Viktor Mikhailovich Gusev (russian: Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Гу́сев, p=ˈvʲiktər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈɡusʲɪf, a=Victor Mihaylovich Gusyev.ru.vorb.oga; born October 27, 1955, Moscow) is a Russian

TV presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...

, sports commentator of the

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; grandson of the poet Viktor Gusev, son of a scientist, Professor Mikhail Gusev, who headed the biological faculty of

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

for 33 years.

Biography

In 1972 he graduated from the special English school No. 19 in Moscow. In 1975, he trained at the University of New York (Albany). In 1977 he graduated from the Translation Department of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, majoring as a translator of English and French. While serving in the army (1977-1979) participated in hostilities in Ethiopia. He was awarded the medal 'For Battle Merit'. Since 1979 to 1985 he was the senior editor-translator of the main edition of the information for abroad

TASS The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...

. Since 1985 to 1991, he was a correspondent for the sports edition of TASS. He was a member of the

CPSU "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

, but in the days of the putsch in 1991 he left the party, supporting

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

and the idea of a new Russia.На необитаемом острове пошел в туалет, из-за дерева шепнули: «Лоськов, шестая минута»
Interview with Viktor Gusev Since 1992, freelance collaborates with television, commenting on football matches and driving sports programs. The first report was from the draw of the final part of the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

, held in December 1993 in Las Vegas, USA. Since the 1990s, at different times a correspondent for the sports editorial office of RIA Novosti, editor-in-chief of the monthly football magazine 'Match', press attaché of the CSKA Ice Hockey Club Russian Penguins, a press attaché of the Russian national football team in 1998 and at the

, from the beginning of the 90s the lead author of the column in the English soccer magazine World Soccer. In the 2000s and 2010s he also kept diaries of the World and European Football Championships, the Olympic Games on Channel One. Since 1993 he has been working as a simultaneous interpreter at the congresses of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), having already counted more than 50 congresses on his account. Member of the Academy of Russian Television. Awarded with medals of the

Order of Merit for the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

II degrees,Награждён указом Президента РФ № 1316 от 27 ноября 2006 года
/ref> as well as the medal of Nikolai Ozerov. The owner of journalistic prizes 'Sagittarius', 'Golden microphone', the Lev Filatov Award. Laureate of the Russian Government Media Award in 2007. Laureate of the award of the Ministry of Sports of Russia, as the best sports journalist of 2015. He is married. Three children: two daughters and a son.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gusev, Viktor 1955 births Living people Sports commentators Russian sports journalists Russian association football commentators Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian male journalists