Anatoly Bondarchuk

Anatoliy Bondarchuk ( Ukrainian Анатолій Бондарчук , Eng. Transcription Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Russian Анатолий Павлович Бондарчук , Anatoly Pavlovich Bondarchuk ; * 31 May 1940 in Starokostiantyniv ) is a former Ukrainian hammer thrower , who for the Soviet Union Olympic champion was.

The first major international success for Bondarchuk was winning the gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in 1969 ; With his winning distance he exceeded his own world record , which lasted until 1971. He could not defend his title two years later; he came third at the European Athletics Championships in 1971 .

In the following year Bondarchuk was able to achieve the greatest success of his career: He won the gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. At the 1976 Games in Montreal, he placed third behind his student Jurij Sedych , who became Olympic champion.

His personal best from 1976 is 77.42 m. After his active career, Bondarchuk worked as a hammer throw trainer for the Soviet Union, Portugal and Kuwait .

successes

• 1969–70, 1971–72, Soviet master
• 1969, European Championships Athens : 1st place (74.68 m) (WR)
• 1971, European Championships Helsinki : 3rd place (71.40 m)
• 1972, Olympic Games Munich : 1st place (75.50 m) (OR)
• 1976, Olympic Games Montréal : 3rd place (75.48 m)

Web links

• Anatoliy Bondarchuk in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Anatoli Bondarschuk on kamloopstrack.ca (English)