Viktor Chegin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Viktor Chegin
Occupation	Russian Coach
Date Of Birth	Feb 3, 1962(1962-02-03)
Age	62
Birthplace	Lyambirsky District
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Viktor Chegin Biography

Viktor Chegin is one of the most popular and richest Russian coach who was born on February 3, 1962 in Lyambirsky District, Russia. Viktor Mikhailovich Chegin (Russian: Viktor Mikhailovich Chiogin ; born 3 February 1962 in Bersenevka, Lyambirsky District) is a banned Russian racewalking coach. He was in charge of training the three athletes who won the gold medals in the 2010 World Championships in Athletics: Olga Kaniskina, Valeriy Borchin and Sergey Kirdyapkin. Chegin’s team members Elena Lashmanova and Kirdyapkin won gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Kaniskina winning the silver medal. The current World record holders Lashmanova, Denis Nizhegorodov and Sergey Morozov are all coached by Chegin.

Although he was not an official member of the team, Chegin was spotted in August 2014 in Zurich during the 2014 European Athletics Championships coaching his athletes following the ban that was in effect.

37 athletes in total had by January 2015 been banned by IAAF in biological passport cases. 11 of them, or ca. 30%, was coached by Viktor Chegin. There are also at least 6 EPO positives recorded by his athletes, two positives for the possible cancer causing black market drug GW1516, and in 2014 two of his athletes tested positive for SARMs. 3 of his athletes have been banned for life, all for their second anti-doping rule violation, and all before the age of 30. Plus one of his athletes German Skurygin died of a heart attack at age 45.

On 9 November 2015, an investigative report by the World Anti-Doping Agency recommended that Chegin be given a lifetime ban from sport, due to involvement in a wide-ranging Russian doping scheme in track and field. The ban was issued by RUSADA on 17 February 2016.

A number of Chegin’s suspended athletes which include Sergey Bakulin, Elena Lashmanova and Ekaterina Medvedeva, were reportedly in a race on the 30th of December 2014, according to photos obtained from Canadian racer Evan Dunfee. Russian officials have claimed that the photos originate from an event in 2012 and released additional images that show various athletes on podiums. It is difficult to prove that the photos could be 2012, as it is the Running Shoes used, were not made available by Asics before the year 2012.

Viktor Chegin Net Worth

Viktor Chegin is one of the richest Russian Coach from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Viktor Chegin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Since 2008, there were allegations of doping violations that were deliberate by Chegin. A number of other athletes have not participated in major competitions, which has been viewed as doping-related and avoiding Drug Testing.

Banned forever in the December of 2012 following a second violation of doping, Morozov continued to work alongside Chegin as an official Russian employee at this year’s IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

On 16 July 2014, Chegin was fired from the Russian team amid an investigation by the Russian Anti Doping Agency (RUSADA). Sovetsky Sport quoted Valentin Balakhnichev, head of the All-Russia Athletic Federation saying Chegin would not be part of the team for the European championship, as the recent doping scandals had “tarnished Chegin’s career” but said the coach would continue to train athletes in Russia.

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Facts & Trivia

Viktor Ranked on the list of most popular Russian coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Viktor Chegin celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.