General Secretary of the Rowing & Canoe Federation of Uzbekistan.
Head coach of the national rowing team.

Date of birth: 03/28/1990
Place of birth: Syrdarya region, Shirin.
Nationality: German
Education: Higher

Ponomarev was born on February 8, 1959 in Tashkent. At the age of 13 he began rowing. He played for the national team of Uzbekistan and the national team of the USSR. As an athlete he has achieved significant results: multiple champion of Uzbekistan, winner of international competitions and the USSR championship. In 1977 he was awarded the title “Master of Sports”.

While still an athlete, in 1977 Ponomarev began working for the Dynamo Republican Council as a kayaking and canoeing coach. He entered the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports and successfully graduated in 1982, receiving the highest sports specialty of a rowing coach-teacher.

Extensive experience in coaching, constant improvement of his knowledge, search for new, innovative training methods, self-control, as well as a great desire to educate athletes of the highest qualifications who could adequately represent Uzbekistan on the international stage, helped him achieve the desired results. During his coaching career, he trained over 20 Masters of Sports, over 10 Masters of Sports of International class. Since 2006, many of his students are already among the best canoeists in the world, becoming prize-winners of the World Cup, Asian Championships and Asian Games.

He never forced events, he always prepared for upcoming starts systematically, thoroughly, without fuss, calculating all kinds of moves. Such tactics and strategy of the coach, after some time, began to bear fruit. In 2008, at the Licensed Qualifying Tournament in Japan, his student Vadim Menkov took 1st place in the 1000 meters and won a license for the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing. His other athletes Gerasim Kochnev and Serik Mirbekov won silver medals in the two-man canoe race at a distance of 1000m.

At the 29th Summer Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing, a student of Alexander Ponomarev, 21-year-old canoeist Vadim Menkov, who for the first time participated in such serious and important competitions, came to the finish fourth in the single canoe race at a distance of 1000m, a fraction of a second behind his Olympic rivals champions, world and European champions. Although Vadim did not achieve the coveted Olympic medal then, his stunning result, the likes of which had never been achieved by the country’s rowers, was equated to victory! In 2010, by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Vadim Menkov was awarded the title “Honored Athlete of Uzbekistan,” and his coach and mentor Alexander Ponomarev, who spared no effort and skill in training a talented athlete, was awarded the honorary title “Honored Coach of the Republic of Uzbekistan.” The country highly appreciated the merits of its sons, who made a worthy contribution to the sports glory of Uzbekistan! Today Vadim Menkov is well known not only in our country, but also in the world. During this time, he achieved significant results: he became the world champion twice, three times (last time in 2011) the International Canoe Federation (ICF) recognized him as the “Best Canoeist of the World”! The Olympic Games in London are ahead! Together with their coach, Alexander Ponomarev, they are preparing to conquer the Olympic peak!

Date of birth: 02/08/1959
Place of birth: Tashkent
Nationality: Russian
Education: Higher

Tyan Sergey Sergeevich was born in the Syrdarya region, in the city of Shirin. He graduated from the Tashkent State Institute of Physical Culture and received a specialty as a teacher of physical education. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Uzbekistan national rowing team. Master of Sports of international class. He has many victories at various levels of international competitions.

Since 2013, Tian has been working as a coach of the National Rowing Team.

Shubin was born on January 20, 1963. At the age of 13, he began kayaking at the FSSO “Burevestnik”, and five years later (1981) he was awarded the title of Master of Sports for his high athletic performance.

During this time, Shubin, as an athlete, achieved considerable success - he is a repeated champion of Uzbekistan, a prize-winner of the allied competitions of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of trade unions, and other international regattas. He was enrolled in the Uzbekistan national team.

In 1984, Shubin graduated from the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, rowing department, and remained to work as a teacher at the institute, while simultaneously combining his main job with coaching and sports activities. Shubin’s total work experience is over 30 years, and his sports experience has been since 1984. Highest category coach, National category judge. After serving in the army, V. Shubin went to work at the Republican School of Higher Sports Excellence in Aquatics as Deputy Director for Sports and Educational Work. Here as a coach, he continues to work to this day.

During his work, Shubin V.E. trained over 10 Masters of Sports of International class and more than 30 Masters of Sports. His students are: Lyalina I. - MSMK, champion of the 1994 Asian Games, Lyalin I. - MSMK, World Cup winner, Borzov S. - MSMK, silver and bronze medalist of the Asian Games 2006, Borzova Y. - MSMK, champion of the Asian Games 2002, Shubina E. - MSMK, Asian champion 2007 and 2009, Pityakov A. - MSMK, Asian champion 2007. and 2009 and other rowing athletes well-known in Uzbekistan and internationally.

His pupil, Yulia Borzova, today became one of those who became the owner of an Olympic license for the London Olympics. At the moment, they continue to prepare together for this important event in the life of every athlete and his coach.

Born in 1961 in Tashkent. Since childhood, I have been interested in various sports. First he played football, then trained in a youth hockey team. However, chance decided everything. Back in 1975, rowing coach Viktor Filimonov came to the school where he studied and invited all the guys from his class to take up kayaking.

As Sergeev recalls, everyone went, but he stayed. Only after some time did youthful curiosity take over, and he decided to watch his classmates train. “I went for company,” says Vyacheslav Alekseevich. Finding himself at kayaking training, he made his choice. Of all the 15 boys who then started rowing, he was the only one who remained in this sport... And he dedicated his life to it.

In 1980 he received a “Master of Sports” in kayaking.

In 1978, Sergeev entered the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture. After graduating from the institute, in August 1982, he came to work at the Burevestnik FSO. And in November he left to serve in the army. After 1.5 years of service, he returned to the FSO to work as a coach.

Along with his activities as a coach of the National kayaking and canoeing team, today he successfully combines work at the Republican School of the Olympic Reserve.

From 2006 to 2010, Sergeev worked as a senior coach of junior teams.

As the coach himself admits, all this time he was preparing a reserve for himself for the national team. For example, there are many guys on the current team whom he taught at the Republican School of Olympic Reserve. He brought them all together in 2010 before the Asian Games. And in the same year, the team brought “gold” (men, four-man canoe at a distance of 1000 meters), “silver” (men, two-man canoe, 200 meters) and bronze was brought by A. Mochalov, a student of Sergeev.

It is not surprising that under the circumstances, professional athletes who grew up from boys became close to the coach, like their own children. And today Vyacheslav Sergeev also has sports “grandchildren”. His student Dina Baitasova is currently working as a coach, and she already has talented students whom Sergeev jokingly calls “grandchildren.”

The coach's track record also includes four years of work with the women's national team (2007-2010). In 2009, his players performed well at the Asian Games, winning medals of the highest standard.

In general, during his work, Vyacheslav Sergeev prepared winners and prize-winners of Republican and International competitions. Among them: N. Pishchulina - winner of the 2002 Asian Games, D. Strizhkov - winner of the 2002 Asian Games, M. Meheda - 2009 Asian champion, O. Umaralieva - winner of the 2005 Asian Championship and M. Wang - winner of the 2009 Asian Championship of the year, A. Mochalov - world champion among juniors, A. Pekut - Asian Champion among juniors in 2009.

In his coaching work, Vyacheslav Sergeev gives preference to teamwork. He has no favorites. This is his principled position. If an athlete is talented, he is already a leader in himself. And Sergeev is always interested in experimenting and creating, so the results of this work are visible.

Currently, Vyacheslav Sergeev is preparing the national team for new sporting heights.

Date of birth: 04/08/1996
Nationality: Uzbek
Education: Higher

Rakhmatullaev Izzatilla Rakhmatullaevich was born on March 22, 1986 in the city of Tashkent. Graduated from UZGOSIFK in 2009. She has been working as a rowing slalom coach and teacher since 2012.

Coach of the Uzbekistan National Rowing Slalom Team