Vladimir Mineev

Vladimir Konstantinovich Mineev (Russian: Влади́мир Константи́нович Минее́в; born February 16, 1990) is a Russian Middleweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Vladimir Mineev was born on February 16, 1990, in the suburbs of Sverdlovsk , then moved to Saransk with his family because his father had roots in this region, and from the age of three he permanently lived in Ulyanovsk . Mineev's parents are doctors, his older brother also later became a doctor (St. Petersburg). He studied at school number 75, as a child he constantly fought on the street and at school. He began to engage in kickboxing in early childhood, was trained under the guidance of trainers E.V. Golovikhin and V.V.Safonin .

Mineev was brought to Golovikhin by his father when he was 9 years old. When Mineev was 14 years old, his father died, and Golovikhin helped him in every way. Golovikhin introduced Mineev to Vladimir Merchin, under whose leadership he won the Russian championship in Japanese kickboxing a year later.Mineev trained with Viktor Safonin before the fight with Revankho Blockland. Safonin, together with another coach, Evgeny Belik, were able to develop a technique and strategy that helped Mineev win the duel. Mineev became a student at the Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering (now the Institute of Land Reclamation, Water Management and Construction named after A. N. Kostyakov Russian State Agricultural University named after K. A. Timiryazev), subsequently graduated from the university in this specialty In September 2022 Mineev, who is a military reservist and former paratrooper, was called up to serve in the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade as part of Russia's partial mobilization.