Alexander Evgenevich Gerunov (born December 10, 1979, in Tolyatti, Russia), is a Russian

Karateka (; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While moder ...

who won the World Championships (2004), European Championships (2004) and

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(2005). He is also an instructor of the School of Combat Skills "Soyuz" (Tolyatti],

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). Gerunov was born and trained in Tolyatti by trainer, Valerie P. Kokshin. He's trained in

Shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" thro ...

, Wado-ryu Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu and

Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

Sport achievements

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Championships +80 kg

Kumite Kumite (, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary. Kumite can be used to develop a particular tec ...

, Champion 2004 *

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Championships +80 kg

, Champion 2004 *

+80 kg

, Champion 2005 * World Shito ryu Karate Federation Championships +75 kg

, Champion 2006 * On November 28, 2005, he was given the title of the Laureate of State Prize, "The Golden Belt of Russia".

Political activity

From 2002 to 2006, Gerunov was a member of

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and head of the Tolyatti branch of the youth movement Youth Unity and the

Young Guard of United Russia The Young Guard of United Russia (; MGER) is the youth wing of the United Russia party. Founded in 2005, it uses the name of the famous Young Guard (Soviet resistance), Young Guard, a World War II underground organization. A largely pro-Putin y ...

. In the

2007 Russian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Russia on 2 December 2007. At stake were the 450 seats in the 5th State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly (the legislature). Eleven parties were included in the ballot, including Russia's largest ...

, Gerunov was included in the

Civilian Power The Civilian Power or Citizens' Force (, abbr. ''GS'') was a green liberal political party in the Russian Federation. The organization was called the Network Party for Support of the Small and Middle Business in 2002, then renamed Free Russia ...

party list as a deputy candidate for Tolyatti, but the party did not enter parliament. In 2008, Gerunov headed the election headquarters of Sergei Savvateyev, a candidate for the post of Mayor of Tolyatti, president of the Forpost group of security companies, and Gerunov's sponsor. In 2013-2015, Gerunov was head of the

Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...

party project "Sports accessible to all" and ran for deputy of the 6th

Tolyatti City Duma The Tolyatti City Duma () is the city duma of Tolyatti, Russia. A total of 35 deputies are elected for five-year terms. Elections 2023 Beginning in 2023, The city duma switched from using party lists to using single-member districts A ...

in the intramunicipal district No. 5 as part of the party's list.

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Alexander Gerunov

Komsomolskaya Pravda ''Komsomolskaya Pravda'' (; ) is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper that was founded in 1925. Its name is in reference to the official Soviet newspaper '' Pravda'' (English: 'Truth'). History and profile During the Soviet era, ''Komsomolskaya ...

February 18, 2005

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* 1979 births Living people People from Tolyatti Sportspeople from Tolyatti Russian male karateka Russian male taekwondo practitioners World Games gold medalists for Russia Wadō-ryū practitioners Medalists at the 2005 World Games United Russia politicians {{Russia-karate-bio-stub

Sport achievements

Political activity

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