Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Toronto, ON, CAN |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Team Impact: |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Sketching and spending time with family and friends. (Ossetians.com, 09 May 2012) |
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs |
Prays before a match. (Ossetians.com, 09 May 2012) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He comes from a family of wrestlers and his father introduced him to the sport. |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
In 2008 and 2009 he earned the outstanding wrestler award at Canada Cup of International Wrestling. (guadalajara.olympic.ca, 09 May 2012) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Stan Tzogas, Kimin Kim |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He started the sport at age six in Russia. |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English, Russian |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"If God is with me, who is against me." (Ossetians.com, 09 May 2012) |
Other information |
RUSSIA TO USA TO CANADA Born in Russia, he moved to the United States with his parents in 1998. After spending four years in the US he returned to Russia in 2002, but was unable to gain entry back into the United States. He then moved to Canada in 2005 and took citizenship there. (ossetians.com, 24 Aug 2010)
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