Nikolay Terentyev Explained

Nikolay Terentyev
Birth Place:Apatity, Russia
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Nikolay Terentyev (born 21 March 1996) is a Russian ice sledge hockey player from Murmansk.[1] He is a double-amputee who initially began playing for White Bears in Moscow and two months later appeared at Russian Championships. Since then he participated at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships at which he was the youngest to compete at. Even though he spent only 4 minutes at the game he and his team managed to win bronze medal. In September 2013 he took part at the International "4 Nations" Tournament which was followed by World Sledge Hockey Challenge which was hosted in Toronto, Canada in December of the same year. While there, he played 5 games in which he scored 5 goals and tied himself with Greg Westlake.[2] During the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia his team won a silver medal.[3] Prior to it he scored a goal against Norway during which tournament his team won 4–0.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.ugra.aif.ru/sport/persons/1122668 . ru:С больничной койки – на лед. Истории югорских следж-хоккеистов . From their hospital beds – onto the ice. The Stories of Ugra sledge hockey players . . March 12, 2014 . December 10, 2014 . August 28, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828091849/http://www.ugra.aif.ru/sport/persons/1122668.
  2. News: At 17, Nikolay Terentyev may be Russia's hockey spark . . February 14, 2014 . December 10, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317184248/http://www.paralympic.org/feature/17-nikolay-terentyev-may-be-russia-s-hockey-spark . March 17, 2014 . live.
  3. News: http://www.ugra.aif.ru/sport/hockey/1125499 . ru:Четверо следж-хоккеистов из Югры получили серебряные медали на Паралимпиаде . Four sledge hockey players of Ugra received silver medals at the Paralympics . AIF . March 17, 2014 . December 10, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140828192423/http://www.ugra.aif.ru/sport/hockey/1125499 . August 28, 2014 . live.
  4. News: Recap Russia beats Norway 4-0 to advance to sledge hockey finals . Isaac Owusu . . . March 13, 2014 . December 10, 2014 . March 14, 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175242/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/news/russia-beats-norway-4-0-to-advance-to-sledge-hockey-finals-1.2570783.