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Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (Ukrainian: Володимир Степанович Голубничий; also spelt Vladimir Golubnichy,[2] 2 June 1936 – 16 August 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union.[3] He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympic medals from 1960 to 1972 and finishing seventh in 1976.[4][5] He became Olympic champion in 1960 and 1968. He is regarded as one of the greatest race walkers of all time and competed at the Olympics on five occasions in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976.

Volodymyr Holubnychy

Holubnychy at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Володимир Степанович Голубничий[1]
Full name	Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychiy[1]
Born	(1936-06-02)2 June 1936 Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	16 August 2021(2021-08-16) (aged 85) Sumy, Ukraine
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	20 km walk
Club	Spartak Sumy
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome 20 km walk 1968 Mexico City 20 km walk 1972 Munich 20 km walk 1964 Tokyo 20 km walk European Championships Rome 1974 20 km walk Budapest 1966 20 km walk Belgrade 1962 20 km walk
Updated on 6 June 2015.

Biography

He was born on 2 June 1936 and raised in Sumy, where he lived throughout his life.[1][2]

Career

Holubnychy initially pursued his interest in cross-country skiing and later took up race walking in 1953. He was convinced to take up the sport of race walking by former Soviet Union weightlifting champion Zosima Petrovich who was one of his lecturers at the Kyiv Physical Education Institute. He had joined the Kyiv Physical Education Institute in 1953 with the intention of becoming a ski instructor.[6][2] He rose to prominence after breaking the world record in men's 20 km in 1955 at the age of 19. However, he was not selected for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne after being diagnosed with a serious liver infection. He was believed to have afflicted with liver infection due to his malnourished childhood during World War II.[2] He recovered successfully after undergoing rehabilitation for a year and returned to race walking. He reclaimed the world title in men's 20 km race walk in 1958 with a record time of 1:27:04; this record remained unbroken for nearly a decade.[2]

He became a member of the Soviet team in 1959.[7] He clinched gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the men's 20 km walk event on his Olympic debut which literally took everyone by surprise given his fifth place finish in a trial race which was held prior to the Olympic final.[8]

He was unable to defend his Olympic title in 20 km walk event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and had to settle for the bronze medal.[9] During the 1964 Olympics, he suffered from headaches soon after the start of the 20 km final and also reportedly fell on the road in the middle of the race walk final. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he became Olympic champion again and also won his second Olympic gold medal.[10] He could not retain his Olympic title at the 1972 Summer Olympics, settling for a silver medal in the 20 km walk.[11]

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.[5] He was past his prime when he competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was his fifth and final Olympic appearance. He completed the race walk with a duration of 1:29:24 and was placed at seventh position in the final.[12] After his retirement, he competed at international masters events during the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[2]

Holubnychy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1960, the Order of the Badge of Honour in 1969[5] and the Medal "For Labour Valour" in 1972.[7] He was inducted to the IAAF Hall of Fame on 15 September 2012.[13]

Death

He died on 16 August 2021, two months after his 85th birthday.[6][14][15]

See also

•  Sport of athletics portal

References

External links

• Sporting Heroes
• Volodymyr Holubnychy at World Athletics
• Volodymyr Holubnychy at Olympedia

Records
Preceded by Josef Doležal Leonid Spirin	Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder 23 September 1955 – 25 July 1956 15 July 1959 – 6 September 1959	Succeeded by Josef Doležal Anatoly Vedyakov

На других языках

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[de] Wolodymyr Holubnytschyj

Wolodymyr Stepanowytsch Holubnytschyj (ukrainisch Володимир Степанович Голубничий, engl. Transkription Volodymyr Holubnychyy; auch russisch Владимир Степанович Голубничий Wladimir Stepanowitsch Golubnitschi – Vladimir Golubnichiy; * 2. Juni 1936 in Sumy, Ukrainische SSR; † 16. August 2021 ebenda[1]) war ein sowjetischer Geher, der 1960 und 1968 Olympiasieger wurde.

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- [en] Volodymyr Holubnychy

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[es] Volodimir Golubnichi

Volodimir Stepanovich Golubnichi (en ucraniano, Володимир Степанович Голубничий) (Sumy, RSS de Ucrania, Unión Soviética, 2 de junio de 1936 - Sumy, Ucrania, 16 de agosto de 2021[2]) y nombrado a menudo como Vladimir Golubnichi, fue un marchista ucraniano que compitió representando a la Unión Soviética. Fue el dominador de los 20 km marcha en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, ganando un total de cuatro medallas olímpicas.[3][4][5][6] Además fue campeón de Europa en 1974 y campeón de la URSS en 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1972 y 1974.[7]

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[fr] Volodymyr Holubnychy

Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (en ukrainien : Володимир Степанович Голубничий, Volodymyr Stepanovytch Holoubnytchyï ; en russe : Владимир Степанович Голубничий, Vladimir Stepanovitch Goloubnitchi), né le 2 juin 1936 à Soumy (RSS d'Ukraine) et mort le 16 août 2021 dans la même ville, est un athlète soviétique de nationalité ukrainienne qui domina la marche sur 20 km dans les années 1960 et 1970, remportant quatre médailles olympiques.

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[it] Volodymyr Holubnyčyj

Volodymyr Stepanovyč Holubnyčyj in ucraino: Володимир Степанович Голубничий? (Sumy, 2 giugno 1936 – Sumy, 16 agosto 2021[1]) è stato un marciatore sovietico, specializzato nella 20 km.

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[ru] Голубничий, Владимир Степанович

Владимир Степанович Голубничий (2 июня 1936 (1936-06-02), Сумы, УССР — 16 августа 2021, Сумы, Украина[5]) — советский легкоатлет, двукратный олимпийский чемпион в спортивной ходьбе, чемпион Европы, многократный чемпион СССР, дважды рекордсмен мира в ходьбе на 20 километров (1956 и 1959 годы). Участник 5 Олимпиад, более 20 лет жизни посвятил большому спорту, первый мировой рекорд установил в 19 лет, в последней для себя Олимпиаде участвовал в возрасте 40 лет.

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