Kayaking and canoeing
History of the development of kayaking and canoeing in Uzbekistan
Rowing in Uzbekistan began to develop around 1935, but it received its recognition in 1955 after it was included in the program of the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
The Sports Committee of Uzbekistan decided to begin cultivating rowing in Karakalpakstan. Led the preparations for the 1st Spartakiad V.P. Grachev and K.V. Dergachev, who worked at factories in Tashkent and mastered the basics of rowing back in Russia. Assistance in preparation, together with the sports committee of Uzbekistan under the leadership of Mitrofanov, was provided by the societies “Pishchevik” (Pakhtakor), Spartak and “Torpedo”. Sports vessels were purchased. The main preparation was carried out on Lake Komsomolskoe, connected to the Kara-Kamysh reservoir and down the Ankhor River, where zonal competitions of the republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan were held in May 1956.
In 1958, the first Championship of the Republic was held among the regions and the city of Tashkent. The national team, which then trained under the leadership of the master of sports N.V. Denisov, mainly consisted of rowers of the II and III categories. People who absolutely loved the sport, who connected their lives with it, who had to combine their main work with studying to master the techniques of rowing kayaks and canoes, began to master rowing. The pioneers of kayak and canoe rowing were B. Ismailov, who came to rowing from swimming, B. Polyakov and B. Bondarev - from athletics. There was not enough equipment, we repaired the boats ourselves, and learned from each other.
Preparations for the Second Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR were headed by N.V. Denisova-Sadykova is the champion of the Union, who came from Leningrad. Then Gulyam Sadykov, her husband, a resident of the city of Bekabad, who completed his studies in Dushanbe at the Institute of Physical Culture, also joined the preparation process. The results of the Republic Championship were taken as the basis for recruiting the national team. There was a shortage of canoeists; it was necessary to complete the team from among the kayakers who raced at the Spartakiad almost from scratch.
As a result of participation in the II Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1959 in Moscow on the Khimki Reservoir, the Uzbekistan team took overall 13th place. The best performance of the Uzbek rowers was by Raisa Cherkasova (Tashkent), in the single kayak final at a distance of 500 m she took 6th place.
Having acquired the necessary experience and knowledge, the coaches significantly improved the training process, and kayaking and canoeing departments began to open in the RSHVSM and Children's School in Tashkent. In Bekabad, on the Farkhad reservoir, under the leadership of G. Sadykov, a rowing section started working. Later, already in 1961, on the Syrdarya River, the construction of a rowing base was also completed, meeting all the requirements for training: large water, a boathouse for storing boats, a workshop, coaching rooms.
In 1960, at the USSR Championship among youths, V. Krasnikov from Tashkent took 1st place in the 4x500m relay for the Burevestnik team. This is the first winner of the all-Union competition from Uzbekistan. At the schoolchildren's sports competition in Baku, G. Boguslavskaya from Tashkent takes third place at a distance of 500m in a single kayak.
If at the I Spartakiad the team of Uzbekistan took 15th place, then at the II Spartakiad the rowing team of Uzbekistan took 13th place. In 1961, at the Trade Union Spartakiad, the Uzbekistan team took 12th place.
In 1962, Tashkent rowers took one first place, one second and one fourth place at the II University Games. Tashkent rowers B. Polyakov and N. Zainulin fulfilled the Master of Sports standard for the first time. And the Tashkent city team took 7th place in the rowing marathon.
A significant event in the life of all Uzbek rowers was the preparation for the III Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1963. In the year of the Spartakiad, Uzbek rowers took part in a number of major competitions. This allowed them to significantly improve their athletic level. The Uzbek team took 12th place at the Spartakiad. The best performances of R. Cherkasova, N. Ustyantseva (Tashkent) in the double kayak (500 m) - 7th place.
Spartakiad participant Yu. Rodionov, who came to Uzbekistan from Vladivostok, opened rowing in the city of Chirchik. He was also the initiator of the construction of rowing bases in the city.
In the fall of 1966, the kayak and canoe rowing section of the open branch of the RSHVSM of the city of Bekabad began working in full force, where, on the recommendation of B. Polyakov, after studying at the Moscow Game Management College, he came and began working (at the Farhad Reservoir, located 8 km from the city) B. Bondarev is a participant in the Second Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
The first swallow to make it to the finals of the IX Spartakiad of schoolchildren in Minsk in 1965 was N. Tarnaushinko from Bekabad in a single kayak at a distance of 500m.
The development of Tashmor, located 40 km from Tashkent, begins.
Preparations for the final starts of the IV Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in 1967 were headed by V. Kornaushenko, who came from Minsk. At the Spartakiad the team took 12th place. The best results were shown by R. Cherkasova, A. Kalyagina, V. Parushina, N. Statsenko in the four-man kayak and won 5th place. And army athletes V. Razlozhko and V. Samadaev were also fifth in the double canoe at a distance of 10,000 m. The crew of four kayaks at a distance of 1000m, consisting of B. Polyakov, V. Zainulin, V. Zakharov, V. Taryannikov, took 8th place. A student of coach B. Bondarev V. Teterev (Bekabad) at the X Schoolchildren Spartakiad in Leningrad becomes the first Champion in a single canoe at a distance of 1000m. He became the first winner of the School Spartakiads, as a member of the USSR national team in a race with the future seven-time Olympic Champion I. Patsaykin (Romania) at the “Friendship” competitions held in Hungary, taking 5th place. V. Teterev is the first participant in international competitions from Uzbekistan. In the double kayak, our domestic rowers Teshabayev N. and Kaiser I. take 10th place.
Niyazhoja Teshabayev made a great contribution to the development of rowing in Uzbekistan not only as a professional athlete, but also as a coach of the kayaking and canoeing team. For a long time, N. Teshabayev worked as an executive director at the Canoe Federation.
Taking into account the excellent conditions for training and the presence of a sufficient contingent of athletes and coaches in the capital region in 1967, TOSHVSM was organized. The school was headed by I.G. Shipin. TOSHVSM has become the main methodological and organizational center, the inspirer of the republic’s sensible undertakings in the field of sports. School championships for coaches began to be held regularly. The competitions were massive. All trainers of the republic took part with their people. Team of the city of Bekabad, coach B.M. Bondarev. for 15 years she took 1st place in the TOSHVSM competitions.
Preparations for the V Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR were carried out centrally. The January training camp took place in the city of Chirchik; by this time, a base had been built in the city center with a boathouse, sauna, and gym. Nearby there is a hotel, catering unit and stadium. Non-freezing water and good living conditions attracted the Russian national team to the training camp, led by Honored Coach of the USSR Yu. Shubin, who generously shared his rich experience with colleagues from Uzbekistan.
There, at the training camp, was the national team of the Burevestnik DSO, led by coach A. Astakhin, one of the founders of rowing in Central Asia. Joint training with leading athletes of the Union increased interest in classes, was educational in nature, and increased the training effect. V. Yanchenko and B. Bondarev worked with the team. For summer training, the team went to Minsk, where a joint training camp was held with the Belarusian national team.
The final gathering took place in the city of Moscow at the Khimki reservoir, the Dynamo water stadium, where the starts of the V Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR 1971 took place. Participants raced according to the following program: Men 1000m, Women 500m. Places taken in the races were counted, but not further than 8th place. All members of the Uzbekistan team passed the test. The women performed as a full team. Only the women's two-man kayak was not entered at the 500m distance. At this Spartakiad, the Uzbekistan national team takes another step forward, taking 10th place as a team.
As a result of participation, the best were shown by N. Ioshchenko from Bekabad (coach B. Bondarev); V. Vertyankin from Tashkent (coach B. Polyakov); the double kayak consisting of V. Samadaev from Tashkent and V. Teterev from Bekabad (coach B. Bondarev) took 4th place 1000m; canoe-double at 1000m 6th place. In the single canoe, V. Kiselkov from Tashkent (coach B. Sushin) took 7th place at a distance of 1,000 meters; T. Gapich from Chirchik (coach Yu. Rodionov) single kayak 8th place; The four-badarka crew consisting of L. Khovovchuk from Chirchik (coach Yu. Rodionov), V. Krasnikov from Tashkent (coach B. Polyakov), A. Grzhando from Tashkent (coach V. Yanchenko), N. Ioshchenko from Bekabad (coach B. Bondare), who then took 8th place at a distance of 1000m.
In 1972, at the XXX USSR Championship, which was held in Ukraine in the city of Zhitomir, a student of coach B. Sushin V. Kiselkov from Tashkent (SKA) in a two-man canoe at a distance of 10,000 m, paired with N. Prakunets from Chisinau, became the first Champion Union from Uzbekistan. In the same year, success fell to the lot of the young talented rower from Bekabad A. Rzhannikov (coach B. Bondarev).
He is at the USSR youth championship in Ternopil in single canoe at distances of 500 and 1000m. literally effortlessly becomes a winner. Other Bekabad rowers also made their debut at these competitions: A. Sedlov took 5th place in a single canoe at a distance of 500m and is also included in the national team. At 1000m in the double canoe, V. Krivo and V. Ovchinnikov took 6th place.
In 19721972 I Youth Games in Belaya Kolitva, the Uzbekistan team took 10th place. At 500m, girls from Bekabad D. Yakshibaeva, N. Rogacheva double kayak - 4th place. A.Nikanorov (Andijan), Y.Akilov (Bekabad) – double canoe 500m 6th place; A. Sedlov (Bekabad) at a distance of 5000m - 5th place.
In 19731973 August month. The Uzbekistan national team (coaches B. Bondarev and B. Sushin) was preparing for the main competitions of the season in Trakai on Lake Galve, Lithuanian SSR. At the International Trakai Regatta, A. Rzhannikov from Bekabad took 1st place at a distance of 10,000m. At the XXXI USSR Championship, held there, A. Rzhannikov, speaking for the Moscow team in the 4x 500m relay race in a single canoe, became the Champion of the Union, in the single canoe at 10,000m he came to the finish line fifth.
At a distance of 10,000m, the four kayak crew consisting of: V. Korchagin (Tashkent), P. Mezin, A. Votintsev (Andijan), N. Ioshchenko (Bekabad) took 4th place. The crew of V. Vertyankin and N. Sudin (both Tashkent) took 5th place in the double kayak at a distance of 500m. In the top eight are V. Samadaev, V. Kiselkov (Tashkent - SKA) at a distance of 1000m in a double canoe and Bekabad residents N. Mukhtarov, V. Teterev in a double canoe 10,000m. In the overall team event, the Uzbekistan team took 8th place overall. Alexander Rzhannikov also performed successfully at the Bucharest Regatta in Romania. He won 1st place in the 500m single canoe.
At the All-Union competitions among junior youths in Ternopil, I. Kaiser’s student N. Hegel (Chirchik) took 3rd place in the 500m single kayak. B. Bondareva’s student D. Yakshibaeva (Bekabad) took 3rd place in the 500m single kayak. Both were included in the Union National Team. Moreover, D. Yakshibaeva became the first Uzbek woman included in the USSR National Team.
