Biography
He was born on March 22, 1972, in the village of Belokorovichi, the Zhitomir region. In 1975 he moved with his parents to the city of Smolensk where in 1983 he began to engage in sambo and judo wrestling in the Voluntary Sports Society (VSS) Urozhay with the coach Ivan Stefanovich Andrusov. In 1984 he moved to Moscow where he continued training in the judo section of CSKA. On September 1, 1985, he entered the special class of the school of Olympic reserve “Sambo-70” where he trained under the guidance of the coach Oleg Vitalievich Komarov. In 1987 he became the winner of the School children's Spartakiad of the USSR. In 1988 he became the silver medalist of the All-Union Youth Games and fulfilled the requirementsfor “Master of Sports of the USSR”. In 1989 he became the winner of the USSR Championship among young men. In the same year he finished school and entered the Military Engineering Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky, the speciality of automatic control systems for aircraft. In 1990 he won the silver medal at the World Youth Championship. In 1991 at the Men's World Championships in Montreal (Canada) he won the first gold medal in his career, becoming the youngest world champion in sambo (at the age of 19 and 9 months). He fulfilled the requirements for “Master of Sports of the USSR of the international class”. Kurinnoy was in the last national team of the USSR. In 1994 at the World Sambo Championship in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) he won the second gold medal. In the same year he won the Team World Cup as part of the Russian national team, as well as his personal Sambo World Cup.After that, he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports in Sambo. He was officially called the “Best Athlete of Moscow 1994”. In 1995 he graduated from the academy and continued his service in The Military Space Forces of Russia. In 2001 he won the third gold medal of the World Cup. He was the winner of the World Cup in 1994, 1996, 2001 and 2002. Kurinnoy stood at the origins of the sumo wrestling in Russia. In 1998 he became the first Russian sumo champion. He was the founder of the wrestling school “Borets” (The wrestler) Kurinnoy is a three-time bronze medalist of the world sumo championship, a three-time European sumo champion. In 2003 and 2004 he was recognized as the best sumotori wrestler of Europe. In 2004 he received the title of Honored Master of Sports in Sumo. By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin in 2003 he was awarded theMusic albums
* “The wrestler with a guitar” (2015) * “Spring, friends, a guitar” (2016) * “This world seemed fabulously beautiful” (2017) * “Be careful with the words, gentlemen!” (2018) * “Good Words” (2019) * “The wind is chasing a leaf” (2019) *"Oblaka" (Clouds) 2020 *Symphonic fantasies for guitar and orchestra (2021)Bibliography
* Kurinnoy I.I. Igry, ugodnyebogam (Games pleasing to the gods), Publisher: AST, Astrel, VKT , 978-5-271-29002-2, 978-5-226-02694-2; 2010 (In Russian) * Kurinnoy I.I. Borec o bor’be. Filosofija i praktika bor’by velikoj imperii (The wrestler about the fight.The philosophy and practice of the struggle of the great empire). Publisher: AST. ; 2009 (In Russian) * Kurinnoy I.I. Sambo for professionals. Throws techniques. 1995-2009 (In English) * Kurinnoy I.I. Sambo for professionals. Ground work. 1995-2009 (In English) * Kurinnoy I.I. Sambo for professionals. Physical preparation. 1995-2009 (In English) * Z-80 Zolotaja stroke Moskovii. Antologija odnogo stihotvorenija (The golden lineof Muscovy.An anthology of a poem). – Moscow: Serebro slov Publ., – 2017.– 26 p. (In Russian) * P67 Pojezija. Dvadcat' pervyj vek ot Rozhdestva Hristova (Poetry. The twenty-first centuryafter the birth of Christ.No. 2, 2017. – Moscow.: The international public organization of writers “International Literary Fund”; Kolomna: Serebroslov Publ., 2017. – 272 p.: illust. (In Russian) * K14 Kazachij krest (Cossack's Cross) – Moscow: Kolomna: Serebroslov Publ., 2017. – 454 p., illust. (In Russian) * P67 Pojezija. Dvadcat' pervyj vek ot Rozhdestva Hristova (Poetry. The twenty-first centuryafter the birth of Christ.No. 2, 2018. – Moscow.: The international public organization of writers “International Literary Fund”; Kolomna: Serebroslov Publ., 2018.–272 p.: illust. (In Russian) * Z-80 Zolotoe pero Moskovii (The golden feather of Muscovy.An anthology of a poem). – Moscow: Serebroslov Publ., – 2018. – 122p. (In Russian) * To 93 Kurinnoy I. Gonit veter listok.Sbornikpojezii (The wind is chasing a leaf]. A collection of poetry). – Moscow: The Moscow City Organization of the Union of the Writers of Russia Publ., 2019. –206 p. (In Russian) * Z-80 Zolotoe pero Moskovii (The golden feather of Muscovy.An anthology of a poem).– Issue 24. –Moscow: Serebroslov Publ., – 2019. – 136p. (In Russian)References
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