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Full name | Mikhail Viktorovich Mitrofanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | circa 1977 Kazan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mikhail Viktorovich Mitrofanov (Михаил Викторович Митрофанов), (born in Kazan, circa 1977) is a Russian rugby league footballer, ice hockey player. He is a Master of Sports of Russia of international class in rugby.[5]
As a child he played ice hockey, later switched to rugby union.[6] Known for his performances for Strela Kazan [4]. Five-times champion of Russia, runner-up at the European Rugby League among students as part of the national team of Tatarstan (2001), three times participant in international tournaments within the Rugby League World Cup.[7] In 2000 he played for the Russian national rugby league team at the World Cup in England, having played three matches. In the match against Fiji, he scored a try, and in the match against England he scored two penalties.[4] In 2001, at the European Championship among students, he became the top scorer in the Tatarstan team, which lost to England 34-16 in the final, and in the final in the first half the team started a massive fight with the British.[8] In 2011, he played for the Russian national beach rugby team.[9] Currently, he plays for the senior rugby team "Sedye Barsy" and the ice hockey team Torpedo from Kazan in the Night Hockey League.[10]