Mykola Colombet

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Mykola Fedorowytsch Kolumbet ( Ukrainian Микола Федорович Колумбет * 10. October 1933 Kiev ; † 22. February 2012 ) was a Ukrainian cyclist who is a member in the 1950s Soviet was cycling team and under the Russian name Nikolai Kolumbet became known .

Athletic career

Mykola Columbet was a Soviet state amateur and trained lathe operator. He belonged to SV Spartak Kiev. In 1956 he won a stage in the International Peace Tour and reached third place in the overall individual ranking, in the team ranking he was the winner. In the same year he was nominated by the Soviet Cycling Federation for the road races at the Olympic Games in Melbourne . There he reached 16th place in the individual race as the second best Soviet driver and sixth with the Soviet four.

From 1957 to 1959, Columbet was also used in the international peace voyage. On the 1957 tour , he had to give up before the last stage because of a foot injury. In 1958 he was third in two stages, in the overall individual classification he came in 29th place, and in the team classification he was the winner for the second time. In 1959 , he helped the Soviet team defend his title (making him a three-time team championship winner), and in the individual classification he finished 38th without any podiums at the stages.

In its own country, Columbet was five-time national winner: once on the road (individual race 1954) and three times on the racetrack (1957 in individual and team pursuit and 1958 again in team pursuit, 1962 in individual pursuit). His appearances on the Sochi Tour are remarkable. In 1957, Columbet won their 2nd stage, and the next year he was able to take second place in the overall standings by winning the 3rd and 4th stages.

After the end of his active sports career, Columbet worked as a trainer and trained 54 national champions, in particular an Olympic champion with Igor Zelowalnikow (1972) and an international peace ride winner with Anatolij Starkow.

literature

  • Klaus Ullrich : Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8
  • GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho. Edition from April 18, 1958 with a short biography
  • Everything about sport: Handbook, Volume 1, Issue 2 - Moscow, 1978 (Russian)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (ed.): Cycling Week . No. 16/1958 . Berlin 1958, p. 9 .