Alexander Tchigir
Alexander Tchigir ( Russian Александр Чигирь ; born November 6, 1968 in Moscow ) is a German water polo goalkeeper of Russian origin.
Tchigir won bronze at the 1991 European Championship with the Soviet Union team. At the 1992 Olympic Games , he won the bronze medal with the CIS team. In 1994 at the World Cup, Tchigir won his third bronze medal, this time with the Russian national team. Tchigir completed a total of 344 international matches for the Soviet Union and Russia.
On December 4, 1997, Tchigir received German citizenship. Since then he has completed over 300 international matches for Germany (as of June 2010). The best placement with the German team was fifth at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . At the 2005 World Cup , Tchigir was voted into the all-start team despite being 9th in the German team. At the 2007 World Cup , Germany finished eighth, Tchigir was re-elected to the Allstar team by the media representatives and also received a special FINA prize for the tournament's best goalkeeper.
Tchigir has been playing for Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 for eleven years , with whom he won the championship and cup double nine times; In 2003 the team was only champions and in 2006 only cup winners. Before that, Tchigir played for SV Würzburg 05 and SSF Delphin Wuppertal. The 1.91 m tall Tchigir is a qualified sports teacher.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Athens 2004. The German Olympic team. Frankfurt am Main 2004
Web links
- Alexander Tchigir in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Portrait at Spandau 04 ( Memento from April 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
annotation
- ↑ self-chosen spelling; the actually correct German transcription of the Russian family name Чигирь is Tschigir
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tchigir for water polo EM back into the German goal. In: New Germany . June 17, 2010, accessed February 9, 2014 .
- ↑ The interview… Alexander Tchigir, 44, is still world class in water polo goal. (No longer available online.) In: Swim & More ( DSV magazine). Archived from the original on March 11, 2013 ; Retrieved February 9, 2014 .
- ↑ FINA awards for Azevedo and Tchigir - Molina gains MVP crown ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tchigir, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Чигирь, Александр (Russian); Chigir, Aleksandr; Čigir ', Aleksandr; Tschigir, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German water polo player of Russian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |