Rustam Minnikhanov meets the Kudermetov sports dynasty

On 8 December at his meeting with the Kudermetov sports dynasty in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov stressed the great contribution of the family into the development of sports in the republic.  The father of the family Eduard Kudermetov is Master of sports of Russia in hockey, who after completion of his career in sports started coaching his daughters Veronica and Polina in lawn tennis.

In particular, a month ago the Merited Master of Sport of Russia Veronika Kudermetova became the seventh citizen of Russia in history who won the title in doubles of the Final WTA tournament, and Polina, who became Master of Sport at the age of 15, is the winner of the Russia cup among singles. Tatarstan President said that due to high achievements of Veronika and Polina tennis is becoming more and more popular in the republic.

In the end of the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov handed in Veronika Kudermetova a medal dedicated to “100th anniversary of establishment of TASSR”, and .Eduard and Polina – Letters of Appreciation of the Tatarstan President.