The name of Alexander Ovechkin is known to almost every resident of our country, regardless of whether he is fond of sports. What can we say about hockey fans. In such circles, Alexander is not only well known, but deeply respected. But for such a man as Mikhail Ovechkin, at present, only the shadow of the fame of his own son is falling, although his father has something to be proud of his own career and activities.
There is not much information about the man, but curious fans of the eminent hockey player are happy to collect it bit by bit in order to get to know his idol even better - the legend of the present Alexander Ovechkin. In today's material, we would like to open the veil that hides a person from prying eyes, without which the world would never know, and would not see a talented and great hockey player. It will be about Mikhail Ovechkin - the father of the player of the Russian national team and left wing forward of the NHL “Washington Capitals”.
Soviet childhood of the future footballer Dynamo (Moscow)
Mikhail Ovechkin was born in an ordinary working-class family. From childhood, he was very active and already a schoolboy fell in love with sports. In connection with the relocation of parents to another city, Mikhail had to change more than one secondary school as a child. However, thanks to his own sociability and openness, the guy could easily find a common language with the new classmates.
In 1988, Alexander Ovechkin’s father, Mikhail Ovechkin, graduated from a Belarusian school with good grades and strong knowledge, which later made it possible for the guy to enter a higher educational institution and get an education there.
The youth of the father of a famous hockey player
Young years of Mikhail passed in the walls of the Belarusian National Technical University, which is now renamed the laconic BIP. Here, the father of the famous legendary hockey player showed himself not only as a stubborn and capable student, but also showed great hope in the path of physical education. Very soon, Mikhail Ovechkin headed the team of his university in football and began to improve his own playing skills. Soon, a young promising player was noticed and invited to the national team of the Moscow Dynamo.
Looking ahead, it is worth noting the fact that Mikhail spent his entire professional career within the walls of this club, and after receiving a huge number of glorious victories, he remained here. True, his field of activity has changed a little - Alexander’s father, Mikhail Ovechkin, has been re-qualified as a coach and has been engaged in coaching for quite some time, sharing his experience and knowledge with a younger generation in one of the branches of the aforementioned football club.
The chosen one of the football player
In fairness, it should be said that Mikhail’s invitation to the Dynamo team (Moscow) changed the fate of the young man quite a lot. It is clear that, having become a professional footballer, Mikhail Ovechkin was able to get acquainted with many famous and famous athletes of those years. It was thanks to the chance that fate gave him that the young man was lucky enough to meet a promising basketball player named Tatyana.
Create a family with a basketball champion
The wedding was not long in coming, and in sports circles they could not get enough of lovers who not only looked harmoniously together, but also converged in their views on life. Perhaps, it was thanks to common interests and hobbies that the marriage of the parents of the legendary hockey player of our time was doomed to success and duration. He was imprisoned for life.
For the sake of justice, it is worth noting that the wife of Mikhail Ovechkin, whose biography we recall today, managed to build a more successful career. She was able to conquer Europe, becoming a champion there, win gold in Moscow and Montreal, and also receive the title of the best point guard in the history of basketball. But all this could not break a strong married couple. Loving spouses and parents of Alexander Ovechkin concurrently are still in a happy marriage, noting that they once made a really right choice, telling each other a confident “Yes” to the altar.
Children of athletes
It's no secret that the mark on the calendar September 17, 1985 is an important date for the entire sports world. It was on this day that the Ovechkin family was replenished with his son Alexander, who is now the legend of world hockey. Alexander became the third child in the Ovechkin family. In addition to him, Mikhail and Tatyana had two more boys: Alexander Ovechkin’s brother Mikhail, named after his father, and Sergey.
Unfortunately, at the age of 25, Sergei died tragically as a result of a car accident. By the way, it was he who first brought his younger brother to the ice, always supported him and directed him. Alexander’s friends note that the hockey player was rather hard at losing his sibling, preferring to cope with his grief alone.
The youngest child of Mikhail and Tatyana Ovechkin since childhood has adopted family traditions and a great love for sports better than others, which helped him to further build a brilliant career on a global scale, which others can only envy.
Memories of the formative years of the youngest son
In one of numerous interviews, Mikhail Ovechkin once noted that he had already known for a long time about the prospects of his youngest son. He said that Alexander was always worried about losing, and while other players on the team could joke calmly after the game, Sasha closed up and could even burst into tears of resentment and despair. At the age of 12, at one of the tournaments, Ovechkin Jr. was able to break the record for washers of Pavel Bure himself. The latter scored them for the entire tournament 56, and Ovechkin was able to beat him by 3, hammering 59 goals into the opponents' goal.
