In Vitebsk, jubilee medals "110 years of the trade union movement of Belarus" were awarded

Renowned Vitebsk athletes, coaches, and management staff of the Vitebsk Regional Sports Club of the FPB were honored on February 16 at the Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Association.

 

The ceremony for the presentation of the jubilee medals "110 years of the trade union movement in Belarus" took place here, awarded for a significant contribution to the development of trade union sports and in connection with the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Belarusian Physical Culture and Sports Society.

 

The ceremony was opened by the chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Association, Ivan Vozmitel, who congratulated the attendees, noting the immense contribution of each of them in the sports arena. Ivan Konstantinovich also emphasized that the regional sports club is set very serious tasks annually for athlete training. Of the 13 sports schools in the regional structure, 9 have the status of specialized. More than five and a half thousand children are currently engaged in them, working with 260 coaches. 21 sports are being developed. In the past year alone, 21 masters of sports and 77 candidates for master of sports were trained in the subordinate institutions, and 34 medals were won at world championships.

championships and international competitions. 48 students and trainees are included in the national teams. Three trainees from trade union sports schools have been included in the Olympic team and are preparing to participate in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

 

Awards on this day were received by the director, coach-teacher of Greco-Roman wrestling of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Olympic Reserve in Martial Arts Igor Kanygin, coach-teacher of cycling of the Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Sports School for Cycling "Victoria" Vladimir Pecherin, director of the institution "Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Youth Sports School for Kayaking and Canoeing "Albatross" Viktor Simakov, instructor-methodologist of the institution "Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Children and Youth Sports School for Winter Sports "Olimpiets" Valery Vrublevsky and others (11 awardees in total).

16-time champion of the Republic of Belarus in weightlifting, silver medalist of the European Championship in 2003, in 2004 bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Athens, now deputy director of the Vitebsk Regional Trade Union Sports School for Weightlifting and Boxing "Sportalliance" Tatyana Stukalova, after receiving the award, admitted that she was a little nervous: "For me, this award is an indicator that I have dedicated myself to trade union sports for a reason. Hundreds of boys and girls are involved in our school. But not everyone becomes a winner. I hope my trainees will succeed," said Tatyana Sergeevna.

After the award ceremony, the event participants were treated to a tea party, during which they could communicate in an informal setting with their fellow athletes and the leadership of the regional trade union association.

 

Elena Ustinova,

Public Relations Specialist

FPB for the Vitebsk region.