Coach of Nikolai Valuev. Nikolai Valuev: “I knew that children are gentle creatures, but I thought that I had taken sufficient precautions

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Nikolay VALUEV(August 21, 1973, Leningrad, USSR) is a former Russian professional boxer who competed in the super heavyweight category. Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 2011.

Russian boxing champion 1999. World champion according to the Pan-Asian Boxing Association (2000), world champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA) (December 17, 2005 - April 14, 2007 and from July 27 to November 7, 2009), interim world champion according to WBA ( August 30, 2008 - July 27, 2009).

For outstanding physical data: height - 213 cm and weight - as of February 16, 2008, 146 kg (at the weigh-in before the fight with Belarusian boxer Sergei Lyakhovich), received the nicknames “Russian Giant”, “Beast from the East” (English Beast). from the East), “Nikola Pitersky” and “Kolya the Sledgehammer”.

Biography

The boxer’s parents, Sergei Nikolaevich Valuev and Nadezhda Mikhailovna Valueva, were from the village of Podol, Tver Region, on the paternal side, and from the Yaroslavl Region, on the maternal side. The "biggest" boxer is already in kindergarten was taller than the tallest guys by a head. At school I played basketball. As part of the national team of the Frunzensk Youth Sports School, he became the national champion in basketball among youths younger age.

Also at school he was involved in athletics - discus throwing. He trained at the school of V. A. Alekseev, who founded the Sports Academy in Leningrad. In discus throwing, Nikolai Valuev fulfilled the master of sports standard. After graduating from school, he entered the Institute. P.F. Lesgaft in St. Petersburg. Graduated from National State University physical culture, Sports and Health named after P. F. Lesgaft in June 2009, having defended his thesis on the topic: “ Psychological condition and the activity of men and women involved in boxing on different stages preparation." On Saturday, June 27, 2009, the Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, awarded Nikolai Valuev with a statuette of a bronze sphinx and presented a university diploma along with 78 best graduates of St. Petersburg universities in 2009.

From 2010-2011 school year studies at St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Economics. Nikolai Valuev's first boxing training took place in the spring of 1993. And already in October, boxer Valuev made his debut in the professional ring. Oleg Shalaev became Nikolai’s first coach, and subsequently manager and promoter. Since 2000, Nikolai Valuev has been trained by Honored Coach of Armenia Manvel Oganesovich Gabrielyan. In 2004, a contract was signed with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who has been organizing fights to this day.

Personal life

Wife Galina Borisovna Valueva (born Dimitrova) - (born July 26, 1977), son Grigory Valuev - (born February 26, 2002) and daughter Irina Valueva - (born March 2, 2007).

Political Views

On April 2, 2010 he joined the party " United Russia" In December 2011, he was elected to the State Duma of the 6th convocation on the United Russia list.

Amateur career

Nikolai Valuev's debut fight took place on October 15, 1993 in Berlin against American John Morton, who immediately became the beginning of his professional career. Despite this, Valuev continued to box as an amateur and competed in the Russian Boxing Championships in 1994, as well as the Goodwill Games, where he was disqualified because the fight with Morton was considered professional.

Professional career

1993—2005

Nikolai Valuev turned professional in 1993, having spent only a little more than a dozen fights in the amateur ring.

On January 22, 1999 in St. Petersburg, in a fight against Alexey Osokin, he won the title of Russian champion among professionals, which he defended on December 15 of the same year in a fight against Alexey Varakin.

In the interval between these fights, on May 7, Valuev fought against the German Andreas Sidon. Valuev knocked down his opponent twice. In the 3rd round the referee stopped the fight. The audience, dissatisfied with the premature stop, threw bottles at the ring. Sidon provoked Valuev to continue. In the 6th round the fight was stopped and the decision “no contest” was announced.

On June 6, 2000, Nikolai Valuev won the Pan-Asian Boxing Association (PABA) heavyweight title in a fight against Ukrainian Yuri Elistratov. The twelve-round fight, which took place in St. Petersburg, was intense, and the winner was determined by points. Subsequently, Nikolai Valuev defended the PABA champion title five times in fights against Tony Fiso, George Lindbergh, Toakipa Tasefa, Taras Bidenko and Pedro Daniel Franco.

July 21, 2002 at South Korea Valuev fought against Ukrainian Taras Bidenko. This was only Bidenko's 4th fight, however, he went up against a huge opponent for a 12-round fight. Valuev had the advantage in the 1st half of the fight, but towards the end he began to get tired. In the 12th round, Valuev could barely stand on his feet. Bidenko was close to winning by knockout. However, Valuev survived to the end and won on points.

On July 24, 2004, Nikolai Valuev fought against Nigerian Richard Bango, in which Nikolai Valuev won the title of intercontinental champion among professionals according to the WBA (WBA) by technical knockout in the sixth round. Subsequently, Nikolai defended this title four times. The outcome of the battle was controversial. Valuev knocked down Bango with a blow to the back of the head, which is prohibited in boxing. The referee ignored the violation and opened the scoring. In response, promoter Bango removed his fighter from the fight.

In May 2005, Valuev met in Germany with American Clifford Etienne. The aggressive Etienne boldly traded with an opponent who was significantly larger than him. In the middle of the 3rd round, Valuev delivered two left uppercuts to the jaw, and Etienne fell to the canvas. He stood at the count of 6. A few seconds later, Valuev again delivered a left uppercut to the jaw and added another right cross to the forbidden area - to the back of the head. Etienne found himself on the floor. The referee ignored Valuev's violation of the rules and began counting the knockdown to his opponent. Etienne lay on the floor and pointed to the back of his head with his hand, never getting up for the count of 10. The referee recorded a knockout.

In October 2005, a qualifying fight for the WBA heavyweight title took place between Nikolai Valuev and Larry Donald. For Donald, this was the 3rd eliminator in his career. Valuev had an advantage at the beginning of the fight. However, in the 2nd half of the fight, Donald began to dominate: he threw more accurate punches and kept his distance due to his jab and footwork. Between the 10th and 11th rounds, Valuev's coach Manvel Gabrielyan informed his protégé that he was losing the fight and encouraged him to hit more with his right. Valuev did not heed the call, performing inexpressively in the 11th round. Between the 11th and 12th rounds, Gabrielyan shouted at the Russian: “Well, shall we fight? A? Yes? Shall we fight? Last round, look. If you don't win it with big advantage, then consider that this fight is not yours. I have not seen a single professional blow. Repeat right, repeat right, straight right. No, I don’t see the blow, you know? Why are you dying? Where are your right punches? Why are you so upset? Why aren't you working? Why are you standing with him? Hit him with a combination. I don't have the strength to talk to you anymore. Left-right, left-right, left-right. Wake up, they tell you, wake up!” Valuev was unable to change the situation in the last round. The judges declared the Russian the winner by majority decision. The audience booed the decision.

2005—2006

On December 17, 2005, having won his 44th fight, Nikolai Valuev became the first Russian world professional heavyweight champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA), defeating John Ruiz by a majority vote of the judges. On the eve of the battle in Berlin, Nikolai Valuev was present in the church at a festive Sunday service, where he received the blessing of the rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church in the city of Potsdam, Archpriest Anatoly Kolyada. Victory in the fight for the championship title was not easy for Valuev. Following the results of the twelve-round fight, two judges gave preference to Nikolai, and one judge determined a draw. The result, like the previous fight between Valuev and Donald, was controversial. At the press conference after the fight, Nikolai Valuev said: “I’ve been waiting for this for 12 years and now I’ve finally got it. I expected that the battle would not be short. And so it happened. Fortunately, everything ended well. The championship belt is easy, but the fight was difficult. Today is a great day for me."

After acquiring the world title, Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko and Pole Andrzej Golota were named as new contenders for the championship belt. However, Nikolai Valuev made his first defense of the World Champion title on June 3, 2006 against Jamaican boxer Owen Beck. Nikolai Valuev won by technical knockout in the third round in this fight, successfully defending his world champion title.

In October 2006, Valuev met with challenger Monte Barrett. In the middle of the 8th round, Valuev missed Barrett’s head with a right cross. The American fell. The referee counted the knockdown. Barrett rose to the count of 8. At the beginning of the 11th round, Valuev hit Barrett in the head with a right hook, and he fell. The referee did not consider it a knockdown. After the fight resumed, Valuev immediately threw a long left hook, and Barrett fell again. Barrett stood at the count of 5. Valuev rushed to finish him off. Barrett tried to escape in the clinch. In the middle of the round, he landed a deuce to the head, then added another right hook. Barrett went to the ropes. Valuev landed a left uppercut to the head, and Barrett fell again. Barrett again stood at the count of 5. Valuev again tried to finish him off, but Barrett again began to clinch. The American’s coach entered the ring and, pushing the referee, forced a stop to the fight.

On January 20, 2007, Nikolai Valuev made his 3rd consecutive voluntary defense of the World Championship title against the American Jamil McCline. This fight, which took place at the St. Jakob Hall arena in Basel, Switzerland, was recognized as the “heaviest” in boxing history. The boxers' total weight was almost 272 kg (600 lb). The fight ended with a victory by technical knockout in the third round. McCline refused to continue the fight, citing an injury to his left knee, as a result of which the victory was awarded to Valuev.

The next opponent of Nikolai Valuev was the Uzbek boxer Ruslan Chagaev, a mandatory contender for the world title. The fight took place on April 14, 2007 at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. Ruslan Chagaev dominated the entire fight. According to the results of the twelve-round fight, the championship title passed from Nikolai Valuev to Ruslan Chagaev, who won on points. After the fight, Nikolai Valuev agreed with the judges’ decision and referred to the physical fitness of Ruslan Chagaev.

In August 2008, the 2nd fight took place between Nikolai Valuev and John Ruiz. The vacant WBA heavyweight title was at stake. The fight was similar to the 1st fight: there was also a lot of equal fighting and clinches. In the end, Simakawa actually gave the victory not to Ruiz, but to the Russian.

In December 2008, a fight took place between Nikolai Valuev and Evander Holyfield. For most of the fight, the American “danced” around the Russian (the audience booed him), occasionally throwing precise and precise hooks. Valuev tried to jab, but it didn’t always help. There were practically no active actions on the part of the boxers. In a close fight, the judges gave the champion the victory by majority decision. The audience booed the decision. Among boxing experts, opinions regarding the winner of the fight are divided: most of Russian journalists believed that the Russian had won, while Western analysts expressed the opinion that Holyfield was robbed by the judges.

In November 2009, Nikolai Valuev lost to Briton David Haye. For Valuev, this was one of the best fights: counting the number of blows of both athletes showed that the Russian boxer delivered three times as many blows. But the opponent was ready for this, and not all of the Russian’s strikes reached their target. The 12th round was decisive, in which Haye successfully reached Valuev’s head with his glove. After this loss, a lot of criticism fell on Nikolai Valuev. In particular, the German doctor Walter Wagner expressed the opinion that due to the heaviest loads, Valuev’s legs could hurt and that he should end his career. However, Nikolai Valuev himself categorically rejected these speculations and told the media that he had no intention of leaving professional sports.

Interesting Facts

On December 22, 2005, at a press conference in St. Petersburg, Nikolai Valuev said that the championship belt was too small for the athlete’s figure and that a new championship belt would be made especially for him.

On February 5, 2007, a presentation of the book by WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and famous sports journalist Konstantin Osipov entitled “My 12 Rounds” took place in St. Petersburg.

Filmography

- 2003 — Game without rules

- 2006 — 7 Dwarves: And the whole forest is not enough

- 2008 — Stone Head — Egor Golovin, “Stone Head”

- 2009 - Path - a prisoner nicknamed "The Beast"

- 2009 — Fight without rules is the main role.

- 2011 - Antique clock - cameo role. He played himself.

When I asked Nikolai Valuev to describe himself, he said that he did not like to do this. He believes that people from the outside know better. I decided to take the liberty. Nikolai Valuev’s dimensions are, of course, impressive. His height is 213 centimeters and his weight is 150 kilograms. And, for sure, from the outside famous boxer may seem formidable and inaccessible. In fact, he is a gentle, sincere and very positive person. But this opinion is my own.

Dinara KAFISKINA

- How happy are you at the moment?

They say that you don’t need to shout about your happiness. There is enough happiness in my life. I probably don’t need more. The most important thing is that there are too many plans. Different. And it will take a lot of time to bring them to life. But it’s good that they generally exist. I am determined to implement these same plans in my immediate work, and, for example, I am ready to continue acting in films. There are very interesting proposals. As for my personal life, an event will take place in the summer - in July or August, which I was really looking forward to. My wife and I will have a third child. I always wanted three children in my family.

- How are your son Grisha and daughter Irina doing?

I dissolve in my children. And they are doing well. Grisha is now ten years old, Ira is five. And she has already begun to embody her creative urges. Sings and dances. She says she wants to become an artist. At least today she has such a desire. We'll see what happens next. My son goes to school and plays sports: he swims, plays football, and he is no stranger to wrestling.

- Is it important for Nikolai Valuev that children care about sports?

It is important for me that they become confident, self-sufficient people. And so that they live in harmony with themselves. The task of me and my wife is to make sure that this is the case.

- Is Galina somehow connected with sports?

Not at all. She fell in love with sports only from the moment she became my friend, and then my wife. And now, of course, it’s connected. Galya is my rear. Throughout her life, she takes care of the house and, of course, children. Otherwise, there will be no one to do it, because I’m too busy.

- What is your wife like?

She is mine". The word “mine” means that it has everything that suits me. And our acquaintance took place without any romanticism. The first time we met was at a mutual friend's birthday party. There is no transcendental story here. What struck me about her was that she never puts on a mask under any circumstances. Galina is who she is. I even had to get used to it at one time.

- Inner world, surely you value it more?

You guessed it. This is true. Inner peace comes first for me. There is a principle in life that works always and everywhere - you are greeted by your clothes, you are escorted by your mind. It takes time to get to know a person. Therefore, I cannot say that at the first meeting I fell in love with my wife at first sight. Before the wedding, we dated for a year and a half. But what is a wedding, marriage... It's just a stamp in a passport. Love came much earlier.

- How important is this stamp in your passport for you personally?

I put it on for my wife's sake. Galya really wanted it. But personally, it doesn’t matter to me whether there is a stamp in the passport or not.

- Are you still a supporter of a woman being a businesswoman or a housewife?

My opinion is subjective. I do not at all want to offend those representatives of the fairer sex who work and make a career. They just have their own way. But I still believe that a woman should take care of the house and children. Even though I'm ambitious. But I am a very down-to-earth person. And I have priorities.

- What sports, besides boxing, do you like?

Hockey with a ball. And with the puck, too, though. By the way, I played hockey as a child. But couldn't continue to do it on professional level, because my dimensions got in the way. And then there were no skates in my size. It was just predetermined that I couldn't play hockey.

As far as I know, you are very friendly with world boxing champion Natalya Ragozina. Can you watch when women fight in the ring?

No. I can not. In general, I think that boxing is not a women's sport. I myself don’t understand how you can hit a woman. And it’s simply impossible to see how they themselves “beat” each other. To be honest, I don’t go to women’s boxing. I was only at Natasha’s battles a few times. But that doesn’t stop me from respecting her as a person and an athlete.

- Moreover, she manages to remain very feminine. Despite the fact that she is not involved in a female sport.

It's either given or it's not. From nature. It is probably impossible to develop this. Given by God. And she, by the way, just like my Galina, never hides under a mask. By the way, Natasha is the only friend in my life who is a woman. She truly embodies my understanding of friendship. The wife, to a certain extent, is, of course, also a friend. But this is different. In general, philosophizing on this topic maybe for a long time.

- Natalya recently had a birthday. What would you wish for a colleague and friend?

Main, female happiness. Unfortunately, there are not many real men now. Therefore, I wish this for her. For every woman there is a man. Only the one that suits her. And, most importantly, she finds him sooner or later. Or he is hers. Never mind.

Name: Nikolai Valuev
Patronymic: Sergeevich
Birthday: August 21, 1973 (age 44)
Place of birth: Leningrad
Height: 213 cm
Weight: 127 kg
Zodiac sign: Leo
Eastern horoscope: Ox
Occupation: boxer, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

Nikolay Valuev: biography

Russian professional boxer Nikolai Valuev, whose biography is richer than that of some star actors, never ceases to amaze society with his active work. By the way, he is known in the world as the Russian Giant (Russiangiant), and it was not in vain that he was so dubbed. He is 213 centimeters tall and weighs more than 150 kilograms. Large sizes he was always different, so according to him, in the first grade he had the same height as the teacher, and this amused everyone very much. But the world’s attitude towards him is different, so he has a lot of nicknames, here are some of them: the Beast from the East, the Beast from the East, the Stone Head, Kolya the Sledgehammer, Nikola Pitersky. The last of the list is associated with its deposit. The biography of Nikolai Valuev, rich in events, begins from the day he was born - he was born on August 21, 1973 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and grew, as they say, by leaps and bounds.

Childhood

Since childhood, Nikolai has been partial to sports. He starts playing basketball early, and soon, as part of the team at the regional Children's Sports School, he becomes the national champion among junior boys school age(5th grade). Then he became interested in athletics and achieved the master of sports standard in discus throwing. After graduating from a sports boarding school, he entered the Institute. P.F. Lesgafta. Speaking of studies, Nikolai Valuev also received an economic education; his biography, like a piggy bank, has different layers. A learned athlete is a rare combination, but Nikolai is like that.

Boxing in Valuev's life

Here everything developed at high speed. In the spring of 1993, the first boxing training took place, and in the fall of the same year, Nikolai Valuev’s biography was expanded with his debut in the professional ring. At this time he was engaged in amateur boxing, but his first fight was recognized by the judges as professional, so he was disqualified from the Goodwill Games in Berlin. It was a fight with American boxer John Morton, where Valuev won by knockout in the second round. The first disqualification resulted in the decision to take up boxing professionally.

And in the same 1993 he became a professional boxer. Traveled all over the world, boxed in Australia and the USA, Japan and South Korea, the Czech Republic and Belarus, Germany and Ukraine. In 1999 he became the champion of Russia among professionals. Already in 2000 he became world champion according to the Pan-Asian Boxing Association. Then he defended this title 5 times. In 2004 he became world champion according to the World Boxing Association. Out of 53 fights, he won 50 times, lost in 2 fights and 1 fight is considered invalid. Nikolai Valuev has a colorful life; the hero’s biography took shape all over the globe with the participation of many interesting people.

Boxer's Rivals

Valuev - Andreas Sidon. The fight took place on May 5, 1999. 2 knockdowns, and in the 3rd round the judge stops the rivalry, a dissatisfied audience threw bottles at the ring, the judge is forced to announce the continuation of the fight, but the action did not last long, because in the 6th round there was another knockdown. The decision of the panel of judges is original: the fight was declared invalid.
Jamila McCline on her knees

Valuev - Clifford Etienne. This is the last fight in the career of the American, who was superior to the Russian boxer in all respects. The aggressive American received 2 uppercuts to the jaw in the 3rd round, which led to his fall. Another uppercut and a blow to the back of the head brought down Etienne. The judge ignored Valuev's illegal blow to an unprotected area, the American was unable to get up - this knockout ended the career of the American athlete.

Valuev - Monte Barrett. October 2006. The American looked good in the first rounds, and then moved around the ring for quite a long time, realizing that avoiding the Russian’s blows was The best decision. In the 4th round they fought so hard that the question of victory arose: who will win? But gradually heavy slashing blows unbalanced the American boxer, and an uppercut put him down. Valuev defended his WBA heavyweight title by knockout in the 11th round.

Valuev – Jamilya McCline, January 2007. The third voluntary defense of the World Champion title in a fight with American Jamila McCline was very difficult. She was heavy in the literal sense, total weight The boxers weighed 272 kilograms, the fight was recognized as the heaviest in the world. The strong spirit and heavy blows of the enemy forced McCline to give up the fight after the 3rd round.

Last Stand: Valuev – David Haya. This was a fight to defend the WBA title, it took place on November 7, 2009 with Englishman David Haye. All 12 rounds took place, the fight was on equal terms, but the victory was awarded to the Englishman.

Family and Children

Nikolai’s menacing appearance hardly fits or even hardly fits with the concept of “a good family man.” Meanwhile, Nikolai Valuev is happily married. His height and weight did not prevent him from living for more than 15 years in marriage with Galina Borisovna (born in 1977, Dimitrova’s maiden name). Their eldest son Gregory (b. 2002) is 13 years old, daughter Irina (b. 2007) is 8 years old and youngest son Sergei (b. 2012) is only three years old. The height of Valuev’s wife only reaches his waist. Next to such a gigantic husband, Galina looks tender, fragile and tiny. Her height is only 163 cm, and her weight is 100 kg less than her husband’s weight. They may well lay claim to the title of the most unusual couple in the Guinness Book of Records. Although Valuev’s height is unusually tall, his children do not yet differ in size from their peers. The great world fighter had to prove his worth more than once in his life as a good family man. Today, the Valuev family has apartments not only in Russia, but also abroad (in Germany), they have cars and even boats.

Conclusion

This great and very kind man now devotes his time to youth and sports policy in Russia. The ex-world champion is charismatic, but his judgments are balanced and thorough. He's popular. Many famous agencies want to see him in their advertising. Nikolai Valuev does not go on vacation abroad, having once and for all chosen nature for his vacation native land. As a person he is very popular. Most Russians know the height and weight of the world's largest politician Valuev (213 cm and 160 kg).

(now St. Petersburg). During his school years he played basketball, trained with the famous Leningrad coach Anatoly Steinbock, and received the title of national champion among youths. Also at school he was involved in athletics - discus throwing, having fulfilled the standard of a master of sports.

In June 2009 he graduated from the National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health named after P. F. Lesgaft in St. Petersburg.

Nikolai Valuev's first boxing training took place in the spring of 1993, and his debut fight, which immediately became the beginning of his professional career, took place on October 15, 1993 in Berlin (a fight with American John Morton). Valuev continued to box at the amateur level and competed in the Russian Boxing Championships in 1994, as well as the Goodwill Games, from which he was disqualified because his fight with Morton in 1993 was declared professional. For this reason, Valuev was unable to take part in the XXVI Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA). Having spent only a little more than a dozen fights in the amateur ring, Nikolai Valuev turned professional.

On January 22, 1999, in St. Petersburg, in a fight against Alexey Osokin, he won the title of Russian champion among professionals. Valuev defended this title on December 15 of the same year in a battle against Alexei Varakin.

On June 6, 2000, Nikolai Valuev won the Pan-Asian Boxing Association (PABA) heavyweight title in a fight against Ukrainian Yuri Elistratov. Subsequently, Nikolai Valuev defended the PABA champion title five times.

On July 24, 2004, Nikolai Valuev fought against Nigerian Richard Bango, in which Nikolai Valuev won the WBA Intercontinental Professional Champion title by technical knockout in the sixth round. Subsequently, Nikolai defended this title four times.

On December 17, 2005, Valuev defeated American John Ruiz, becoming the first Russian world champion in the history of professional boxing in the most prestigious category - super heavyweight according to the World Boxing Association (WBA).

On June 3, 2006, in Hannover, Germany, Valuev defended his WBA world heavyweight boxing champion title, defeating Jamaican boxer Owen Beck.

On October 7, 2006, in Chicago (USA), Valuev defended the WBA world heavyweight boxing champion title, defeating American Monte Barrett.

On January 20, 2007, Nikolai Valuev made his third voluntary defense of the WBA world title against American Jamil McCline. The fight ended with the Russian winning by technical knockout in the third round. McCline refused to continue the fight, citing an injury to his left knee, as a result of which the victory was awarded to Valuev.

On April 14, 2007, in a championship match that took place in Stuttgart, Valuev suffered the first defeat in his career, losing to the Uzbek boxer Ruslan Chagaev. The WBA world heavyweight title went to Chagaev.

On August 30, 2008, Nikolai Valuev fought the second fight of his career in Berlin against the American John Ruiz. The vacant WBA heavyweight title was on the line. The victory was awarded to Valuev by unanimous decision in a 12-round fight.

On December 20, 2008, Valuev faced Evander Holyfield in the ring in Zurich, defending the WBA world heavyweight title. The result was Valuev’s victory by majority decision in a 12-round fight.

On November 7, 2009, British boxer David Haye defeated Valuev in a 12-round fight by majority decision.

In 2009, Nikolai Valuev’s professional boxing school opened in St. Petersburg. Later, the boxer founded five more schools - in St. Petersburg, Leningrad region and Veliky Novgorod.

In 2010, on the recommendations of doctors, Valuev temporarily stopped performing in the professional ring and became actively involved in social and political activity. On April 2, 2010, he accepted an invitation to join the political council of the St. Petersburg branch of the United Russia party. In the same year he became the founder Charitable Foundation development of children's and youth sports.

In August 2011, he became a member of the public council at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.

In December 2011, Valuev was elected to the State Duma of the VI convocation on the list of the United Russia party.

Since 2012, Valuev has been hosting his own program on Radio Sport, during which he holds meetings with famous Russian athletes. On October 3, 2012, Nikolai Valuev was elected as the new vice-president of the Russian Bandy Federation. Since 2013, Valuev has been the host of the game “Fort Boyard”, aired on Channel One.

Nikolai Valuev is also known for his roles in films. In 2006, he played a cameo role in the German fantasy film 7 Dwarfs: The Whole Forest Is Not Enough. In 2007, Valuev starred in the leading role in Philip Yankovsky’s film “The Stone Head” (the film received the Main Prize of the “Window to Europe” festival in Vyborg in 2008). The boxer received an offer from Russian director Vladimir Bortko to play the role of Mark Ratboy in the television series "The Master and Margarita", but due to a busy training schedule he was forced to refuse.

In February 2007, a presentation of Nikolai Valuev’s book “My 12 Rounds,” written by him in collaboration with the famous sports journalist Konstantin Osipov, took place in St. Petersburg.

Nikolay Valuev - master of sports in boxing, member of the International Academy of Sciences of Ecology, Human Safety and Nature (MANEB), member international university Foundational Learning Oxford Educational Network, PhD in Martial Arts.

Valuev is the owner of the Order of the Peacemaker, II degree (the order allows the holder to be considered a Citizen of the World), the Order of Peter the Great, I degree, and was awarded the medals “Raising the World with the Heart of Unity,” “Honor and Dignity,” and “Personality of St. Petersburg.”

Valuev is married to Galina Valueva (Dimitrova), has two sons - Grigory (born February 26, 2002) and Sergei (born July 30, 2012).

According to the income and property report, Valuev’s declared annual income for 2012 amounted to 18.642 million rubles.

The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources

Russian athlete, actor, TV presenter and politician.

Nikolai Valuev Biography

Nikolay Sergeevich Valuev born in St. Petersburg. From early childhood, the boy was distinguished by his very tall stature and strong physique, which led him to sports: at school Valuev played on the basketball team, and was the USSR champion in basketball among junior boys. At the same time, he was involved in athletics and became a master of sports in discus throwing. Since 1993, he has been boxing professionally and participating in world-class competitions.

In 2011, Nikolai was elected deputy State Duma. In addition, he is the president of the Charitable Foundation for the Development of Children and Youth Sports and the creator of his own boxing school with branches in St. Petersburg and the cities of the Leningrad region.

The athlete is married to Galina Valueva. The couple are raising 3 children.

Nikolay Valuev Sports career

Nikolai Valuev is a four-time WBA world heavyweight boxing champion and Russian champion. In the sports world he is known by the nicknames “Russian Giant” and “Beast from the East”. He finished his boxing career in 2010.

Nikolay Valuev Career in film and television

The boxer's extraordinary appearance and charisma attracted the attention of film and television producers. Valuev played himself in TV series "Town", "Voronins" And "My truth". The film was released in 2008 "Stone Head", in which the athlete played the main role. In 2013 he hosted an entertainment show "Ford Boyard". In August 2016, Nikolai became the host of the famous children's television show "GOOG night kids".

In addition, the athlete took part in programs

Nikolai Valuev, unsurpassed in strength and size! His height is 216 cm. Today he has world-famous nicknames: Russian Giant, Nikola Pitersky, Beast from the East, Kolya the Sledgehammer and Stone Head.

short biography

Nikolai Valuev - "Russian Giant" was born on August 21, 1973 in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) into a family of ordinary factory workers. Parents could not even imagine that their only beloved son would become the owner of such extraordinary, rare and unusual physical characteristics. They themselves are of normal average height. And their son Nikolai was born small.

Also in 2010, Valuev entered into a contract (advertising) with the poker portal Pokerstars. And here he is going to achieve success in the game of poker.

Nikolai Valuev is popular due to his impressive size and appearance. Height and weight played a positive and decisive role in his life. In addition to everything that he achieved, he also acquired the famous above-mentioned nicknames.

Nikolai's hobbies free time- fishing and hunting.

Why is he doing all this? He says that he wants to get out of the image, that he does not like to put himself in certain frames.

It doesn’t matter how tall Valuev is. More importantly, Nikolai Valuev is known throughout boxing, a fairly successful showman and a good deputy of the Russian State Duma. During his life, he became not only the strongest, heaviest and tallest fighter in the entire history of world boxing, but also the first Russian athlete to win among all world professionals high rank world champion in WBA.