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Full name | Pavel Aleksandrovich Kalashkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kazan, Russia | 29 September 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pavel Aleksandrovich Kalashkin (Павел Александрович Калашкин) (born on 26 September 1970, in Kazan) is a Russian rugby league footballer and rugby coach, acting as head coach of the Russian national beach rugby team.[2] He is a Master of Sports of Russia.
Known for his performances for Strela Kazan, a many-times champion and winner of the Russian Rugby League Cup.[3] He also represented Russia in the 2000 World Cup.[4] Kalashkin played in all three matches from the bench.[1]
As a coach, he is known for coaching the Kazan rugby club Energya,[5] whose presidency he also held (the club won the FRL-2014 with him),[6] and Strela Kazan.[7] He was also appointed Executive Director of the Rugby Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan,[8] as well, as organizer of the rugby sevens competitions of the 2013 Summer Universiade.[9]