Larisa Lazutina, deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma. Biography of Larisa Lazutina - Now get on your skis

Lazutina Larisa Evgenievna is a great skier. She is one of the most titled athletes in the history of the Russian Federation.

Childhood and youth

The future legend was born in the summer of 1965 in Kondopoga. She was an ordinary child and was no different from the others. At the age of seven, the girl went to first grade. As a little girl, she loved active games and never sat still. At the age of twelve he began training in the skiing section. Initially, it was an ordinary childhood hobby, but later it grew into something more. After school, he decides to enter a higher education institution. It didn't take long to choose. Larisa Lazutina goes to study at the Institute of Physical Education. At the same time, she is engaged in skiing and plans to connect her life with it. It is worth noting that the athlete has two higher educations. She also studied at the Pedagogical Institute.

During his student years, he began to compete in various skiing competitions. In 1985, she was the best among juniors in the three by five relay. A year later he becomes Master of Sports of the Soviet Union.

Professional career

At twenty-two years old, she became the world champion at a distance of 4 to 5 kilometers, and also won bronze for third place in the twenty-kilometer race. The competition took place in Germany. Already in 1989, Lazutina Larisa received a call to the national team. For some time he participates in small tournaments, but does not achieve serious success.

The Soviet Union collapses, and now the skier represents the Russian Federation. In 1993, he went to the World Championships in Sweden and won two and one silver there. Two years later, the competition took place in the United States of America, and there the Russian woman performed unusually successfully. She won four golds in different disciplines. In 1997, he again took part in the world tournament and this time was content with one medal - for the 4 x 5 kilometer relay race. Despite winning gold, she stated that she planned to do better. In 1999, she was partially rehabilitated and became the best at two distances. 2001 gave the athlete the last gold award in her career. The championship was held in Finland, and at the same time Larisa Lazutina managed to win bronze.

It is worth noting that, in addition to performing at world championships, the woman became the winner of the Russian championships many times.

Performances at the Olympic Games

The skier participated in four international competitions. The first time this happened was in 1992 in Albertville. Larisa Lazutina managed to bring home one gold. In 1994 she went to Lillehammer and again won a medal of the highest standard. Four years later, the tournament took place in Nagano, and here she showed why she was one of the best skiers of the late twentieth century. The girl took home three first places, one second and one third. It was then that the whole world learned that Russian athletes were capable of competing for the highest awards.

She had a sad experience at the Olympics in 2002. She was disqualified for doping. As a result, I lost two and one gold. In 2003, this case was discussed at a high level, and it was decided that all results that were recorded after 2001 should be annulled. Officials believed that even then Larisa Lazutina began using illegal drugs.

Life outside of sports

After finishing her sports career, the seven-time Olympic champion leads a fairly active lifestyle. She was a deputy of the regional Duma of two convocations. He is an active politician and strongly promotes sports and a healthy lifestyle.

The former athlete has a family. The husband's name is Gennady Nikolaevich, and the children are Daniil and Alisa. Despite the fact that the woman spends a lot of time at work, she tries to devote every free minute to her family.

Awards and more

Larisa is a fourteen-time world champion, winner of a huge number of state-level awards. Of all, the main one is the title of Hero of Russia, which she received for her incredible performance at the Olympics in 1998. In addition, the collection contains several insignia.

To immortalize the athlete in history, such an object as the Larisa Lazutina Track was opened in Odintsovo. Naturally, the former skier could not hold back her tears when she found out about this. She has repeatedly noted that this is the most significant achievement for her. In various interviews, the woman proudly recalls this event and thanks everyone who contributed to this in one way or another.

It is worth noting that in 2015 the Larisa Lazutina Park was also opened. From the same year, the route became part of the park.

Lazutina is a great champion who gave Russian fans a huge amount of positive emotions. She deserves to have a monument erected to her during her lifetime.

22.06.2012

This year is special. We have already repeatedly mentioned that by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation it was named the year of Russian history. The heroes of the Russian Federation can also safely consider it their holiday: after all, it became their twentieth anniversary.
The first to be awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation was pilot-cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev for the longest stay in space orbit of the Mir station (Gold Star medal No. 1). Moreover, before that he was already a Hero of the Soviet Union. There are four such heroes today, in addition to Krikalev, pilot-cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, pilot, Colonel Nikolai Maidanov and the legendary polar explorer, Professor Arthur Chilingarov.

Law of the Russian Federation

On the establishment of the title of Hero of the Russian Federation and the establishment of a sign of special distinction - the Gold Star medal

The Supreme Council of the Russian Federation decides:

• Establish the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to be awarded for services to the state and people associated with the accomplishment of a heroic feat.
• In order to specially distinguish citizens awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, establish a sign of special distinction - the Gold Star medal.
• Approve the Regulations on the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
• Approve the description of the Gold Star medal.

President of Russian Federation
B. Yeltsin

This year is special. We have already repeatedly mentioned that by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation it was named the year of Russian history. The heroes of the Russian Federation can also safely consider it their holiday: after all, it became their twentieth anniversary.

The first to be awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation was pilot-cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev for the longest stay in space orbit of the Mir station (Gold Star medal No. 1). Moreover, before that he was already a Hero of the Soviet Union. There are four such heroes today, in addition to Krikalev, pilot-cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, pilot, Colonel Nikolai Maidanov and the legendary polar explorer, Professor Arthur Chilingarov.

Among the first to be awarded this high title are pilot-cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, Valery Polyakov, generals Vladimir Shamanov, Gennady Troshev, Viktor Kazantsev, the current governor of the Moscow region Sergei Shoigu, athletes Lyubov Egorova, Alexander Karelin and Larisa Lazutina.

Many of them tied their fates with the Moscow region. But our first story is about the great and legendary skier Larisa Evgenievna Lazutina.

Our questions are answered by the Hero of the Russian Federation, major of the Russian Army, deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma, legendary skier, five-time Olympic champion Larisa Evgenievna Lazutina.

In the north of the country, in the Republic of Karelia, the future champion was born. Now this region is called a unique winter resort. In May, when everything turns green in Moscow, winter is in full swing in Karelia, and there is an endless polar day on the clock. Experts say that you can ski there 24 hours a day. But then, in the sixties of the 20th century, the Karelian city of Kondopoga was just emerging. At the call of the party, young people from all over the vast country came here to construction sites.

Larisa's future parents, who came to build the city-forming enterprise (pulp and paper mill), met each other here. Their first daughter was born in 1962, and two years later their second daughter appeared, who was named Larisa. In the fifth grade she started skiing. In the 80s she graduated from the Khabarovsk Physical Education Institute and already in the nineties she began to successfully build a sports career.

From 1990 to 1998 Larisa Lazutina twice wins the World Cup, becomes a five-time winner of the Olympic Games and an eleven-time world champion, and is awarded the title “Honored Master of Sports.” Larisa's husband, Gennady Nikolaevich, is an Honored Ski Racing Coach of the Russian Federation. Their shared love for sports helped them find each other. Together they raise their daughter Alice and son Daniel.

Few people know that Gennady Lazutin was at that time a six-time world champion among juniors, and Larisa (before her marriage - Ptitsyna) was a world champion among juniors. They were twenty years old, their whole lives, including a huge sports career, were ahead of them. Gennady was then considered a promising skier (no one in the world had won six gold medals at the Junior World Championships before him). And Larisa, despite the fact that she had three times fewer such victories, looked confidently into the future. And how cruel sports fate turned out to be in relation to Gennady Lazutin - a brilliant, extremely gifted skier who played for the USSR national team for several years, then the CIS, and then Russia. Injuries, failures... and he had to end his career in big sports as a six-time world junior champion.

“I myself was an athlete and I know very well at what price victory comes. Why is Russian athletes so respected in the world? Yes, because they always fight to the end. I will never forget how our four skiers finished in Nagano. How beautiful it was when the Russian flag fluttered in the hands of Larisa Lazutina. I would not like to now divide your sporting achievements into gold, silver or bronze. I think that Russia won this Olympics. Millions of Russians applauded you on TV and were proud of their country. Thank you for what you have done for Russia."

Larisa Evgenievna, how many Heroes of Russia are there among the athletes?

Among the skiers, probably only Lyuba Egorova and I are. And she is the first. And we are very proud of it!

Remember the day when you became a Hero of Russia?

It was in 1998, right after the end of the season, I remember that it was a warm spring day. I was in an excellent mood - I won the last stages of the World Cup and became the winner of the main prize. At the awards ceremony for successful achievements at the Olympic Games in the Kremlin, many athletes and coaches were honored with me.

What did President B.N. personally tell you? Yeltsin?

Those words were meant only for me.

What did you answer him?

One word - thank you.

When you were going to the Kremlin, did you know that you would be awarded the Hero Star?

How did you feel when you found out about this?

I think any person will be overwhelmed with feelings when the first person of the state presents him with the country’s highest award.

How were you and the Golden Star received at home?

Restrained.

Larisa Evgenievna, you are truly a happy person. A roller ski track was named in your honor in Odintsovo, you are a deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma. You found yourself after great sports and are doing what you love. How did a girl from distant Kondopoga manage to do all this? What is the secret to achieving your goal?

A person, if he wants, can achieve a lot. I was lucky with the first coaches with whom we lived in the same house, and with mentors in the national teams of the USSR and Russia.

You can list a whole galaxy of friends from the national team. We - Lyubov Egorova, Tamara Tikhonova, Vida Vintsene, Raisa Smetanina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Elena Vyalbe, Anfisa Reztsova - skated along all the ski slopes of the world and won countless medals of various denominations at the highest rank competitions.

Let me give you a unique fact: every year the members of the national team ran an average of 12,000 km. And I was in the national team for 22 years. How much is it? 264,000 km... Or 6.5 times around the Earth!

Our information - multiple world and Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports in cross-country skiing, major of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

Born on June 1, 1965 in the city of Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia, into a working-class family. After graduating from school, she entered the Khabarovsk Institute of Physical Culture, from which she graduated, receiving the specialty of a trainer-teacher. Larisa Lazutina has been a member of the cross-country skiing team since she was nineteen years old and competed for the Rosneft SC. In 1989, as a member of the USSR national cross-country skiing team, she moved to the city of Odintsovo, Moscow Region, and entered the Armed Forces of the USSR.

She received her first two Olympic medals in the relay race at the Olympic Games in Lillehammer in 1994. For her successful performance at this Olympics, Lazutina was awarded the Order of Friendship. In 1995, at the World Championships in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay, she managed to do something that no one had managed before her - within the framework of one championship, she became a four-time winner - three times in individual races and in the relay.

At the XVIII Olympic Games in the Japanese city of Nagano, Larisa Lazutina became the leader of the Russian national team. She won three gold, one silver and one bronze medals.

For outstanding achievements in sports, courage and heroism shown at the XVIII Winter Olympic Games in 1998, Larisa Evgenievna Lazutina was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with a special distinction - the Gold Star medal.

During her sports career, Larisa Lazutina became a five-time Olympic champion, an eleven-time world champion, a two-time World Cup winner, a multiple champion of the USSR and Russia, and an Honored Master of Sports.

Since February 1998 - sports coach of the 127th sports club of the Strategic Missile Forces. Larisa Evgenievna Lazutina is an honorary citizen of the city of Odintsovo. In June 1999 she was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Karelia.

Since 2003 - deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Moscow Regional Duma Committee on Education and Culture.

Today, in our cross-country skiing teams, and indeed in other winter sports, there are no leaders like Larisa Lazutina, who alone collected all of our current gold medal baggage in Nagano, Japan.

Vladimir Putin stated the need to carefully analyze all the results of the Olympics: “Of course, we expected more from our team, but still this is not a reason to give up, sprinkle ashes on our heads and beat ourselves with chains. This is a reason for serious analysis and organizational conclusions. We need to correct the situation and create all the conditions for competing at the Olympics in Sochi in 2014.”

Dmitry Medvedev called the results of the performance of Russian athletes at the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010 sad and demanded a radical change in the system of sports training in the country. “We will be able to see the outstanding performances of Russian Olympians,” he said, “yes, yes, in 2014 in Sochi. Well, those responsible for the fact that the Russian team failed miserably at the Olympic Games in Vancouver must resign immediately.”

I asked our heroine to comment on the results of the Vancouver Olympics. The problem, according to Larisa Evgenievna, is the lack of a systematic approach to preparation; there is no normal work either with children or with those who are applying for a place in the first national teams of the country.

We lack developed infrastructure,” says the five-time Olympic champion. – Many of our athletes are forced to train abroad most of the time. And this is very difficult psychologically. In general, we need to start with kindergartens and schools. We don’t even have gyms everywhere. Sport should become accessible not only in words. Many sections charge parents a fee. The necessary equipment must also be purchased at your own expense. I remember very well how they gave us skis at school. Today, outdoor physical education classes are becoming a rarity.

The conversation was conducted by Sergei Lagodsky,
Editorial and Publishing Department of Moscow State Library for National Library of Science named after. N.K. Krupskaya

Larisa Lazutina is a legend of the ski slopes. She is one of the most titled athletes in Russia.

The future skier was born in the summer, June 1, 1965, in Kondopoga into a simple working-class family. The athlete’s maiden name is Ptitsyna. At the age of seven, little Larisa went to school. Like other children, she loved games and did not sit still.

At the age of 12 I started going to the skiing section. At first skiing was just a hobby. But then the interest grew into something more.

After graduating from school, she entered the Khabarovsk Institute of Physical Education and defended her diploma as a trainer and teacher. At the same time, I took up skiing on a professional basis. Larisa graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Karelia, majoring in physical education.

skiing

During her studies, Larisa participated in tournaments. In 1985 she won a leading place in the junior race. A year later she received the title of Master of Sports of the USSR. In 1983 she made her debut in the world cup for adult skiers, where she took 15th place.

At 22, she went to the world tournament in Germany and won a gold medal. And two years later, the girl was officially called up to the national team. Larisa participated in tournaments, but did not achieve success. At that time, the girl’s mentor was Nikolai Lopukhov.

The girl did not participate in the 1987-1988 Olympic season. At the Olympics, the athlete was left in reserve. In 1987, she married Gennady Lazutin, who ended his skiing career early and became a coach. The husband subsequently took a significant place in his wife’s career biography.

The next year is notable for joining the elite circle of skiers. The athlete closed the top five in the general ranking. That season, new sports stars emerged - including Larisa Lazutina. Both skiers trained with Alexander Grushin. In December 1988, Lazutina stood for the first time on the third step of the world podium. And at the championship in Lahti she came second after Vyalbe.

In 1989 she moved to live in the city of Odintsovo.

At the 1989-1990 world tournament, Lazutina beat her longtime competitor and won her first Big Crystal Globe. This was followed by another victory in Tender Bay. During the season, the skier climbed to the podium six more times in individual races.

In 1991-1992, the skier participated in the international championship, where she won a gold medal in the team relay race. The girl came eleventh in the general standings. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Larisa Evgenievna represented the Russian Federation. In 1993, at the World Championships in Sweden, she won the championship twice and silver once. In 1994 she went to the USA. The athlete became the leader in four distances.

In 1996-1997, she again went to the World Championships, where she became a leader in two team races and took silver medals in three individual distances. In Trondheim, Larisa Lazutina achieved a winning medal in the team event. Then, in the individual competition, Elena Vyalbe became the undisputed winner of the tournament. Larisa considered that season unsuccessful, so she announced the end of her sports career. But the leaders convinced the future legend to return.

In the next tournament season, Elena Vyalbe left the sport. And then Larisa Lazutina became the head of the Russian team. The skier achieved the Big Crystal Globe for the second time. At the World Cup stages she won the championship six times.

At the Nagano Olympics she became a three-time Olympic champion, once a silver medalist and once a bronze medalist. That year, Russian athletes took prizes. After the enchanting completion of the Olympic tournament, she received the title of Hero of Russia. In 1999 she won championships on two ski slopes. In 2001 she achieved gold in Finland. And then she won a bronze medal.

The next Olympics began with triumph for the athlete, but ended with a loud scandal. She trained hard for the Olympic Games and won two silver medals. But after completing the victorious 30 km marathon, doping was found in Lazutina’s blood. In 2003, the athlete’s achievements after December 2001 were annulled.

Personal life

In 1987, Larisa tied the knot with former athlete Gennady Lazutin. Gennady became the champion among juniors six times, but eventually, due to injuries, he left the sport early and retrained as a coach. The couple had two children - daughter Alice and son Daniil.

After finishing her skiing career, Lazutina connected her life with politics. She promotes an active lifestyle and sports.

The woman is an honorary citizen of the city of Odintsovo and the Republic of Karelia. In honor of the former skier, the Larisa Lazutina Track was opened in 2002. The woman burst into tears when she learned about this event. In the interview, the champion tirelessly thanks those who had a hand in the discovery. There is also a bust of Lazutina in Odintsovo.

Since 2002, Lazutina has held the rank of major in the Russian Army.

In 2007, the woman graduated from the Academy under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in jurisprudence. She defended her PhD in economic sciences. But after checking Lazutina’s dissertation work, a statement followed that the former skier’s work did not pass anti-plagiarism.

In 2011, Lazutina was elected to the Duma in Odintsovo. In 2016, a woman was re-elected to this seat. Among other things, she holds the position of first deputy chairman of the Moscow Regional Duma. The Duma website provides a complete list of Larisa’s achievements in the political sphere.

In 2015, the track was reconstructed and renamed “Larissa Lazutina Park”. The rest area is well lit. We created special areas for snowboarders.

Larisa Lazutina maintains a microblog on Instagram, where she shares personal photos with subscribers. The woman followed the Olympics in Pyeongchang and encouraged people to root for Russian athletes.

Larisa Lazutina now

Now Larisa Lazutina is an active politician, a happy wife and mother.

In February 2018, the first Spartakiad of Larisa Lazutina was held in the city of Odintsovo. Children from fifteen orphanages took part in the cross-country skiing. Lazutina personally attended the event and even gave a master class.

The head of the Odintsovo municipal district, Andrei Ivanov, proposed holding the race every year. The next competition will take place in February 2019. Nine medals and six cups were competed for at the tournament. In addition, the judges noted the personal achievements of the participants. The children went home, charged with positive emotions.

Awards

• 1989-1990 – World Cup, 1st place
• 1991-1992 – Winter Olympic Games, 1st place (relay)
• 1992-1993 – World Championships, 1st place (relay), 1st place (race), 2nd place (pursuit)
• 1993-1994 – Winter Olympic Games, 1st place (relay)
• 1994-1995 – World Cup, 3rd place
• 1994 – Order of Friendship of Peoples
• 1995 – Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Republic of Karelia
• 1995-1996 – World Cup, 3rd place
• 1997-1998 – World Cup, 1st place (overall), 1st place (distance), 2nd place (sprint)
• 1998 – Hero of the Russian Federation, for outstanding achievements in sports, courage and heroism shown at the XVIII Winter Olympic Games in 1998
• 1998-1999 – World Cup, 3rd place (distance)
• 1999 – Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Karelia
• 1999 – Honorary citizen of the city of Odintsovo
• 2008 – Badge of Distinction “For Services to the Moscow Region”
• 2015 – Order of Honor

L Azutina (nee Ptitsyna) Larisa Evgenievna - an outstanding Russian athlete (ski racing), five-time Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, major.

Born on June 1, 1965 in the city of Kondopoga (now the Republic of Karelia) in a family of workers. Russian. I have been involved in skiing since the fifth grade. While still in school, she began performing at republican competitions, a member of the USSR junior team.

After graduating from school, she entered the Khabarovsk Institute of Physical Culture, from which she graduated in 1986 with a degree in coaching and teaching. She played for the Rosneft sports club. She was a member of the cross-country skiing team at the age of nineteen. In May 1988, she moved to the city of Odintsovo, Moscow Region, and entered service in the Armed Forces of the USSR: athlete, sports technician, and since February 1998, sports coach of the 127th sports club of the Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR and the Russian Federation.

She received her first Olympic gold medal in the relay race at the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville (France), and two years later she repeated her success at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer (Norway) in 1994. In 1995, at the World Championships in the Canadian city of Thunder, she managed to do something that no one had managed before - within the framework of one championship, become a four-time winner - three times in individual races and in the relay.

At the XVIII Olympic Games in Nagano (Japan) in 1998, she became the leader of the Russian team. She won medals in all five races - three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

U Order of the President of the Russian Federation No. 206 dated February 27, 1998 for outstanding achievements in sports, courage and heroism shown at the XVIII Winter Olympic Games of 1998, Lazutina Larisa Evgenievna awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with a special distinction - the Gold Star medal.

The last Olympics in her sports career took place in Salt Lake City (USA) in 2002. She won two silver medals, but the gold medal for the 30 km race was stripped from the champion based on the results of a doping test. On June 29, 2003, at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Prague (Czech Republic), a very controversial decision was made to cancel all results of L.E. Lazutina in international competitions after December 2001.

During her sports career, L.E. Lazutina became a five-time Olympic champion (1992, 1994, 1998 - three times), silver (1998) and bronze (1998) Olympic medalist, eight-time world champion (1987, 1993 - twice, 1995 - four times , 1997, 1999 - twice, 2001), winner of two silver (1989, 1993) and two bronze medals (1987, 2001) world championships, two-time winner of the World Cup (1990 and 1999-2000), 21 times winner of the World Cup stages , multiple champion of the USSR and Russia.

In 2002 she completed her sports career. In 2007, she graduated with honors from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in jurisprudence. Member of the Council for Physical Culture and Sports under the President of the Russian Federation.

Deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma of the 3rd (2003-2007), 4th (2007-2011), 5th (2011-2016) and 6th (since 2016) convocations. Since 2016 - First Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Duma.

Lives in the city of Odintsovo, Moscow region.

Major (2002), Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1987), Candidate of Economic Sciences. She was awarded the Order of Honor (02/3/2015), Friendship of Peoples (04/22/1994), medals, as well as the insignia “For Services to the Moscow Region” (12/15/2008), the honorary badge “For Merit in the Development of Physical Culture and Sports” (1997 ).

Honorary citizen of the city of Odintsovo and the Republic of Karelia (1999).

A bust in her honor was installed on the Alley of Honorary Citizens of the city of Odintsovo.