Egor's case of mistaken identity!

Andrey Naumov and Egor Iakovlev

Greetings from Russia! I’m Egor Iakovlev Chelyabinsk and I work for the Russian Federal Bailiffs Service. My sport is Karate and I hold a black belt in the sport.

I’ve competed in the Games before in 2011 in New York which was a great experience for me, despite having a bit of a tricky time with one of the officials there! I was preparing for my first event and one of the judges approached me to say that he knew exactly who I was. I was very surprised as I am really not a famous or well-known competitor anywhere! He wasn’t happy at all and took me aside to tell me I was not going to be allowed to compete because I had a reputation for being a very dangerous competitor!

I was so, so shocked and after a lot of discussion and debate it turned out that he had mistaken me for one of Fyodor Emelyanenko's ultimate fighters known as ‘Baby Fyodor’. I ended up having to get my official documents to prove who I really was and then he finally allowed me to carry on in the competition. It was a very worrying moment for me, but I earned the new title of ‘Baby Fyodor’ for the rest of the Games!

I am looking forward to competing in the Northern Ireland Games and then taking some time to have a lovely holiday with my wife after the competition.

I really hope to win some medals in Belfast and perhaps be known as ‘Champion Baby Fydor’ for this year’s Games!!!



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