In the south-west of the Moscow region, Zhukovsky is located in a picturesque setting surrounded by forests and fields. From its very foundation, it has been the center of aviation science in Russia. At its test sites, the first tests of the latest developments of Soviet scientists took place.
It is here that every 2 years the most popular MAKS (Moscow Aviation and Space Salon) passes at Ramenskoye Airport , where not only experienced pilots come from all over the world, but also those who create unique equipment and technologies.
The sports component of city life
On the basis of the city-forming enterprise of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII) , MAKS is held, and it was the institute that initiated the construction of many socio-cultural and sports facilities in the city. After all, not only science and the show live in the townspeople. Sport is an integral part of their life. It was sport that once gave residents another reason to be proud of their city.
The idea of ​​building the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky was born in 1950, when, thanks to the patronage of aircraft designer A. N. Tupolev, the necessary technical documentation was signed for its construction. For 5 years, near the forest park zone of Zhukovsky, work was underway to create a central sports arena of the city, and since 1956, a base for training Soviet Olympians.
The main focus was athletics at the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky.
Olympic Forge
A treadmill, tennis courts, a soccer field, volleyball and basketball courts - this is where it all began. Many Olympic champions, winners in domestic and world competitions trained and took the first steps to world achievements at this sports base. They are proud of their names and victories: Borzakovsky Yuri - Olympic champion in running; Protsenko Oleg - world champion in triple jump; Podkopaeva Ekaterina– world champion in short-distance running; Matyukhin Nikolay– prize-winner of the World Cup; Tatyana Chebykina - world champion in the relay race. And this is not a complete list, but the most striking names.
At one of the best stadiums in the Moscow region, Russia and Europe - at the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky - such eminent athletes as Gazaryan, Yuri Sergeyevich, Honored Trainer of the USSR on table tennis, Volodaga Ivan Gennadievich, Honored Trainer of Russia, work as trainers and instructors. master of sports of international class in the hammer throw, athletics - Miroshnichenko Lyubov - Honored coach of Russia, Yudakov Natalia A. - world-class athlete, Laryukova Ekaterina M. - Musto World-class athlete, Matyuhtin Nikolai Ivanovich - Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Rebirth
Over time, sports equipment and structures began to deteriorate and even collapse. Then in 2001, the head of the city, Bobovnikov A.P. and Borzakovsky Yu., The coach of the Russian national track and field athletics team, wrote an appeal to the head of the Moscow region B.V. The complete rebirth of the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky took place in 2005.
After such a rebirth, here in July 2007, at the highest world level, the one-day international athletics competition “Memorial of the Znamensky Brotherhood” was held, which received the highest score in the European Athletics Association. Since then, this tournament has been held regularly.
Unlimited sports options
The modern stadium "Meteor" in Zhukovsky at ul. Pushkin, house 3 is an excellent multi-purpose sports complex that meets high international standards (IAAF). It is equipped with modern fitness equipment, shells, equipment. There is a stadium for 7000 fans and a playing field of 1200 square meters. m, athletics arena for 4 treadmills, a pool for 6 lanes with water purification without chlorine - ozonation, tennis courts, gyms, a Finnish sauna.
Sport for everyone
Sports sections work free of charge for children, youth and adults. Particular attention is paid to attracting people with disabilities.
Paid services include a visit to the pool, an ice rink in the winter, a gym, and a sports and dance studio.
Children from 7 years old are invited to classes in a sports school.
Among other things, here you can learn to play volleyball, basketball, golf. There are classes in water aerobics and yoga. Training can be both group and individual.
There is a circle of aircraft modeling - it is very convenient to conduct tests on the football field.
It would be a desire, and an occupation to taste and strength can be found here for everyone.
Forward movement
Looking at the photo of the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky, you understand why the Athletics Center was created on its basis in the Moscow Region. Located in an ecologically friendly area of ​​the region, immersed in the greenery of the city’s forest park zone, the complex is perfect for sports. It is not for nothing that athletes training in the sports complex have repeatedly become winners in competitions of European and world level.
The management of the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky actively attracts residents of the city, conducting city, inter-district competitions and cultural events. They are attended by people of different ages, including schoolchildren.
In 2015, a proposal was put forward by Yuri Borzakovsky to assign the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky the name of Honored Coach of the RSFSR and Russia Athletics Vyacheslav Evstratov. He was supported by Alexander Polunin - Honored Trainer of Russia, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences.
It is necessary to solve this issue together - both for those who work directly and professionally train in the sports complex, and the townspeople for whom the Meteor stadium in Zhukovsky is an important component of life.