In Tyumen, at the Sports Complex “Central” the Championship of Russian Student Sports Union Youth Boxing Championship of 2001-2002 birth, dedicated to the memory of the Hero of Russia Timur Mukhutdinov has been inaugurated. The event is timed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The 150 young athletes from across the country: the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Syzran, Sverdlovsk region, Omsk region, Kurgan, Chelyabinsk, Republic of Kalmykia and Bashkortostan arrived in Tyumen. The winners will receive a permit to the championship of Russia on boxing. “Russian Student Sports Union includes all public sports organizations in the regions that are engaged in education of athletes from childhood. Our goal – promoting patriotism, love for the country and Russia, “- said vice-president of the Russian Student Sports Union Nurulla Sattorov.

The opening ceremony of the championship was attended by the hero’s mother of Timur Mukhutdinov Nina Mukhutdinova, deputy chairman of the Tyumen Oblast Duma Gennady Korepanov, acting head of the Russian Interior Ministry in the Tyumen region Yuri Yastrebov, deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tyumen region Vladimir Nifontov, SWAT commander Vladimir Samorokov, Vice-President of the Russian Student Sports Union Nurulla Sattar, chairman of the executive committee of the Tyumen region Congress of Tatars Rinat Nasyrov.

Deputy Chairman of the Tyumen Oblast Duma Gennady Korepanov thanked the organizers for many years of work on the education of young athletes.

“A lot of boys who were among the problem teenagers, having started visiting the boxing section, become real people, fighters,” – Gennady Korepanov said.

Tribunes of sports complex “Central” were filled by spectators to capacity. The hall was attended by fellows of Russian hero Timur Mukhutdinov, OMON and SWAT officers, students of Tyumen Institute of Advanced Russian Interior Ministry, students of schools and sports clubs of Tyumen and the Tyumen region, countrymen of Timur Mukhutdinov from the village Embaevo pupils of Borkowski orphanage. The feat by

Hero of Russia will always be an example for the younger generation.

“Timur Mukhutdinov was a sports officer. Sports for him was always in the first place. His service activity always was held at the training camp, “- told reporters the Acting Chief of the Russian Interior Ministry in the Tyumen region Yuri Yastrebov.

It is important to note that the tournament is held in support of the charity fund “We have no children-orphans.” From March 29 to April 2, in the foyer of the SC “Central” tickets for drawing prizes are to be sold. Funds collected from the sale of tickets, the organizers will send to help children. The prize drawing will take place on April 2 to complete the final fights.

Reference:

In October 2010, Tyumener police major Timur Mukhutdinov in Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, saved the lives of dozens of people, having blocked the path of a terrorist. Died on the spot. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation for the courage and heroism in the line of duty conjugated with risking his life in the North Caucasus region, police major Timur Mukhametsabarovich Mukhutdinov awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously). A military-patriotic detachment of climbers is called by name of Timur Mukhutdinov , and a memorial plaque was installed in his native village Embaevo .

Press Service Russian Student Sports Union