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Vladimir Golubnichy
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| Gold | Rome 1960 | 20km Walk | |
| Bronze | Tokyo 1964 | 20km Walk | |
| Gold | Mexico City 1968 | 20km Walk | |
| Silver | Munich 1972 | 20km Walk | |
| European Championships | |||
| Bronze | Belgrade 1962 | 20km Walk | |
| Silver | Budapest 1966 | 20km Walk | |
| Gold | Rome 1974 | 20km Walk | |
Vladimir Stepanovich Golubnichy (Russian: Владимир Степанович Голубничий) (born June 2, 1936 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet race walker who dominated the 20-kilometre walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning the total of four Olympic medals. He trained at VSS Spartak in Sumy.[1]
Golubnichy began athletics in 1953 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1959.[2] Apart from his outstanding performance at the Olympics, he was the 1974 European Champion and the USSR Champion in 1960, 1964-65, 1968, 1972 and 1974. [1]
Golubnichy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1960, the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1969[1] and the Medal For Labour Heroism in 1972.[2]
- ^ a b c Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 386.
- ^ a b (1973) Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 109.
| Records | ||
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Preceded by Josef Doležal |
Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder September 23, 1955 – July 25, 1956 |
Succeeded by Josef Doležal |
| Preceded by Leonid Spirin |
Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder July 15, 1959 – September 6, 1959 |
Succeeded by Anatoliy Vedyakov |
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| 1956: Leonid Spirin • 1960: Vladimir Golubnichy • 1964: Ken Matthews • 1968: Vladimir Golubnichy • 1972: Peter Frenkel • 1976: Daniel Bautista • 1980: Maurizio Damilano • 1984: Ernesto Canto • 1988: Jozef Pribilinec • 1992: Daniel Plaza • 1996: Jefferson Pérez • 2000: Robert Korzeniowski • 2004: Ivano Brugnetti |
Categories: 1936 births | Living people | Racewalkers | Soviet athletes | Athletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union | Spartak athletes | Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Former world record holders