Biography
Biathlon traditionally enters the top of favorite sports among Russian fans. This affects both the entertainment of winter starts and the glorious traditions that shooting athletes from Russia laid down long-term victories on the ski. Nikolay Kruglov - the younger belongs to those athletes that have achieved high results in a quarrery. Silver winner of the Olympiad, a multiple world champion, a man defended the country's flag in the 2000s, becoming a strong team of the national team who knew how to win.Childhood and youth
Biathlonist Kruglov became in the family second Nikolai. And the second biathlonist, since his father Nikolai Kruglov is a senior, a famous veteran of Soviet sports, having 2 Olympic gold and 3 higher world awards. In 2007, a man became an honorary citizen of Nizhny Novgorod - cities where he lived all his life. By the time of the birth of the Son in 1981, the athlete has already begun coaching work, so it is not surprising that Kohl early got on skis. It happened when he was 2 years old.
In childhood, the boy was seriously carried away by the table tennis, but the high-speed winter racing took up. In the middle classes, Kruglov began to engage in the sports school and showed high results, and in the graduation year under the leadership of the father became the champion of Russia in the ski racing among juniors. Mom Galina Aleksandrovna supported the Son in his hobbies. Nikolai's sister was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics.
Despite the successes in sports, the guy did not forget about education. In an interview with the biathlonist, he confessed that because of financial difficulties in his youth, he was afraid seriously count on the sport and prepared a "airbag".
Therefore, I decided to receive a lawyer's profession in the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Nikolay said that he studied not for a tick, but seriously, and to any question in criminal law and now will answer without a stick.
Subsequently, Kruglov continued to education at Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and at the State Service Academy. A man has the title of Major Police. Much attention paid to studying languages, so speaks fluently in English and knows German well.
Biathlon
In an interview, Nikolai said that he preferred biathlon to ski racing due to entertainment and unpredictability. Dynamics and Drive is what the athlete is like. Having accepted the decision to take a rifle in 1999, the young man moves to Khanty-Mansiysk - the city where the youth team of shooting skiers is based. There Kruglov trains at the father and Valery Zakharov.The first international junior starts have been successful: he becomes twice the champion in Europe and the vice-champion at the global level. After that, promising athlete includes the main composition of the Russian national team, which he began to perform since 2002.
The debut season was not set, and the young man occupied the place at best in the second ten. However, by the end of the World Cup, he managed to climb the 4th place in the sprint, and in the men's relay to earn silver. Since then, Nikolay becomes a reliable team player, and the most significant achievements in the career will be achieved in collective races. Although without personal achievements it did not cost: in the 2003/2004 season, the biathlete becomes the vice-champion of 2 races of persecution, and on the other - a bronze medalist.
The first personal medal of the highest dignity of Kruglov takes in the mouth, which was held in Slovenian Pokluk in 2005. On the same starts, he manages to take gold and in the relay. The 2005/2006 season becomes the most successful in his career: the athlete is included in the prestigious dozen of the overall office of the World Cup, occupying there 8th place. 2 years in a row, Nikolai was a triumphant that the mixed relay and the only Russian, twice won this discipline twice the championships of the world.
In 2006, together with Ivan Svodov, Sergey Chepikov and Pavel Rostovtsev Kruglov managed to take the silver of the Olympiad in Turin, running the responsible final stage. For the next 2 years, men will not be equal in relay in the world championships, and Nikolai will contribute to the victory. In the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 seasons, the biathlonist is still included in the Top 10 World Cups, occupying prizes in individual races.
The main drama in the sports biography happened in 2010 at the Olympics in Vancouver. Against the background of high competition in the national team, the athlete was able to perform only in one type of competition - an individual race by 20 km. Recorded without a single blunder on 4 frontiers, Kruglov demonstrated a decent speed, but fell and damaged the fastening of the rifle, because of which it was forced to finish with weapons in his hand, as a result of the 11th line. After a sad event, he declared the completion of a biathlon career.
Having achieved success in a big sport, a man gained financial independence. Then he bought her father's medals that he once sold to give the opportunity to speak at the highest level. Veteran without a thought broke up with two gold awards Olympiads, and the grateful Nikolai considered it necessary to return this duty to the father.
Personal life
A little bit known about the personal life of the biathlete, he himself does not like to spread about it, preferring to talk about sports and professional achievements. On the page in "Instagram" Nikolai posts photos from work and places of recreation, but the pictures of his wife and children are not found there. It is known that earlier Kruglov was married, the spouse was called Julia.
Judging by the information from social networks, in 2019 a man meets with Darya Casakovaya, in the "instagram" of which romantic personnel with a former athlete regularly appear. He prefers to demonstrate in his account numerous hobbies: hockey, sailing regatta, skiing, travel and cars. Due to the active lifestyle, the glorious biathlete remains in the form: with an increase in 180 cm its weight - 75 kg.
Nikolay Kruglov Now
Having finished his career in Biathlon, Nikolai began to work in the Nizhny Novgorod Ski Federation, and then moved to the Regional Ministry of Sports and Youth Policy. Since 2014, Kruglov has changed sharply: a man has become a manager in UTair Airlines, responsible for public and corporate connections of the firm.Management work continued in the Elefante agency, where in 2017 became a commercial director. Having achieved high results, the former biathlete decided to create its own ASCME company, which is engaged in the organization of events and sports communications, connecting the world of big sports and business.
Nikolay cooperates with radio and television channels, over the years working as an expert and commentator. In March 2019, a professional spent on the first channel 6 live broadcast from the 53rd World Cup of Biathlon from Swedish Ostersund. His colleagues were Anton Schipulin, Paul Zanerana and Dmitry Terekhov. In the "Instagram's" profile, Kruglov expressed the hope that they made a worthy competition to Dmitry Guberniev.
Achievements and awards
- 2000 - European champion among juniors in the sprint and in the persecution race
- 2000 - Silver medalist of the world championship among juniors in the race of persecution and male relay
- 2001 - European champion among juniors in an individual race and male relay
- 2001 - Silver winner of the world championship among juniors in the sprint, race pursuit and male relay
- 2005 - World Champion in the mixed relay
- 2005 - Silver winner of the world championship in the men's relay
- 2006 - Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in the male relay
- 2006 - World Champion in the mixed relay
- 2007 - World Champion in the male relay
- 2008 - World Champion in the male relay
- 2008 - Bronze medalist of the world championship in the mixed relay