Akimova Tatyana - Russian biathlete, winner of the World Cup stages, international master of sports.
Before career
Tatyana Akimova was born on October 26, 1990 in the city of Cheboksary, which is located in the Republic of Chuvashia. The childhood of the future biathlete practically did not stand out. Tatiana, like all children, was educated at a school where she studied well. Akimova became interested in sports at an early age and considered cross-country skiing the best sport for herself.
Sport completely absorbed the girl into itself. Tatiana devoted almost all her free time to sports. She often watched sports competitions, shared the feelings of the athletes and dreamed of being in their place. Tatyana Sergeevna, in addition to skiing, also began to engage in shooting, easily switched from one sport to another, that is, to biathlon.
Hard work showed results, and the athlete decides to connect her future life with biathlon.
Biathlete career
Akimova Tatyana is taught by her personal trainer Anatoly Akimov, who will become her father-in-law in the future. Anatoly is still her only and irreplaceable coach. The long and hard work that was done on the girl bore fruit. Already in 2011, Tatiana performed at the World Junior Championships, as well as at the European Championships.
The athlete earned a silver medal at the Russian Summer Biathlon Championship. The medal was a pass to the World Championship, but Tatyana did not have enough experience for the world arena. The girl could not take worthy places.
In 2013, the biathlete won the individual races at the Winter Universiade, which took place in the Italian region of Trentino.
By the end of 2014, Tatyana took 3rd place at the Izhevsk rifle, and the next year she made her debut at the World Cup, which was held in the small Swedish city of Ostersund. However, the girl performed unsuccessfully at the tournament, finishing last.
An important victory in the Czech Republic, which no one expected, came to the biathlete in 2016. After this victory, Tatyana got the motivation to continue working on herself. Overtaking Dorothea Wierer, Tatiana Akimova got into the top ten biathletes.
Personal life
Tatyana Akimova is currently married to the son of her personal trainer and 2011 European junior champion. The marriage took place in 2015. The couple has no children.
The athlete maintains her Instagram account, which has 30 thousand subscribers. In her profile, the biathlete uploads photos from her leisure time, as well as from sports events.
In the free wind, Tatyana studies languages, enjoys reading fiction, and also often goes fishing with her husband.
