Pavel Kolobkov

{{family name hatnote|Anatolyevich|Kolobkov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Pavel Kolobkov

| native_name = {{nobold|Павел Колобков}}

| native_name_lang = ru

| image = Pavel Kolobkov 2015 WCh FS-IN t204259.jpg

| office = Russian Minister of Sport

| president = Vladimir Putin

| primeminister = Dmitry Medvedev

| term_start = 19 October 2016

| term_end = 15 January 2020
Acting: 15 – 21 January 2020

| deputy = Pavel Novikov
Marina Tomilova

Igor Sidorkevich
Natalya Parshikova
Sergey Kosilov
Nadezhda Erastova{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/sport/6512435|title=Ерастова назначена заместителем министра спорта РФ|agency=TASS|date=5 June 2019|access-date=19 September 2022}}

| predecessor = Vitaly Mutko

| successor = Oleg Matytsin

| office1 = Russian Deputy Minister of Sport

| president1 = Vladimir Putin

| primeminister1 = Dmitry Medvedev

| alongside1 = Yuri Nagornykh, Pavel Novikov, Sergey Shelpakov,{{cite web|url=https://paralymp.ru/press_center/news/official/p-a-rozhkov-a-v-carik-v-uchebno-trenirovochnom-centre-novogorsk-prinyali-uchastie-vo-vstreche-ekspertnogo-soobschestva-ministerstva-sporta-rf-s-otkrytym-pravitelstvom-dlya-obsuzhdeniya-kommentariev-k-gosudarstvennoi-programme-rf-razvitie-fizicheskoi-kultu/|title=П. А. РОЖКОВ, А. В. ЦАРИК В УЧЕБНО-ТРЕНИРОВОЧНОМ ЦЕНТРЕ "НОВОГОРСК" ПРИНЯЛИ УЧАСТИЕ ВО ВСТРЕЧЕ ЭКСПЕРТНОГО СООБЩЕСТВА МИНИСТЕРСТВА СПОРТА РФ С ОТКРЫТЫМ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ ДЛЯ ОБСУЖДЕНИЯ КОММЕНТАРИЕВ К ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ПРОГРАММЕ РФ «РАЗВИТИЕ ФИЗИЧЕСКОЙ К|work=Russian Paralympic Committee|date=26 February 2013|access-date=19 September 2022|language=Russian}} Natalya Parshikova and Marina Tomilova{{cite web|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/20151221/886669095.html|title=Марина Томилова назначена заместителем министра спорта РФ|agency=RIA Novosti|date=22 December 2015|access-date=19 September 2022|language=Russian}}

| term_start1 = 18 June 2012

| term_end1 = 19 October 2016

| predecessor1 = position established

| successor1 = Pavel Novikov
Natalya Parshikova
Marina Tomilova

| office2 = Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy

| president2 = Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin

| primeminister2 = Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev

| term_start2 = 8 October 2010

| term_end2 = 18 June 2012

| alongside2 = Yuri Nagornykh, Pavel Novikov, Oleg Rozhnov and Nadezhda Nazina{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2010/10/kz_3426895.shtml|title=Пятый помощник для Мутко|work=Gazeta.ru|author=Stanislav Yankovsky|date=8 October 2010|access-date=19 September 2022|language=Russian}}

| successor2 = position abolished

| birth_name = Pavel Anatolyevich Kolobkov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|09|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = United Russia

| signature =

| alma_mater = Moscow State Academy of Law

| nationality = Russian

| awards = {{nowrap|30px 30px 30px 30px 30px}}

| module = {{Infobox fencer

| child = yes

| headercolor = lavender

| image =

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 75 kg

| weapon = Épée

| hand = Right-handed

| club = CSKA

| natlcoach =

| headcoach =

| country = {{USSR}}
{{RUS}}

| retired = 2008

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/5794 archive]

| medaltemplates =

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| caption = Kolobkov in 2015

}}

Pavel Anatolyevich Kolobkov ({{langx|ru|link=no|Павел Анатольевич Колобков}}; born 22 September 1969) is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) retired épée fencer. He won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KOLOBPAV01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Pavel Kolobkov |access-date=2011-07-26 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019064408/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KOLOBPAV01 |archive-date=19 October 2012 }}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/pavel-kolobkov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417082730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/pavel-kolobkov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Pavel Kolobkov |access-date=2011-07-26 }} Kolobkov served as Russia's representative to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) until 2015 when WADA declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to be non-compliant, and he was barred from serving as a representative to WADA. He served as the Russian Minister of Sport from 2016 to 2020, when he was dismissed from the position by President Putin. He also previously served as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport as well as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy.

Biography

=Early years=

Kolobkov was born in Moscow.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXFgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA216|title=Russian Federal Government: Strategic Information and Contacts|date=28 July 2015|publisher=International Business Publications|page=216|isbn=9781329416628}}

In his career he won 27 individual and team medals between Olympic Games, World and European Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/pavel-kolobkov/results|title=Pavel Kolobkov|publisher=eurofencing.info|access-date=29 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013150104/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/pavel-kolobkov/results|archive-date=13 October 2016|url-status=dead}} He was appointed as a Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy on 8 October 2010 by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.{{cite web|url=http://archive.government.ru/eng/cal/2010/10/8/|title=Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appoints Pavel Kolobkov Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy|publisher=Government.ru|access-date=12 October 2016}} He was appointed as the head of the Russian 2012 London Summer Olympics delegation on 9 August 2011.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE77811820110809|title=Olympics-Former fencer to lead Russian delegation in London|date=9 August 2011|work=Reuters|access-date=12 October 2016}} On 18 June 2012, he was appointed as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sports. He was appointed as a Class 3 State Advisor of the Russian Federation on 7 October 2013.{{cite web |url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102168145&intelsearch=%CA%EE%EB%EE%E1%EA%EE%E2%F3+%EF%E0%E2%EB%F3+%E4%E5%E9%F1%F2%E2%E8%F2%E5%EB%FC%ED%EE%E3%EE+%E3%EE%F1%F3%E4%E0%F0%F1%F2%E2%E5%ED%ED%EE%E3%EE |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 07.10.2013 № 770 "О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации и классных чинов юстиции федеральным государственным гражданским служащим" |website=pravo.gov.ru}}

=World Anti-Doping Agency representative =

Kolobkov also served as Russia's representative to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). He unsuccessfully denied WADA's finding that Russia was falsifying laboratory doping data, and was criticized by Russia's top athletes for endangering their careers.{{Cite web|url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/581989|title=Russia denies doping data sent to WADA was falsified|date=7 November 2019|website=Saudigazette}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200121-russia-s-sports-minister-loses-government-post-amid-doping-saga|title=Russia's sports minister loses government post amid doping saga|date=21 January 2020|website=France 24}} After Russia was accused of doping, Kolobkov provided WADA with fresh data, but it only revealed further manipulation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/sports/russia-doping-ban.html|title=Russia Banned From Olympics and Global Sports for 4 Years Over Doping|first=Tariq|last=Panja|work=The New York Times |date=9 December 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}

His last meeting with the organization was on 18 November 2015, when WADA declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to be non-compliant. As a result, he lost his position as a representative to WADA in January 2016, and was barred from serving on the organization's Foundation Board.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/olympics/generic/wada-declares-russian-anti-doping-agency-non-compliant-1.3325118|title=WADA declares Russian anti-doping agency non-compliant|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=30 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1033028/russian-deputy-sports-minister-loses-place-on-wada-foundation-board-after-allegations-of-state-supported-doping|title=Russian Deputy Sports Minister loses place on WADA Foundation Board after allegations of state-supported doping|date=6 January 2016 |publisher=Inside the games|access-date=30 October 2016}}

WADA also ended up barring Russia from the Olympics and other international competition for four years for its doping. Jonathan Taylor, a British lawyer who wrote the report proposing the sanctions, which were approved unanimously by the WADA’s board, said of Kolbokov: "I don’t know if he is corrupt or incompetent."

=Russian Minister of Sport=

He was appointed as a Class 2 State Advisor of the Russian Federation on 11 August 2016.{{cite web |url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102406095&intelsearch=%CA%EE%EB%EE%E1%EA%EE%E2%F3+%EF%E0%E2%EB%F3+%E4%E5%E9%F1%F2%E2%E8%F2%E5%EB%FC%ED%EE%E3%EE+%E3%EE%F1%F3%E4%E0%F0%F1%F2%E2%E5%ED%ED%EE%E3%EE |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11.08.2016 № 402 "О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим" |website=pravo.gov.ru}} On 19 October, he was appointed as the Russian Minister of Sport.{{cite web|url=http://rbth.com/sport/2016/10/24/former-olympic-fencing-champion-becomes-russias-new-sports-minister_641691|title=Former Olympic fencing champion becomes Russia's new sports minister|date=24 October 2016|publisher=Russia Beyond The Headlines|access-date=30 October 2016}}

On 15 January 2020, he lost his job, as he was dismissed and replaced as Russian Sports Minister by President Putin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/putin-names-new-cabinet-as-key-members-of-russian-government-stay|title=Putin names new Cabinet as key members of Russian government stay|date=21 January 2020|website=PBS NewsHour}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dmitry-medvedev-resign-russia-prime-minister-putin-quit-latest-a9284741.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dmitry-medvedev-resign-russia-prime-minister-putin-quit-latest-a9284741.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up |last=Carroll |first=Oliver |date=15 January 2020 |website=The Independent |language=en |access-date=17 January 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200121-russia-s-sports-minister-loses-government-post-amid-doping-saga |title=Russia's sports minister loses government post amid doping saga |date=21 January 2020 |publisher=France 24|language=en |access-date=25 February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/russia-putin-announces-new-cabinet-after-prime-minister-resigns/a-52102938|title=Putin announces new Russian Cabinet – DW – 01/22/2020|website=dw.com}}

=Gazprom Neft official=

In March 2020, Kolobkov was appointed as a board member and the deputy chief executive officer for Federal Government Relations by Gazprom Neft.{{cite web|url=https://www.rogtecmagazine.com/gazprom-neft-board-of-directors-appoints-pavel-kolobkov-deputy-ceo-for-federal-government-relations/|title=Gazprom Neft Board of Directors appoints Pavel Kolobkov Deputy CEO for Federal Government Relations|publisher=ROGTEC|date=5 March 2020|access-date=19 September 2022}}

Achievements

;Olympic Games

20 px Épée individual (2000)
20 px Épée individual (1992) and Épée team (1996)
20 px Épée individual (2004) and Épée team (1988, 1992)

;World Championships

20 px Épée individual (1993, 1994, 2002, 2005) and Épée team (2003){{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Aussi/AussiFicheAthlete6616.html|title=La fiche de PAVEL KOLOBKOV. ESCRIME – L'Equipe.fr|website=L'Équipe|access-date=2016-08-14}}
20 px Épée individual (1997) and Épée team (2002)
20 px Épée individual (1989, 1999) and Épée team (1988)

;European Championships

20 px Épée individual (1996, 2000)
20 px Épée individual (2002, 2003, 2005) and Épée team (2006)
20 px Épée individual (1999, 2001, 2004, 2006) and Épée team (1998)

;Fencing World Cup

20px Épée (1999)

=Awards and honors=

Order of Honour – Awarded on 19 April 2001{{Cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16855|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19.04.2001 г. № 450|website=kremlin.ru|access-date=2016-10-13|language=ru}}
Awarded the honorary rank of colonel by the Russian Armed Forces on 20 November 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://regnum.ru/news/362782.html|title=Павел Колобков стал первым действующим спортсменом в звании полковника|website=REGNUM|access-date=2016-10-13|language=ru}}
Merited Master of Sports – Received in 1992{{Cite web|url=http://government.ru/en/gov/persons/506/events/|title=Pavel Kolobkov: Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation|website=government.ru|access-date=2016-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605154318/http://government.ru/en/gov/persons/506/events/|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=dead}}
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st and 2nd class
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour

References

External links

{{FIE|5794}}
{{EFC|00728943}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160416210818/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/pavel-kolobkov archive])
{{Olympics.com profile}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718071322/http://www.fencingchannel.tv/clip/interview/kolobkov200510.htm |date=18 July 2006 |title=Interview}}
[http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/157/ Pavel Kolobkov profile]

Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Kutafin Moscow State Law University alumni

Category:Olympic fencers for the Soviet Union

Category:Olympic fencers for the Unified Team

Category:Olympic fencers for Russia

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union