The famous Belarusian athlete Yulia Nesterenko (athletics is her vocation) was born on June 15, 1979. One of her main achievements was the victory at the 2004 Olympics, held in Athens. In the 100-meter race, Yuliya came first and received a well-deserved gold medal.
Yulia Nesterenko: biography, childhood
The homeland of the athlete is in the city of Brest, located in the south-west of Belarus. Maiden name - Bartsevich. While still at school, Julia was distinguished from others by her high performance in running. The fizruk Sergei Salyamanovich immediately drew attention to her. Already in the seventh grade, Yulia showed results that were worthy of the candidate master of sports program. She was successful not only in running, but also in high jumps and swimming. At any school competition, everyone wanted to be on the team with her, as they were sure that she would definitely bring them victory.
SDUSHOR and RUOR
In order to better reveal her outstanding abilities, Yulia Nesterenko was transferred to a specializedsports school SDUSHOR. After that, the girl received an invitation to enroll in the Minsk school, where future reserve Olympians are trained - RUOR.
In 1992, unexpectedly for everyone, misfortune came to the family - Yulia's father died. Two children remained on full support of the mother. Therefore, as Yulia will later explain, she went to RUOR. The girl believed that this could make her mother's life much easier.
In RUOR, Victoria Semyonovna Bozhedarova immediately identified Yulia in the heptathlon, but she did not have much success here, although she started all tasks with special diligence and diligence. But the athlete is sure that such a diverse preparation did her a great favor and allowed her to temper the spirit, which will later help her confidently go to victory.
Youth years
After graduating from the Olympic training school, Yulia decided to return to her homeland. This trip became fateful for her. On the train, she met a young man who shared her passion for sports. After returning home, the future champion entered the Faculty of Physical Education at Brest University.
The guy she met on the train, Dimitri, couldn't forget about the girl who immediately made an impression on him. Therefore, he decided not to delay the first date, and soon invited her to go fishing. After he invited her to work with his coach, Viktor Yaroshevich.
All the time while Yulia received her higher education at the University of Brest, Dmitry was there. He later admitted thatfell in love with Julia during their first meeting, on the train.
Some time passed, and the couple decided it was time to officially register as a family. The wedding was played on September 6, 2002. Two years later, Yulia admitted that she had a desire to leave everything that she had been going for so long and leave the sport. She wanted to devote her life entirely to loved ones, create a family hearth and find an unremarkable, ordinary profession.
But the athlete changed her mind in time, she felt sorry for the years spent and the huge efforts in training. Julia gathered her courage and decided to come to her coach - Viktor Grigoryevich Yaroshevich. She asked to increase the load, as she felt the strength and ability to do more and better.
Viktor Yaroshevich never forgot that his wards are women, and, therefore, after leaving the career of athletes, they still need to take care of their families and raise children. But Julia did not give in, she demanded to use new techniques for preparing for important competitions. After long disputes, Viktor Grigorievich went to meet the young ambitious athlete and gave her the opportunity to train at the distances she preferred - 100 and 200 meters. Before participating in the 2004 World Championships, Julia began to train separately, in indoor sports facilities in Budapest.
Achievements of Yulia Nesterenko
At the World Championships, despite a strong fever and a cold, at a distance of 60 meters she received bronze with an excellent result of 7.13 seconds. overtake withOnly experienced champions Gail Divers and Kim Guevara were able to close it by a small margin. This victory had a good effect on the further development of Yulia, she was finally able to believe in herself.
Nesterenko Yulia Viktorovna began to receive more and more achievements and awards. After her success at the World Championships, Yuliya set a Belarusian record in the 100 meters. It took place in Greece. The record time was 11.02 seconds. After that, she received a victory in the British city of Gateshead, where the Super Grand Prix was held. Despite a strong headwind, she showed an excellent result - 11.32 seconds. Then, again with a victory, she overcame the stage of the IAAF Golden League, which took place in Rome. And just a month before the Olympics, Yulia once again won in Greece (11.06 seconds).
Olympic victory
Only the closest people believed in Yulia's victory, because other participants had vast experience in such competitions. At that time, the Belarusian athlete was not even particularly known. Although the victories elevated her to fourth place in the world's top list, it seemed that she could not surpass Ivet Lalova, Marion Jones, Ekaterina Tanu. But that year, many top athletes were caught in doping scandals and were unable to compete.
Even in the first race, Julia shocked everyone with her result - 10.94 seconds (overtaking track and field legend Marilyn Otti by 0.2 seconds). In the quarter-finals, Yuliya came to the finish line with the same great success (10.99 seconds). In the semi-finals, she delivered a newnational record in 10.92 seconds (beating Jamaican Veronica Campbell).
In the final Yuliya did not start with the same success as her rivals - Williams, Lalovaya and Campbell. But just before the finish line, she made a big effort and overtook all three, setting a time of 10.93 seconds.
There can't be any coincidence in this situation. Four times Julia was able to prove her right to win, each time overcoming the milestone of 11 seconds.
According to Yulia, before the final, she was absolutely not worried about the excitement, and instead of the last training, she went to rest, and not waste her strength, as the Americans did.
Achievements after the Olympics
After the end of the Olympics, the heroine of our article did not cease to please her compatriots with victories at famous sports tournaments.
In 2005, Yuliya Nesterenko took third place in the 4x100m relay at the World Championships in Finland.
In 2012, the athlete suffered a serious foot injury, which prevented her from participating in the London Olympics.
Now Yulia is a member of the main team of the National Team of Belarus. She does not intend to part with sports, and in 2016 she is going to represent her country at the next Olympic Games, which will be held in Rio.
Private life
Yulia Nesterenko never liked to talk about her personal life. Journalists know only that in marriagewith Dmitry Nesterenko (part-time her coach) lives very happily.
Also, Julia never hid her deepest gratitude to her mother. In any situation, she always supported her daughter and never stopped believing in her, even when the eminent athlete herself lost faith in herself.
Nesterenko is actively involved in charity and social activities, collects figurines of cats and loves to travel to holy places.
Order of the Fatherland
Yulia Nesterenko's awards at the Olympic Games are not the only ones she has received. After a significant victory in Athens, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, presented the athlete with an honorary award for services to the Motherland - the Order of the Fatherland of the third degree.
The country can be proud of such talented, hardworking people as Yulia Nesterenko. Medals, awards of the athlete are the result of her hard training, serious attitude to work. We can only wish Yulia success and many more achievements!
