Background
Sergey Zayashnikov was born in Kuli, Chita Oblast, Russia on 19 October 1964.
Sergey Zayashnikov was born in Kuli, Chita Oblast, Russia on 19 October 1964.
In 1986 he graduated from Novosibirsk State Technical University.
He is the author of the first book about karate in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (Karate Technique, 1990), co-author of the first book about Russian hand combat in Russia (Russian-Style Hand to Hand Combat,1991), co-author of the first book about Muay Thai in Russia (Thailand boxing, 1992). In 1992 he founded Russian Muay Thai League (RMTL) (from 1992 to 1993 owner and sponsor, from 1993 to present time – the President of RMTL). In 1994 he sent R.M.T.L. team (4 boxers) to the First International Facility Management Association World Amateur Muay Thai Championship (Chonburi, Thailand).
In 1996 he gained recognition of the Muay Thai as an official sport in the Russian Government and Russian Olympic Committee.
He founded Russian Thai Boxing Federation (RTBF) on the basis of the R.M.T.L., where he functioned as the RTBF vice-president until 2007. From 1996 to 2009 he was an announcer of the first Russian Muay Thai television show, which broadcast weekly on Russian satellite channel NTV Plus Sport.
In 2007 he organized Russia-United States of America Muay Thai Professional Tournament in Roseland Ballroom, New York for the first time, where in the next 3-year organized series of Muay Thai Tournaments, promoted by WBL Muay Thai. In 2014 "Forbes Russia" published an article named "The Rules of Fight", in which Sergey Zayashnikov" students told journalists about methodology and techniques of Sergey Zayashnikov trainings.
In 2015 World Business Channel interviewed.
Sergey Zayashnikov for the "Public Relations Officer Sport" programme. During the interview Sergey talked about history and development of the Muay Thai in Russia.