Biography
Denis Potekin - the young Russian connoisseur of the intellectual club "What? Where? When?". In a personal life, the guy is distinguished by humor, self-irony and knows how to admit his mistakes.Childhood and youth
Denis Alexandrovich Potekin was born in St. Petersburg on November 12, 2002. The Father of the Cognot of Education Physicist, worked at the State Optical Institute named after S. V. Vavilov, lectured in the Higher Normal School of Lyon.
Parents gave Denis in the 610th classical gymnasium, at a young age Pothein entered the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, the specialty "Programmer".
"What? Where? When?"
In 2017, Pothein became the champion of intellectual quizzes among students of 8-9 classes. February 25, 2018, as part of the "Children of the XXI Century" series, held the first television game in the team of Artem Savochkin. Schoolchildren from Perm and the national team of cities also participated, in which Rosatom's branches were located, under the beginning of Cyril Emelin. Experienced players performed against the guys: Boris Levin, Rovshan Askerov, Dmitry Avdeenko and others.
Denis took responsibility in the decisive round, where previous results were canceled and in the case of the correct answer, the victory was counted 6: 0. The question was from Alexander Friend, about the pillars along the roads of Alaska with yellow-red stripes. Pothein replied, the poles are needed to check the level of snow during avalanche. In fact, they pointed out the boundaries of the road during snow drifts.
On December 23, 2018, Denis as a viewer asked the team of Balash Kasumov about the Novovoronezh NPP, which only the experts and TV viewers are seen in a certain place. Where? When?". Mikhail Skipsky replied correctly that this building is on the prieu "Crystal atom", but so confused and challenged that disputes arose, count point or not. Pothein was also the author of questions in the school league and the Youth Cup "Friendship of Peoples".
Personal life
Pothein admitted that he now dreams about the Nobel Prize, so after the gymnasium decided not to do not go to the geographical or mathematical - according to these disciplines do not give a reward.He loves to read, especially the books about Harry Potter and the biographies of great scientists. Denis has a dog breed.
Denis Pothein now
In 2021, Denis got into the team of Bryanz Dmitry Lokkikov, the guys took part in the first game of the summer series, to which Boris Boris Belozers were preparing. Photos of the players appeared in the official pass account in "Instagram". Unfortunately, the debutants lost to the viewers with a score of 5: 6, but Pothein was recognized as the best connoisseur.
In an interview after the broadcast, Alexander said that the team did not configure the game, and the captain's functions instead of Lokchikov performed Nikolai Russkin. Maxim Potashev remembered that the updated compositions played in the club, and it was the first case when the change did not benefit. Andrei Kozlov said that Ivan Zherkevich also lost the first game, so while the conclusions were early. He also complained about the lack of leadership in Lokkikov and advised novice to begin first, without analyzing the incident.
The guys themselves admitted that the situation was nervous, they were afraid to lose and lost, but "we sat well" at the table in a beautiful place. From the summer series, the team has dropped out, having lost the chance to compete with Ales Mukhin, Viktor Sidnev and Alena Rising.