Remi Korchemny, PhD (Russian: Реми Корчемный; born 23 June 1932 in Odessa, Ukraine) based out of San Francisco Bay Area is an American sprint coach/speed consultant and author of many speed development in athletes training articles, published in leading Sports Science magazines in the United States as well as Internationally (see references below).

Korchemny is the Honorable Coach of the Ukrainian National Track & Field Team since year 1967.

Korchemny was an early coach for Soviet Olympic champion Valeri Borzov.

Career

After the 1972 Olympics, Korchemny moved to the United States. There he worked as a sprint coach at: Pratt Institute, Stanford University, US Army Special Olympics USA development program (1987-1992) as well as coach to numerous high-profile athletes, Olympic medalists, World Champions, Paralympic medalists, including athletes below:

American football (NFL)

Bill Romanowski (4 x Super Bowl Champion XXIII, XXIV, XXXII, XXXIII, 2 x Pro Bowl 1997, 1999)
Brice Butler

Baseball (MLB)

Professional boxing

Track and field

Atlee Mahorn (1985 Universiade, Silver, 200m, 1986 Commonwealth Games, Gold, 1991 World Championships, Bronze, 200m, 1993 World Championships, Bronze, 4x100m relay)
Gerardo Suero (1980 Olympics, qualifier, 100m)
Dwain Chambers (1999 World Championships, Bronze, 100m, Silver, 4x100m relay, 2008 World Indoor Championships, Silver, 60m, 2010 World Indoor Championships, Gold, 60m, 2012 Bronze, 60m, 1998 European Championships, Silver, 100m, 2006 European Athletics Championships , Gold, 4x100m relay, 2009 European Indoor Championships, Gold, 60m, 2011 European Indoor Championships, Silver, 60m)

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Dwain Chambers (L) and Remi Korchemny (R)

Kemarley Brown (2015 Universiade, Silver, 100m, NJCAA 100m record holder)
Delloreen Ennis London (2005 World Championships, Silver, 100m hurdles, 2007 World Championships, Bronze, 100m hurdles, 2009 World Championships, Bronze, 100m hurdles, 2006 Commonwealth Games Bronze, 100m hurdles, 2007 Pan American Games, Gold, 100m hurdles)
Grace Jackson (1987 World Indoor Championships, Bronze, 200m,1989 World Indoor Championships, Silver, 200m, 1988 Summer Olympics, Silver, 200m)
Dai Tamesue (2001 World Championships, Bronze, 400m hurdles, 2005 World Athletics Championships, Bronze, 400m hurdles)
Valeriy Borzov (1972 Olympics, Gold, 100m, Gold, 200m, Silver, 4x100m relay, 1976 Olympics, Bronze, 100m, Bronze, 4x100m relay, 1969 European Championships, Gold, 100m, Silver 4x100m relay, 1971 European Championships, Gold, 100m, Gold, 200m, 1974 European Championships, Gold, 100m)
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block - as an expert consultant, training program designer and training camps lead coach. Zhanna’s main coach was her husband - Mark Block. (1997 World Championships, Gold 200m, Silver 100m, 2001 World Championships, Gold 100m, 1994 European Championships, Silver, 100m, Silver, 200m, 1998 European Championships, Silver, 200m, 1993 World Indoor Championships, 60m)
Kevin Craddock (2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Bronze, 110m hurdles, 2007 NCAA Pac 10, Gold 110m hurdles, 2011 & 2012 USATF Indoor National Championships, Silver, 60m hurdles
Brady Crain (1984 USATF 200m National Champion)
Diane Dixon - Her main coach was Fred Thompson (1984 Summer Olympics Gold, 4x400m relay, 1988 Olympics, Silver 4x400m relay, 1987 World Championships, Bronze, 4x400m relay, 1991 World Championships, Silver, 4x400m relay, 1985 World Indoor Championships, Gold, 400m, 1989 World Indoor Championships, Silver, 400m, 1991 World Indoor Championships, Gold, 400m, Gold, 4x400m relay, 1987 Pan American Games, Gold, 4x400m relay)
Chryste Gaines (1996 Olympics, Gold, 4x100m relay, 2000 Olympics, Bronze, 4x100m relay, 1995 World Championships, Gold, 4x100m relay, 1997 World Championships, Gold 4x100m relay, 2003 World Championships, Silver, 4x100m relay, 1995 Pan American Games, Gold, 100m)
Sandra Glover (2003 World Championships, Silver, 400m hurdles, 2005 World Championships, Bronze, 400m hurdles)
Alvin Harrison (1996 Olympics, Gold, 4x400m relay, 2000 Olympics, Silver, 400m)
Chris Phillips (1991 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, Gold, 110m hurdles)
John Register (2000 Paralympic Games, Silver, Long Jump F42)
Ray Tamas Stewart (2013 NCAA Pac -12 Outdoor Championships, Gold, 110m hurdles)
Eric Thomas (1999 Pan American Games, Silver, 110m hurdles, 2003 Pan American Games, Silver, 100m hurdles)
Kelli White

USATF

Dr. Remi Korchemny served as the Chairman of the USA Track & Field Sprint Development Committee between years 1987 and 2003.

Education

1952 Technical College, metal cutting machines designer, Odessa, Ukraine
1956 B.S. Military Sport Academy, Leningrad (present day St. Peteresburg), Russia
1957 M.A. Odessa Pedagogical Insitute, Odessa, Ukraine
1962 PhD in Exercise Physiology at the University of Odessa, Soviet Union

Acknowledgements/Influences

Remi Korchemny acknowledges following coaches as the ones who supported him in establishing himself as a world class coach in the United States: Fred Thompson, Brooks Johnson and Charlie Greene
Young coaches Remi Korchemny considers he had influence on are: Curtis Frye, John Smith, Dennis Mitchell, Loren Seagrave
Through his educational clinics and master classes, Korchemny has educated a vast number of coaches from various sports between years 1977 and 2003.

References

External links

Mary Nicole Nazzaro: Beijing Olympic Journal: Remi Korchemny Revisited American Track & Field, March/April 2006
Mary Nicole Nazzaro: Remi Korchemny: The Art of Coaching American Track & Field, Winter 2002
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/26220284/how-mikey-garcia-overhauled-training-fight-thought-take
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfmySyogDRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRU7o5p3IAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byz90qlOXns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OypkTZkFdag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utskz8x440I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcfpNxtOMU
https://johnregister.com/