Biography
October 15, 2019. The Great Spanish Tenor Placido Domingo and the outstanding Russian athlete Vasily Artemyev became star guests of Evening Urgant. Before inviting the latter to the studio, Ivan Urgant demonstrated an excerpt from Rubbist's video interview after a match from the Scotia national team, who had fallen in love with the multi-million public with the help of virtuoso English.Childhood and youth
Perhaps, in the Zelenograd family of Artemyev, exclusively talented sons were born: in January 1985, Paul appeared to the world - the future theater director, and in 2 years, July 24, 1987, - Vasily, who had dedicated rugby life from an early age. It is known that Mother's parents worked in the MEPI, and her father Konstantin Vladimirovich Balov in the 60-80s also launched Soviet rockets into space.
In sports, the boy began at 9 years old: the first field for the game (or rather, just a lawn) was on a bomb shelter built in the 90s, it was seen from the window of the apartment.
Before the older classes, the teenager studied at the Moscow school, where he was especially accurate science, and then by decision of adults that children need to pull into English, went to Ireland. Here he was offered two college - Blackrock and Clongowes Wood. Not yet knowing that the first was Alma Mater Irish Rugby, purely intuitively pointed to it. The atmosphere in the educational institution, a man compared with Hogwarts from Harry Potter.
In a new place, the guy immediately went to workout, passed the selection and after a couple of weeks it turned out to be at the County Cup Lenster. In the future, Russians played a few years in tournaments under 19, participated in the final at the Lansdown Road stadium.
For a long time, a young man at the invitation of Dean became a student of the Law Faculty of University College, where he played for the youth team "Lenster". Then Artemyev and received his famous nickname Russian rocket, like Pavel Bure.
Rugby
In 2009, when training at the university was over, Artemyev returned to his homeland and thought where to continue the sports career. He went to "intelligence" in Monino, where he trained from the "VVA-Moscow region", she attached to the soul and remained (at the same time he began to perform for the national team). The funny fact of the "creative" team biography is the next year she celebrated victory in the Russian Cup.In 2011, Vasily turned out to be abroad, this time a talented player was lured to himself "Saints from Northampton". And they were lucky - a little earlier the similar invitation "Shark Seyl" Russian rejected. After the contract expires, the Russian rocket fell into the composition of the "Red Yar", which faithfully serves as true.
Personal life
Personal life The charming athlete does not hide: photographs of loved womens - spouses Sofia Chernyavskaya and daughter Lisa - with touching confessions, the whole "instagram" was literally littered. With his wife Vasily Grigorievich tries not to miss any theatrical premiere, to which the older brother put his hand, so it can be found in the Moscow Provincial Theater or Mtseu.
As for the famous mustache, Artemyev once confessed in an interview that they were "stuck" for two reasons. First, he follows the old tradition in rugby called Movember, and secondly, imites the father who wears them in the youth, and adheres to cyclical fashion trends.
Vasily Artemyev now
In 2019, the second time in the history of Russia's national rugby team made his way to the World Cup.Despite the fact that the team under the leadership of Vasily Artemyev failed to go to the playoffs, the captain made a letter of thanks in the direction of his colleagues and coaches and added:
"We made the main thing - Russia adequately declared himself on the global rugbean arena. Our athletes fought with the national teams of those countries where rugby is developing more than 100 years, where this game has been erected into a national cult. And one more important result of our participation in the World Cup: the whole country spoke about rugby. "In the same year, "Red Yar" paid the Cup of Russia for the tenth time.
Achievements
- 2010 - Winner of the Russian Cup and the winner of the Championship of Russia as part of the team "VVA-Moscow region"
- 2011 - The finalist of the Heinexen Cup as part of the team "Northampton Saints"
- 2012 - Finalist of the Anglo Welsh Cup as part of the Northampton Saints team
- 2013 - Finalist of the championship of England on rugby as part of the team "Northampton Saint
- 2014 - Silver winner of the Russian rugby championship in the team "Red Yar"
- 2014 - winner of the title "The best player of the team" Red Yar "
- 2015 - the winner of the Russian Cup and the winner of the Russian Championship as part of the Red Yar team
- 2016 - Winner of the Super Cup of Russia as part of the team "Red Yar"
- 2018 - Silver winner of the Russian Rugby Championships in the team "Red Yar"
- 2019 - The winner of the Russian Cup in the team "Red Yar"