Volodymyr Holubnychy
 Holubnychy at the 1964 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | Володимир Степанович Голубничий[1] |
| Full name | Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychiy[1] |
| Born | 2 June 1936[1] Sumy, Ukraine, USSR[1] |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 20 km walk |
| Club | Spartak, Sumy |
| Updated on 6 June 2015. | |
Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (Ukrainian: Володимир Степанович Голубничий, born 2 June 1936) is a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union. He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympic medals in 1960–1972 and finishing seventh in 1976.[2][3]
Holubnychy took race walking in 1953 and became a member of the Soviet team in 1959.[4] Apart from his outstanding performance at the Olympics, he was the 1974 European Champion and the Soviet champion in 1960, 1964–65, 1968, 1972 and 1974.[3]
Holubnychy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1960, the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1969[3] and the Medal For Labour Valour in 1972.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Volodymyr Holubnychiy". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ Vladimir Golubnichy. Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b c Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 386.
- ^ a b Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1973. p. 109.
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- Ukrainian male racewalkers
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- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Spartak athletes
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)