Aleksandr Shmurnov

Aleksandr Ivanovich Shmurnov (born December 8, 1966; Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian sports journalist, radio host, television commentator for the Russian Match TV. Former chief editor of a sports Internet portalChampionat.com. The creator of the training centerSports journalist.

Born on December 8, 1966 in Moscow. He graduated from the French special school No. 18 (currently 1275), then the Moscow Aviation Institute. I joined the sports journalism since 1992.

In 1992-1993 he was the editor and host of a sports broadcast on the radio stationBusiness Wave. In 1993-2001 he was the author, columnist, and editor of the international department of the weekly Football, in 1995 he was one of the leading software Football Review onOstankinoChannel. In 1994, he was among the first journalists of NTV sportseditorial. Getting up before a choice, continued to work in theFootball, which until then was anxious to get there. In 2001–2009 years - the browser, then the chief of the sports newspaperGazeta. In 2009-2010, the publisher of theEncyclopedia of World Football.From 2011 to 2014 - chief editor of the sports internet portalChampionat.com.

Since 2003 to 2015, he was the commentator of TV Company NTV Plus. Basically commented football games. In 2003-2004 he led the author's program of fan organizationsEvrofanklub of NTV Plus Football. Also I worked for many years on the channelTennis, covered all the Grand Slam tournaments, the matches of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup. He worked as a commentator for cycling at the Olympic Games in 2008. Spent the last editions of the football talk show90 minutes+instead of Georgy Cherdantsev. The main tool for TV commentator considers relevant and emotional reaction to the actions of the players. In particular, he said:

There are four whales TV coverage — the truth, emotion, thought and sound.

Since November 2015 works as a commentator of football, as well as the leading documentary seriesEverything for Euro!and the UEFA Europa League on TV viewing Match TV. Since March 2016 leads a program overview8-16 on the TV channelNash Football.

Aleksandr Shmurnov is married and has three children. In addition to native Russian speaker, fluent in French and Spanish.