Valery Borzov biography
Valery Borzov, (born October 20, 1949, Sambir, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.), Soviet athlete who received 5 Olympic medals, together with two gold medals. A grasp of all points of working, with a robust, easy fashion, Borzov was the best Soviet sprinter.
As a graduate pupil on the Kiev Institute of Physical Culture, Borzov studied movies of nice sprinters to find out optimum sprinting strategies equivalent to the perfect push-off angle and the simplest physique incline on the breakaway. He received the European 100-metre dash championship in 1969, 1971, and 1974; the 200-metre European championship in 1971; and 7 European indoor titles. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, after his two chief American challengers missed their qualifying races, Borzov received a gold medal within the 100-metre sprint in 10.14 seconds. In the 200-metre he received a second gold medal, in 20.0 seconds. He additionally anchored the Soviet group that received a silver medal within the 4 × 100-metre relay.
At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Borzov once more ran the 100-metre dash in 10.14, however this time he received solely a bronze medal; he additionally ran within the 4 × 100-metre relay, through which the Soviet group received a bronze medal. He married the good Soviet gymnast Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva in 1977. Ankle accidents prevented him from collaborating within the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Borzov grew to become a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1994, and he served within the Ukrainian parliament from 1998 to 2006.