Shamil Anwjarowitsch Tarpishchev

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Shamil Tarpishchev (2009)

Shamil Tarpishchev Anwjarowitsch ( Russian Шамиль Анвярович Тарпищев , Tatar Шамил Әнвәр улы Тарпищев Shamil Tarpishchev Änwär uly * 7. March 1948 in Moscow ) is a retired Russian tennis player and current sports official.

General

Shamil Tarpishchev is of Tatar origin. He began studying biology at Lomonosov University in Moscow , but dropped out after a year and switched to the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism , which he graduated from in 1970.

Athletic career

He began a career as a tennis player at an old age and was able to win his first international tennis tournament in Sochi at the age of 17 . In 1970 he joined the Soviet army, but was able to continue his sport at the army sports club CSKA Moscow . Here he played u. a. with General Dmitri Lelyuschenko and Marshal Andrei Grechko . He achieved his best result in 1973 when he reached the third round at the Italian Open . The best place in the world rankings was 164th place in August 1973. Tarpishchev was also appointed to the Soviet Davis Cup team , but remained without use.

In January 1974 Tarpishchev took over the coaching post of the Soviet Davis Cup team. Successes were celebrated in 1976 when Tarpishchev led his team to the first round of the Interzonal Europe. In 1982 he was promoted to the world group formed a year earlier. After the descent in 1984, the immediate resurgence was achieved in 1985. In 1986 the team relegated and rose again in 1989. In the world group, the Soviet team could not win a single match in the main round. With the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 Tarpishchev resigned from his coaching position. In 1996 he took over the newly formed Russian Davis Cup team, which was represented in the world group. After three first-round defeats, they made it to the quarter-finals for the first time in 1999 with a 3-2 win over Germany. Here Slovakia was beaten 3: 2, in the semifinals they failed with 1: 4 to Australia. The semi-final was the greatest success of the Russian team under Tarpishchev to date. In 2002 his team even reached the finals after victories over Switzerland, Sweden and Argentina. In Paris, Russia won the Davis Cup for the first time with a 3-2 win over France. In 2006 the team defeated the Netherlands, France and the USA. The final in Moscow against Argentina was won 3-2. The following year , Russia reached the final again, this time after victories over Chile, France and Germany. In Portland, the team lost 4-1 to the USA.

In 2000 Tarpishchev also took over the Russian Fed Cup team , which he had looked after between 1978 and 1980. In 1978 and 1979 he reached the semi-finals with his team. In 2001 his team made it to the final for the first time, but lost to Belgium 1: 2. In 2004 Russia won the Fed Cup for the first time after beating Australia, Argentina, Austria and France in the final (3-2). In 2005 the title could be defended. Italy and the United States were defeated first. In the final there was another duel against France, which was again won 3-2. After a first round defeat in 2006 Russia reached the final again in 2007 after victories over Spain and the USA. Opponent Italy was beaten 4-0. With a 4-0 victory over Spain in 2008 they defended their title after defeating Israel and the USA. In 2009 and 2010 the team reached the semi-finals, and in 2011 the final again. Here they lost to the Czech Republic with 2: 3. The final of 2013 was also lost, this time 4-0 against Italy. In 2014 Tarpishchev resigned from coaching and was replaced by Anastassija Myskina , who had won the Fed Cup under him in 2004 and 2005.

Tarpishchev had been Boris Yeltsin's personal trainer since 1988 .

Sports administration

In 1994 Shamil Tarpishchev became a member of the Russian NOK. He has been working as a physical exercise and sports advisor to the Russian President and the Mayor of Moscow since 1997 and is chairman of the board of the Kremlin Cup . In 1999 he became president of the Russian Tennis Association. In 2014, he was banned from the WTA tour for one year and fined for making insulting statements to the American players Serena and Venus Williams , whom he compared with men during a television interview.

IOC membership

In 1994 Shamil Tarpishchev was elected an IOC member. He is currently a member of the Commission for Athlete Support.

Awards

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Player profile at the ATP (engl.)
  2. ↑ Article on Spox from October 19, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Tarpishchev, Shamil Anwjarowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Тарпищев, Шамиль Анвярович (Russian-Cyrillic); Tarpishchev, Shamil Änwar uly (Tatar-Latin); Тарпищев, Шамил Әнвәр улы (Tatar-Cyrillic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian tennis player and current sports official
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow