Today’s hero: 5 facts from Kirill Kaprizov’s biography

Today’s hero: 5 facts from Kirill Kaprizov’s biography

Childhood in the settlement, women’s hockey team, soccer and Olympic gold.

The Russian national hockey team has won at the Games for the first time in 26 years. Forward Kirill Kaprizov authored the winning puck during the match against the Germans in the Olympic final. Here are some facts from the young athlete’s life that may surprise you.

Influence of his father and training with girls

The 20-year-old hero of the Pyeongchang Olympics was born in Novokuznetsk, but spent his childhood in the village of Kuzedeevo. The boy was given to hockey by his father. It was he who constantly motivated his son, coached him at home and taught him to set ambitious sports goals. His father did everything for little Kirill to train more. He even sent the boy to train with girls who were older than him and therefore played better.

Swap the puck for the ball

Kirill has an older brother Anton, whom parents also gave to hockey. However, this sport attracted him not as much as Kirill. Anton liked mini-football more, and now he plays for Sibtransit. Kirill is also not averse to changing the ice arena for a lawn, and the puck for a ball.

The way of the champion

At the very beginning of his career, the future Olympic champion was a member of the Kuznetskie Bears, and in 2013 he became a player of Novokuznetsk Metallurg. Three years later, Kirill found himself in the team “Salavat Yulaev”, and in 2017 he started playing for CSKA Moscow.

To be the best

A year before the Olympics, Kirill became the top scorer at the World Youth Championships. Then he hoped that soon he would be able to try his hand at the main national team. But he said he didn’t set big goals right away and that he needed to go step by step. But Kaprizov’s steps turned out to be wide, and the 20-year-old made it to Olympic gold.

Dramatic struggle

Kirill admitted that the final match against Germany was the most dramatic game of his life. But Kaprizov doesn’t have the feeling that he did something supernatural. He just did his job. Qualitatively, confidently, selflessly.