Irina Metrevely –our great coach

By Olga Turundaevskaya-Lashko

English teacherPoduga School

Arkhangelsk Region

Irina Vladimirovna Metrevelywas born in 1961 in Poduga, Arkhangelsk region.All her family loved play chess and logical games.

In 1988 Irina Vladimirovna graduated from Arkhangelsk State Technical University and come back to her native place. She was

fond of renju, a strategy board game originating in Japan from the Heian period. In September, 1991 Irina Vladimirovna founded a

section of renju in Poduga.

Since that time about 1190 boys and girls have attended it. They visited Estonia, Sweden, Armenia, Ukraine, China, Japan, Finland,

the Czech Republic and 19 cities in Russia. The Youth World Championship in Renju in 2002, Youth European Championships in

1999 and 2004 were held in Poduga.

Irina Metrevely has trained• 4 Masters of Sport• 24 Candidate-masters of Sport• 4 women World Champions • 15 winners of the Youth World Championships• 15 winners of the Youth European Championships• 5 her pupils work as renju trainers

We are proud of Irina Vladimirovna and her pupils!

sources

• http://vk.com/club1735025#/albums-1735025

• http://vk.com/club33890193#/club33890193

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renju• photos from Irina Meyrevely’s

albums