Biography
For hockey fans, the name of Vladimir Evgenievich Krutova, the best striker and scorer of the 80s, one of the legendary five of the Soviet hockey players and the two-time Olympic champion, not just familiar, and holy. Krotov or Krut, as an athlete called friends and colleagues, is the legend of the domestic hockey and the lighthouse for many current hockey players.
Vladimir Krutov was born in Moscow on June 1, 1960. The boy was born and brought up in a simple work family, where the father was a milling driver at the factory, and Mom worked as a cook in kindergarten.
In the summer, Mom Nina Kuzmichnna went along with a kindergarten, in which he worked, at the cottages in the suburbs. There, in the village of Saltykovka, and the sons of Vladimir and Alexander came and came. The guys grew out in the fresh air and received the first labor hardening. Senior Sasha and Junior Volodya worked on the sawmill.
In 1968, when Vladimir was 8 years old, the family acquired an apartment near Kutuzovsky Prospect. This event turned out to be an important and joyful for the Krutov junior. After all, the boy seriously carried away hockey. On Skate, Vladimir got up early, at 4 years old. The older brother Alexander was already chasing the puck and led a brother on the rink, a care for which Mom often ordered. The younger brother quickly fastened the wisdom of the game.
After moving to a new apartment, the young hockey players of the krutov received a real gift: in front of the house there was a stadium "Meteor". Here and began the sports biography of Vladimir Krutov.
Hockey
Soon, Vladimir was already playing with his brother in the same team. Despite the fact that the players were older for 3 years, the coolness was not inferior to comrades in mastery. The first coach of the novice hockey player was Vladimir Golubev, a wonderful teacher and a responsive person.
Once, Vladimir Krutov received a note, in which the young man was officially invited to arrive at the training session to the CSKA team. On the family council it was decided that it was impossible to refuse. But the young athlete was difficult to change the first team, especially since Vladimir appointed captain. Convincing Krutov arrived coach CSKA Vladimir Stelmakhs. This conversation became decisive.
In the autumn of 1971, Vladimir Krutov arrived at the first workouts in the Central Army Club of the country. The athlete's career advanced rapidly. First youthful, then the youth team of CSKA. Then followed the annual country championships among youth teams. It was a titanic work: the young hockey player had 3 workouts per day. Sometimes a young man was put on the young man immediately after the lessons and filmed late in the evening. But the result did not slow down to appear.
In 1977, 10-grader Vladimir Krutov played the first match as part of the world famous team. The tournament took place in Luzhniki. You can imagine the excitement of a young athlete who came to the ice together with Valery Kharlamov, Vladimir Petrov and Boris Mikhailov. In the coaching team at that time, Yuri Moses, Victor Kuzkin, Oleg Zaitsev. The game was broadcast on TV. Krutov played with dignity, and in the morning at school Vladimir met as a real hero.
And then, the hockey biography of Vladimir Krutov is similar to the endless chain of championships of various levels, the Olympic competitions, the cup games in the first team of CSKA, and then the USSR national team.
Surprisingly, Krutov's debut in the team of the USSR took place immediately at the Winter Olympics in American Lake Placide. At the same time, the athlete did not even dreamed to get to the 1980 Olympics. The decision to take hockey player was accepted unexpectedly. So, Vladimir Krutov became an indispensable Forward of CSKA and the team of the Soviet Union.
For the CSKA team athlete spoke from 1978 to 1989. At the same time, every year of these 12 years, the hockey player became the champion of the USSR. Krutov entered the famous five hockey players (Vladimir Krutov, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexey Casatonov, Igor Larionov and Sergey Makarov), which appeared after the famous victory of the Soviet Union national team at the Canadian Cup in 1981.
In the late 1980s, the season for the team of Canada "Vancouver Chanax" played the wrecks and laryns. But in Vancouver, the hockey player could not take care and left. Then there were the Swiss team "Zurich Lyonz" and the Swedish Estersunds IC. In 1996, Vladimir Evgenievich returned to Russia. Hockey player immediately took the CSKA club to the coaching state by the second instructor after A. A. Volchkov. During these years, the army team was divided into two groups: one was led by V. Tikhonov, another - wolf and coolness.
In 2001, Vladimir was raised by the team to the place of the head coach. The club players retained a decent place among the hockey elite clubs, but soon the situation has changed, as hockey players could not provide that salary that they paid in other Russian teams. And after the defeasible loss of the Nizhny Novgorod "torpedo" of the coolness and at all announced the departure from the team.
In 2002, Vladimir Krutov received a proposal from Vyacheslav Fetisov, Chairman of the State Committee on Physical Education and Sports, heading the State School of Higher Sportsmanship, where children were engaged in the disciplines "Archery", "Synchronous Swimming", "Baseball", "Table Tennis", "Athletics". In addition to the sports path, the mentor paid attention to the organizational training of the wards, providing the chance to liceists to try themselves in sports management.
During the brilliant sports career, the player gathered all sorts of titles. Krutov received the title of two-time Olympic champion, silver winner of the winter Olympiad-80. Krutov is recognized as the best scorer of the 1980s. More than once became the champion of Europe.
In May 2010, Vladimir Evgenievich was accepted in the Hall of Glory IIHF in the category "Player". Krutov played in veteran tournaments as part of HC "Legends Hockey Hockey". T-shirt at the number "24" in the Hockey Club of CSKA is officially fixed behind the hockey player and removed from the game.
Personal life
With the future wife, Nina Vladimir Krutov met in Saltykovka when he came to his mother. Nina worked in the same kindergarten as Nina Kuzminichna, as an educator. The girl was older than 19-year-old athlete for 5 years. At first, parents, especially Mom Vladimir, opposed this marriage. After all, Nina was already married. After the divorce, the girl remained the son of Denis. But Krutov showed perseverance and married against the will of their relatives.
Later, the relationship between the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law was improved. The pair had a common son Alexey. Now a young man is a professional hockey player. The eldest son Denis opened his own business.
Vladimir Krutov's personal life has developed great. Together with his beloved wife, the athlete lived 33 happy years. Recent years, the Krutov family lived in Khimki, where Vladimir and Nina acquired an apartment, exchanged the parent.
Vladimir Krutov often received during the mutages of injury, the athlete had numerous injuries of the face, including the cuts of the cheeks from the skates of rivals, multiple fractures of the nose, jaws, lip breakdowns. Injuries affected Vladimir's appearance, which can be seen in the photo of the late period. The coolness endured many injuries for the sake of the team and often caused fire on themselves, allowing the fellow maneuver to comrades, which led to victory. In the late 90s, from a strong blow, Vladimir Krutov had a hematoma in which the liquid began to accumulate over time. Completed special treatment and operation.
Death
Vladimir Krutova did not become a few days after the 52nd birthday. The athlete unexpectedly opened gastric bleeding, which was the cause of hockey player's milk death. Krutova on the machine of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was delivered to intensive care, connected the newest equipment, conducted the necessary medical manipulations. But doctors failed to save the athlete. Death came on June 6, 2012. Buried the Great Hockey Player at the Novolzhiensky cemetery, as Vladimir Nina's spouse asked.
Vladimir Krutov remained for future generations of athletes and fans of the uncompressed vertex. The winner of the two Olympics, the five-time owner of the first place at the World Cup, the winner of the Canadian Cup - such a number of victories of the USSR team striker won over Alexander Maltsev, Sergey Makarov and Andrei Khomutov. Dvice received the title of the best striker of the world championship, three times - the most productive scorer of the match.
The chapter dedicated to Vladimir Krutov is located in the Golden Book of the USSR national hockey. In honor of Vladimir Krutov, the passing trophy of the Night Hockey League of Russia was established, the main prize of the competition is the Cup of the striker Krutov.
Awards and achievements
- 1984, 1988 - Champion of the Olympic Games
- 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 - World Champion
- 1987 - Second medalist
- 1979-89 - Champion of the USSR
- 1979, 1988 - Winner of the USSR Cup
- 1981 - Winner of the Cup of Canada
- 2011 - Order of Honor
- 1988 - Order of the Labor Red Banner
- 1982 - Order of the Friendship of Peoples