyazovsky
studied the exercises of Paul Bragg, Cindy Crawford, Jane Fonda
and on their basic created 57 exercises of his own.
«Now I am completely healthy. I
go here by bicycle. I am very
grateful to St. Vyazovsky. He
always tries to cheer me up - he
calls me «a pearl», «stunning
success»- says the oldest beauty
Alexandra Zelenina. Some years
ago she could hardly go up to the
second floor.

6. From time to time beauties go hiking to remarkable places of their
district. They call their route Krasnoyarskaya Luka.
Beauties can go 20 km without stopping . Moreover, they sing their
favorite songs at this time! They say it helps them to overcome
difficulties.
Similar clubs are organized in the places they visit. Now 14 clubs are
organized all over the
district thank to personal
example and organizing
abilities of Stanislav
Vyazovsky. He is also the
leader of the long-livers’
сlub.

7. In 2012 Stanislav Vyazovsky was awarded with the Badge «For
long-term work».
On June 11, 2013 he was awarded with the Badge «For Labour for
the Benefit of Samara Land» and golden watch. The governor of our
region N. Merkushkin underlined his significant contribution to the
development of physical culture and healthy lifestyle promotion in our
region. He is also a laureate of Veteran Record Book- 2012 in nomination
“For healthy lifestyle”.
But this is not the whole story about Stanislav!
In July 2013 he finished the second in
championship in aquatlon in Togliatti.
Now he is going to cross the Volga again and
to improve his last year record. That heat was
dedicated to the 28th anniversary of his native
village. Now he wants to dedicate his swim to
the 85th anniversary of Krasnoyarsky district.
He is a real hero of our time and example for
everybody, especially for young generation.