Biography
Each sport has its own symbol and personification. For jumping into water, this is undoubtedly Voronezh Jumper Dmitry Ivanovich Sautin, who advocated CSKA. Until now, the sautin is a record holder on conquered titles, no wonder for many years called "king jumping into the water."Childhood and youth
The future two-time Olympic champion was born on March 15, 1974 in Voronezh. He came to the pool for 6 years. Dima had not only to learn to stay on the water, but also to get used to the iron discipline due to a hulagorye.
"The only thing that could - stretch 2-3 times and lift legs," confessed in an interview with Dmitry.In fact, Tatyana Starodubseva coach was engaged in educating the guy. One case almost made the sautin throw a swimming pool: after an unsuccessful jump, a panic fear of water appeared, and the boy conceived a quiet escape into the acrobatics section. But Starodubtseva saw the future champion in the young man and convinced to continue training. The coach managed to inspire Dmitry that fears and doubts should be left before the first step on the springboard. The athlete himself does not like to remember this fact of the biography.
Diving
Soon the rapid takeoff of the jumper began. In 1991, Dmitry came to the national team and became the second at the European Championship. Further won the European Cup in Milan.But the brilliant career was almost cut, when at the beginning of the 90s the sautin was injured with a knife in a criminal disassembly. Despite this, after six months, Dmitry rose to his first Olympic Springboard in Barcelona. He then almost turned 18. The overseas life shook the young man that he barely had time for the competition, and on arrival discovered that he had forgotten smelting. I had to lent in the Mexican. Then the athlete took bronze, despite the bare wound.
A year later, Dmitry took gold and silver at the European Championship. The rivals began to pay attention - he jumps not as everything. South technique introduced foreigners in bewilderment.
There was a period when Chinese scouts hunted at the athlete: filmed jumps on the camcorder to after disassembled every second his performances.
Foreign newspapers called the jumper "Russian robot" - such physical pain was sometimes tolerated. So, at the World Cup in Atlanta in 1995, the sautin had already risen to the tower and stood in a rack, but at the last moment the brush left hand pierced the pain, and the jump was relied with the brushes. Despite this, the jumper gathered his will in his fist and won gold on a 3-meter springboard. Americans learned about the injured hand and offered to undergo treatment in the United States, realizing that without the "king of jumps" the successes of other athletes would not look so worthy.
"Strules constantly fought with sores, but it all jumped. The back fought. When you look at the blue back in the mirror, you think: why do you need it - jumping into the water, "Spranched Dmitry in an interview with the TV channel" Match TV ".A year before the competition in Athens, the jumper received a serious injury: so badly damaged his shoulder that the hand stopped working, hung as paralyzed.
After rehabilitation during a synchronous jump with Alexander Dobrick, Dmitry felt perightened pain in his shoulder and hit his feet on the springboard in the flight. After the sautin, the hundred times scrolled this moment in my head, because the mistake cost him and a comrade of the golden medal.
Once a year and a half before the Olympic Games in Sydney, the program included synchronous jumps. Then they believed that Dmitry South will not take part in these competitions because of his unique style. But in 2000, an unprecedented situation happened - one athlete was announced on 4 types of programs: springboard and synchronous springboard, tower and synchronous tower. And in jumping from the tower and from the springboard, Russian athlete had two different partners. For the third Olympiad in his life, Dmitry came again after surgery, this time on the spine. From the last 10-meter tower in Sydney, the sautin jumped, being all closed in the bandages - so much injuries made itself felt.
In the spring of 2008, the Russian national team went to the training fees in Korea, refused to go to only one person - Dmitry Sautin, because his son was born. Later, the athlete admitted that even a terrible dream could not imagine that he would not be next to his wife during childbirth.
After the European Championship in Budapest in 2010, where Dmitry Ivanovich won the bronze medal, he announced the completion of the sports career.
Social activity
After leaving sports, Dmitry Sautin came to politics and became a deputy of the Voronezh region. To promote the ideas of sports and a healthy lifestyle among young people, Dmitry Ivanovich founded a charitable foundation. The purpose of the Fund is an increase in the number of sports fields, the resumption of the work of sections, the propaganda of a healthy lifestyle and the revival of mass sports in Russia. On the official website of the deputy, you can find the latest news and photos from events attended by an athlete, as well as the nearest projects of the Fund.
Personal life
The personal life of the jumper was not as dramatic as a sports career, complete injuries and operations. With his future wife, Ekaterina Dmitry met in his native Voronezh. It is interesting that earlier the girl about the athlete never even heard, and the fact that the boyfriend is the champion, read in the magazine. Dmitry offered his hand and heart Catherine live in one sports channel.The pair of three children. The eldest son was named Ivan, in honor of Dmitry's father. Like the Father, Vanya is fond of swimming. The younger son of Matvey was born in 2011, and after 7 years, Anastasia daughter appeared in the family.
Athlete's growth - 174 cm, weight - 75 kg.
Dmitry South Now
Now Dmitry lives and works in Russia and dreams that one day will open in Voronezh the Center for Water Sports. He focused on charity: helps sick children, difficult teenagers, sports veterans.
In 2021, the titled jumper gave an interview with the chances of Russian jumpers at the Olympics against the Chinese, where he said that the main thing was not to react to distracting moments: the whistle came up, jumped, everything.
Achievements
- 1991 - Silver winner of the European Town Championship
- 1992, 2000, 2004 - Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games on jumping from springboard
- 1993 - Silver winner of the European Spring Championship
- 1993, 1999, 2000 - Winner of the European Championship in jumping with towers
- 1994 - Silver winner of the world jumping championship
- 1994, 1998 - Winner of the World Town Championship
- 1995 - Bronze medalist of the European Championships
- 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008 - Winner of the European Jump Championship
- 1996 - Winner of Olympic Games on Towers
- 1998, 2001 - Winner of the World Spring Championship
- 2000 - Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games
- 2000 - Winner of the Olympic Games on Synchronous Towers
- 2000, 2006 - Silver winner of the European Championship in synchronous jumping from springboard
- 2000, 2008 - Silver Prize-winner of the Olympic Games on Synchronous Jumps
- 2001 - Bronze medalist of the world championship in synchronous jumping from springboard
- 2002, 2008 - Winner of the European Championship in synchronous jumping from springboard
- 2003 - Winner of the World Championships on synchronous jumps from a springboard
- 2003, 2007 - Bronze medalist of the World Spring Championship
- 2010 - Bronze medalist of the European Championship in synchronous jumping from springboard