An accomplished athlete, Vladimir Shestakov is easily one of the most decorated and distinguished judokas today in Canada. He collaborates with our club to share his knowledge and passion with young athletes who want to reach Olympic heights.
In 1988 Shestakov became one of the heroes of our sport, winning Olympic Silver Medal in Seoul 1988, where he fought all his matches on one leg because of a fresh hip injury. Among his other accomplishments is a Bronze medal at the World Championships in 1985 and a Gold medal at European team Championship in 1987. For a full list of his results you can check out his JudoInside profile. He is also one of the select few in Canada to reach a Seventh Dan.
A real judo enthusiast, Vladimir’s love for judo moved him to create a video series “Staroe Kimono” (“Old Judogi”), these videos describe the paths of the people who made history of judo on the mat, so the athletes of today would remember and be inspired by the heroes of yesterday.
Sensei Alim started his judo career in Uzbekistan. For many years he was a member of Uzbekistan and Soviet Union National team and represented his country at international competitions. After retiring from competition, he became one of the coaches who founded a judo department at the professional College of Olympic reserve, where they produced world’s top athletes. Today this College supplies a significant part of th Uzbekistan National Team. At the time of leaving Uzbekistan Alim was a Tashkent regional coach (equal to a provincial coach).
Sensei Alim has been coaching in Canada since 2007. During this time his students received 8 medals at Senior National Championships (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze); 5 medals at Junior National Championships (1 gold 1 silver 3 bronze) and 1 gold medal at Cadets Nationals. His students also brought medals from many international competitions in France, Poland, Turkey, Finland, Belarus, Uzbekistan, El Salvador, USA and Latvia, as well as were named athletes of the year in provinces of Saskatchewan, Quebec an Ontario.
Education:
Bachelor degree in physical education and sport (with specialisation in judo) from Tashkent State Institute of Physical Education.
Certified NCCP level 3 (Canadian National Coaching Certification Program) coach.
Currently studies at National Coaching Institute in Toronto for NCCP level 4.
Dilyaver is one of the top Canadian athletes, who successfully combined his athletic career and schoolwork.
He maintained A level grades throughout school and graduated With Highest Distinction from Sprott School of Business in Carleton University.
He sets an example to all the young athletes that it is possible to do both sport and studies at the highest level at the same time.
Dilyaver regularly takes part in clinics and is training with great athletes in camps around the world (Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, USA, Latvia, Ukraine). He has accumulated great knowledge and experience in judo which he happily shares with students.
Education:
NCCP-2, currently finishing his NCCP-3 program.
Competitive results:
3rdPan American Championship 2014
2ndCanadian Senior National Championship 2013
3rdWorld Cup in Salvador 2012.
2ndCanadian Senior National Championship 2012
2ndPan American Team Championship 2012
1st - Canadian Senior National Championship 2011
3rd- Canadian Senior National Championship 2009
Emin is one of the most technical athletes in Canada: he won Senior Nationals in 2009 when he was only 19 years old, then, the same year he won Junior National Championship as well. Like his brother, for many years he successfully combined his athletic and academic career.
Emin has graduated With Highest Distinction from Carleton University with Bc. Sc. General in Biology. Now he is studying Dentistry at University of Toronto.
Competitive results:
2nd- international tournament Ankara (Turkey) cadet
1st -US Open cadet
1st- Junior National Championship 2009
1st- Senior National Championship 2009
1st- Quebec Open seniors
3rd-World Cup Salvador 2012.
2nd- Canadian Senior National Championship 2013
2nd- Canadian Senior National Championship 2014
Lyera holds an MD degree from Tashkent State Medical Institute (general physician). She has 20 years of experience in sport medicine and is our nutrition specialist as well.
She is involved in the training process of all our athletes from the beginners to high performance athletes. Her advice helps many parents and athletes to make training process more successful.
She likes to capture the dynamic beauty of our sport and is our personal photo correspondent: her photo gallery covering judo events is one of the most popular links on our website.
