Evgheni Iagudin

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

T11, F11

Further personal information

Residence

Tiraspol, MDA

Languages

Russian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He began the sport around age 30 in Tiraspol, Republic of Moldova.

Why this sport?

"I had only two choices, swimming and athletics, and I liked athletics more. Later on, I tried goalball and football which I also like."

Club / Team

Atletika: Tiraspol, MDA

Name of coach

Alexandr Moiseenco [personal], MDA, from 2017

General interest

Hobbies

Listening to audio books, learning English. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Memorable sporting achievement

Finishing in fourth place at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Hero / Idol

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Russian swimmer Yuliya Efimova, Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Awards and honours

In 2019 he was named Best Paralympic Athlete of the Year by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research in the Republic of Moldova. (diez.md, 19 Dec 2019)

Other sports

He has been a member of the Moldovan vision impaired five-a-side football team. (ibsasport.org, 22 Jul 2017)