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Valeriy Borzov

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Valeriy Borzov
Валерій Борзов
Borzov at the 2018 Youth Olympics
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
20 May 2003 – 25 May 2006
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), No. 26
In office
12 May 1998 – 15 May 2002
ConstituencyPeople's Movement of Ukraine, No. 35[1]
Head of the State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
In office
30 July 1990 – 6 June 1991
Prime Minister
Preceded byMykhailo Baka
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Himself as Minister of Youth and Sport of Ukraine
President of NOC Ukraine
In office
1990–1998
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byIvan Fedorenko
Minister of Youth and Sport
In office
6 June 1991 – 20 August 1996
President
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Himself as head of the State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Himself as head of the State Committee of Fitness and Sport
Head of the State Committee of Fitness and Sport
In office
20 August 1996 – 26 August 1997
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition abolished
Himself as Minister of Youth and Sport
Succeeded bySuzanna Stanik
Personal details
Born (1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 74)
Sambir, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseLudmilla Tourischeva (1977)
ChildrenTetyana (1978)
Valeriy Borzov
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Athens 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1971 Helsinki 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1971 Helsinki 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1974 Rome 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1969 Athens 4 × 100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Vienna 60 m
Gold medal – first place 1971 Sofia 60 m
Gold medal – first place 1972 Grenoble 50 m
Gold medal – first place 1974 Gothenburg 60 m
Gold medal – first place 1975 Katowice 60 m
Gold medal – first place 1976 Munich 60 m
Gold medal – first place 1977 San Sebastián 60 m
Silver medal – second place 1969 Belgrade 50 m

Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov (Ukrainian: Валерій Пилипович Борзов; Russian: Валерий Филиппович Борзов, romanizedValeriy Filipovich Borzov; born 20 October 1949) is a Soviet-Ukrainian former sprinter and politician. He is a two-time Olympian, a former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, and Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

In 1972 he won the 100 and 200 metres sprint events at the Olympic Games in Munich.

Career

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Valeriy Borzov was born in Sambir, Drohobych Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union,[2] Borzov started his track and field career in 1968. He became a household name in the Track and Field circles after having won the sprint-double at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki. He had already won the 100 m championship in 1969, when he equalled Armin Hary's nine-year-old European record of 10.0 seconds.[3]

At the 1972 Munich Olympics, two American favourites and world record holders, Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson, missed the 100 m quarterfinals due to a misunderstanding about the starting time of the heats. Coincidentally Borzov almost missed his own quarter-final as well, having fallen asleep in the stadium, his coach waking him up just as the race was about to start.[4] Borzov won the 100 m sprint with relative ease in a time of 10.14 seconds. Borzov then won the 200 m in great style. The picture, featuring Borzov winning the 200 m heats at the 1972 Summer Olympics was selected for the Voyager Golden Record and later launched into space aboard two Voyager spacecraft in 1977.[5][6] He also won silver as part of the Soviet 4 × 100 relay team, leaving Munich with three medals and the title of the fastest human in the world.

Between the 1972 and the 1976 Olympics, Borzov spent more time on his studies and soccer. Still, this did not stop him from winning his third successive 100 m title at the European Championships in 1974. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he finished third in the 100 m race behind Caribbean sprinters Hasley Crawford and Donald Quarrie, in a time of 10.14, his fourth Olympic medal. In the 4 × 100 m relay, his team won another bronze.

A persisting injury forced Borzov to abandon his hopes to participate in his third Olympic Games. He ended his career in 1979. He married Ludmilla Tourischeva, a four-time Olympic champion in gymnastics, in 1977.[7]

Political career

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Borzov's political career started during the 1970s as a member of the Komsomol of Ukraine. In 1980–1986 he was one of the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Komsomol. From 1991 to 1998, Borzov served as the president of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1994. He has also held a Youth and Sports cabinet minister position with the Government of Ukraine from 1990 till 1997. From 1998 until 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian parliament.[8]

Soon after being elected to the party list for People's Movement of Ukraine (commonly abbreviated as Rukh) in 1998 he changed from the Rukh faction to the faction "Reforms Center" in 1998–1999. Yet after dissolution of the parliamentary faction of Hromada, in 1999 Borzov became one of the first who joined the newly created parliamentary faction Batkivshchyna in Verkhovna Rada, with which he stayed almost to the end of the third parliamentary convocation. In 2001, Borzov joined the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united). He stayed with the same party for the next elections in 2002, and eventually became a member in 2003.[9]

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Bibliography

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  • Valeriy Borzov (1982). 10 Seconds – The Whole Life (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport.

References

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  1. ^ "Народні Депутати України 3-го скликання (1998-2002)" [People's Deputies of Ukraine in the third convocation (1998-2002)]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ (in Russian) Sports Encyclopedia
  3. ^ "Valeriy Borzov Wins 100m Gold - Munich 1972 Olympic Games". World News Network. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Owen, David (29 September 2013). "A trip down memory lane with Valeriy Borzov". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ Voyager Golden Record – Scenes from Earth. voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
  6. ^ "Valeriy Borzov". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ Elliott, Helene (4 September 2002). "Borzov Proves Himself Twice". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Valery Borzov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Valeriy Borzov". Memim Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
Himself
as State Committee of Youth, Physical Culture and Sports
Chairman of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Spors
1991-1996
Succeeded by
Himself
as State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports
Succeeded byas Ministry on Family Affairs and Youth
Government offices
Preceded by Chairman of the State Committee of Youth, Physical Culture and Sports
1990-1991
Succeeded by
Himself
Preceded by
Himself
Chairman of the State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports
1996-1997
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by President of Ukrainian NOC
1990–1998
Succeeded by


Records
Preceded by Men's 200 m Best Year Performance
1972
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Record Holder Men's 100 m
18 August 1968 – 6 September 1970
Succeeded by
Preceded by
European Record Holder Men's 100 m
31 August 1972 – 14 September 1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Record Holder Men's 200 m
18 July 1971 – 16 June 1972
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Record Holder Men's 200 m
4 September 1972 – 9 September 1979
Succeeded by