Shamil Tarpishchev
Shamil Anvyarovich Tarpishchev is a Russian former tennis player and current coach.
Tarpishchev graduated from the State Central Institute of Physical Culture. He successfully participated in Russian and international tennis competitions. Master of Sports of the USSR.
Since 1974 he coaches tennis players. From 1974 to 1991 he has been the head coach of the USSR, CIS and Russian female and male tennis teams. In the Soviet times, Tarpishchev helped winning tennis players 26 gold medals at European Championships, as well as brought the Davis Cup team in 1974, 1976, and the Fed Cup team in 1978 and 1979 to the semifinals. He was also finalist of the King's Cup in 1981. He was Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation for Physical Culture and Sport, President of the National Sports Foundation , Chairman of the Coordination Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the President of Russia, and Chairman of the Russian State Committee for Physical Culture and Tourism.
He was Advisor to the Mayor of Moscow for Sport and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kremlin Cup. In 2002, he became a member of the Council under the President of Russia on Physical Culture and Sport, Chairman of the Committee on Development of Priority Directions of the State Policy in the sphere of physical culture and sports, as well as the Strategy of Development of Sports in Russia.
Since 1994, Tarpishchev is Member of the Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee.
Since 2004, the Tennis Academy of Kazan holds the name of Tarpishchev.
In 2014, Tarpishchev left the position as captain for the Russian Fed Cup team, being replaced by Anastasia Myskina. Tarpishchev was fined, and forced to apologize for making racist and sexist comments regarding American Tennis Superstars Venus and Serena Williams. Tarpischev was also banned/suspended from WTA tour involvement for one year because of his offensive rhetoric directed towards Venus and Serena Williams.
After the team's victory over Sweden, Shamil made a record of 55 wins as team captain of the Russian Davis Cup team. The former record holder was Australian Neil Fraser.
