Swimmer Vitaliy Obotin won six gold medals at the European Swimming Championships for people with hearing impairment. The match took place in Lublin, Poland. From there, Vitali returned already 12-fold champion of Europe. How did the seaside athlete go to success and what distances does the favorite athlete have?
Swimming is his choice. From the age of 7 - like a fish in the water. On the big sports Vitaly Obotin did not dream, although to slide along the paths, I understood right away - this is his.
Vitaliy Obotin, 12-time champion of Deaflympics, 15-time world champion, 12-time European champion in swimming among people with hearing impairment: "The first lesson, yes, I remember. It was fun, I was small. I told my mother that I would just go swimming, because I did not even think that I would be professionally engaged, and my mother would say: "No. You will train. "