119 athletes from Primorsky Territory became part of the Russian national teams in various sports. At the end of last year, our athletes won more than a thousand prizes at the Far Eastern, Russian and international competitions.
Maritimes athletes are known in Russia and abroad
And the ultimate sporting achievement showed Ivan Shtyl - he won the bronze medal at the London Olympics. Now the famous seaside athlete, honored master of sport of rowing is preparing for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
According to the director of the regional department of the profile of Jean Kuznetsova in the past year on the development of physical culture and sports has been allocated more than 950 million rubles.
Sports facilities at Primorye left unattended administration, settling ski slope in Arsenyev, in Vladivostok build a sports and concert complex in Artem built an indoor ice rink, in Dalnerechensk in the near future there will be a gym, and in Spassk-Far, Ussuriysk Novoshahtinsk, Chernigovka and settlement Plastun - sports complexes.
International and Russian competitions in the past year were held in Primorye's not much time. For example, sambo tournament dedicated to the memory of Yuri Potapov, regatta rowing boat "Dragon" on the edge of the Governor's Cup, badminton tournament «Russian open», sailing regatta "Cup of Peter the Great Bay."
Maritimes athletes successfully participate in the competitions of national and international level. Last year's badminton team boundary to the finals of the European Cup. Honored Master of Sports, world champion swimmer Vitaly Obotin in the season won the right to participate in the games surdoolimpiyskih in Sofia (Bulgaria). A basketball club "Spartak-Primorye" took second place in the Cup of Russia and the honorary seventh in the regular season of the country.
Pleased with his achievements and students - at the National University Games team FEFU took second place, and Primorsky Krai was third among all participating regions.
Given attention in the Primorsky Territory and mass sports - last year it was held more than 300 sports and sporting events, which were attended by over 57000 people.
