Igor Shesterkin is a young promising Russian hockey player who can already be proud of his considerable achievements in sports today. He plays the goalkeeper position. He is a member of the Russian national team, the champion of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. Received the title of Honored Master of Sports.
Children and teenagers
Shesterkin Igor Olegovich was born on December 30, 1995. The hockey player does not like to talk about his family and childhood, so this side of his biography remains unsolved.
Passion for sports for the future champion arose completely by accident. Once, one of the neighboring boys invited Igor to join him and go to a hockey training session. After watching how the guys masterfully cope with the stick and the puck, Igor himself really caught fire with this game. Before that, the boy was engaged in swimming, and quite successfully.
Igor grew up as an energetic child. A game full of adrenaline attracted him more than a quiet swim in the pool. The champion’s parents are short, and Igor himself is quite tall (185 centimeters). He attributes this to the consequences of his previous passion for swimming.
Hockey Success
Igor Shesterkin’s career began at the Wings of the Soviets club. His first trainers were Poleev Evgeny Sergeevich and Efimov Igor Gennadievich. The champion recalls the first with special warmth and gratitude.
As part of the “Wings” (as the club members affectionately call the club between themselves) Shesterkin participated in youth tournaments and fought for the Moscow Hockey Federation Cup.
In 2012, the leadership of Spartak drew attention to a seventeen-year-old man. This was the start of Igor Shesterkin in big sport. To begin with, he was introduced to the youth team. In this capacity, the hockey player played thirteen matches and showed himself capable of playing in the Major League.
In 2013, Shesterkin was a contender for the game in the main team of Spartak against the team of the Slovan club. This time the young man was unlucky and he spent the whole match on the bench.
Two weeks later, luck smiled at the athlete, Igor Shesterkin first performed at the Cup of Hope hockey competitions and has proven himself perfectly. Goalkeeper Jan Lashak unsuccessfully started the game. In a short period of time he missed two goals. Then the coach decided to give a chance to the young player and released Igor Shesterkin on the ice. During the hour of the game, the goalkeeper missed only one puck and established himself as a real professional with excellent reaction.
From this day on, a promising hockey player trained with the main team. In October 2013, a match was held with Red Bull. Igor became a real hero of the game. In a tense struggle, it was he who scored the decisive goal and won the victory for the team. This fact became decisive in the career of an athlete. Four months later, the young man played for the main team of Spartak and received the title of main goalkeeper of the team.
In 2014, hockey player Igor Shesterkin signed a contract with SKA. After a short time, he went to the United States to play for the New York Rangers. At the same time, he participated in the KHL matches for SKA. In 2015, he became the silver medalist of the World Cup as part of the youth team.
In the 2016/2017 season, Shesterkin became a member of the adult national team of Russia. Twice became the bronze medalist of the World Cup, being on the bench. Standing at the gate in competitions for the Karjala Cup, he became the winner of the tournament. In 2017, he won first place in the Russian Championship and won the Gagarin Cup. In 2018, he received the title of Olympic champion.
Personal life
Igor Shesterkin hides from the public facts about his family and relationships with girls. It became known that the former participant of the television project "House 2" Tatyana Okhulkova (pictured below) expressed her sympathy for the athlete and does not miss a single match with his participation. It was suggested that young people secretly meet, but this information has no confirmation.
Igor leads an active social life and spends time in the company of different girls. The young man travels a lot.
Igor Shesterkin: statistics
The athlete was named the best goalkeeper of SKA. He won a hundred percent of the matches, which he spent in full. In most of them, the goalkeeper did not allow a single goal to be missed. Shesterkin dry series - 4 hours 32 minutes 08 seconds. This is the third indicator in the history of the KHL. The result of repulsing attacks is 98.14 percent with their reliability of 0.49 goals per match.