SHIRYAYEV Ivan Igorevich

Member of the russian national para-snowboard reserve team, member of the St. Petersburg national para-snowboard team.
Works closely with the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation in conducting master classes for veterans of the so-called SMO.
He has stated his intention to participate in the Paralympics.
Direct participant in the war against Ukraine. From 2022 to 2023, he commanded a motorized rifle brigade unit in the occupied part of Luhansk region and participated in the destruction of Bakhmut until he was wounded. He then served as a sapper in the engineering unit of the support group (maneuver operations) of the support division (combat control) of the 41st missile regiment (military unit 14264) of the 7th missile division of the 27th missile army of the strategic missile forces.
For his "combat merits" in russia's war against Ukraine, he was awarded the zhukov medal, a state award of the russian federation, as well as medals from the russian ministry of defense for "participation in a special military operation" and "strengthening combat brotherhood".
He dedicated his victory at the russian Wakeboarding championship in 2025 to the day of the motorized rifle forces of the russian federation and his "comrades in arms".