Vladimir Vasilyevich Krikunov is currently the head coach of the Avtomobilist hockey club. He is also known as a professional hockey player and an excellent coach.
Biography
A famous Soviet hockey player was born on April 23, 1950 in the city of Kirovo-Chepetsk. Since childhood, Vladimir was fond of hockey and was a pupil of the local club "Olympia", in which he began his playing career. For all the time he repeatedly played for various hockey clubs and participated in the USSR Higher Hockey League. In his first Major League of the USSR Championship, he played for the Saratov team. In total, he has more than 380 matches and almost 80 points. In 1976, he was part of the experimental team at the Canada Cup.
Vladimir Krikunov decided to end his playing career in 1984. After that, he wanted to try himself as a coach. It is worth noting that in this role he has achieved significant achievements. Vladimir Krikunov has been working as a coach for more than 30 years and is not going to stop his career at the moment. He was a coach not only for Russian clubs, but also for the clubs of the national teams of Slovenia and Belarus. His chief coachingachievements are such events as the victory of his teams at the World Championships and participation in the 2002 and 2006 Olympics.
Interesting facts from life and career
- From 1982 to 1984 he was the playing coach of the Minsk hockey club "Minsk". But then he decided to devote himself entirely to coaching, because it was quite difficult to combine.
- Vladimir Krikunov is a coach, and he is also a master of sports and an honored coach of Belarus.
- Under his leadership, the Russian national team won bronze medals.
- Vladimir approaches his work with full responsibility and looks for an individual approach to each athlete from the national team.
- Vladimir Krikunov has the most important thing in life - he has a wonderful family and two sons. But it is worth noting that he does not like to spread information about his family and keeps everything a secret.
- Hockey players all over the world know Vladimir's strength training. Indeed, during sports activities, he requires athletes to work to the maximum and immerse themselves in the process of the game.
Achievements
Vladimir Krikunov has achieved a lot in his playing and coaching career. He was a great player, and now he remains a professional in his field and coaches various teams. It rarely happens that a childhood hobby becomes the meaning of a lifetime. In this regard, Vladimir was unequivocally and incredibly lucky.
As mentioned above, to the achievements of Vladimirrefers to the fact that he is a master of sports and an honored coach of Belarus and the Russian Federation, but that's not all. The national teams that he coached have repeatedly won prizes.
Vladimir Krikunov is a great coach, and even now many teams make him job offers, but he doesn't mind, because he is not going to retire yet. And, despite the fact that Vladimir has achieved such results, we wish him further development in his career and even greater success and victories.
