Vyacheslav Viktorovich Artashin (Вячеслав Викторович Арташин) (Kazan, 17 March 1972 - Kazan, 22 May 2014) was a Russian rugby league footballer and referee. His position of choice was usually in the forwards at prop.[2][1]

Vyacheslav Artashin
Personal information
Full nameVyacheslav Viktorovich Artashin
Born(1972-03-17)17 March 1972
Kazan, Russia
Died22 May 2014(2014-05-22) (aged 42)
Kazan, Russia
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Strela Kazan
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000 Russia 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

He played for Strela Kazan in the Championship of Russia, having won several titles.[3] Artashin represented the USSR youth rugby team and the Russian national side on several occasions most notably at the 2000 World Cup. At the end of his playing career, Artashin organised various kids', junior and senior rugby sevens, rugby league and beach rugby tournaments, which he also refereed.[4] He was also a referee at the 2013 Summer Universiade rugby sevens matches.[5] Artashin was named Master of Sports of Russia in 2003 and took part at several senior tournaments.[6]

His ex-wife, Ellina Skvostsova and their daughter, Daria, died in a plane crash in Kazan on 17 November 2013,[7][8] and on 22 May 2014, he died of a heart attack.[9]

A trophy awarded to one of the junior rugby sevens teams in the Volga District was named after Vyacheslav Artashin: in 2015 it was presented to the winners by his brother Sergey.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ушел из жизни казанский регбист Вячеслав Арташин". rugby.ru. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ^ "РЕГБИ• МОСКВА. Как сообщил специально для "СЭ" вице-президент Российской лиги регби-13 Евгений КЛЕБАНОВ, в оргкомитет чемпионата мира, игры которого пройдут в Англии с 28 октября по 25 ноября, отправлена предварительная заявка сборной России, дебютирующей в соревнованиях столь высокого ранга". sport-express.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  4. ^ "Kazani Sostoitsya Pervenstvo Rossii Sredi Yunoshej". sportsreda.ru. [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Ушел из жизни казанский регбист Вячеслав Арташин". rugby.ru. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Snova Ovalnyj Mjach". nasha-molodezh.ru. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  7. ^ Костамо, Вера (2013-11-22). "Москва-Казань-Рай". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  8. ^ "Умер известный казанский регбист Вячеслав Арташин". sport.business-gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  9. ^ "Ушел из жизни казанский регбист Вячеслав Арташин". rugby.ru. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Динамо". dinamo-tatarstan.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
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