Ramuald Klim

Ramuald Klim
Full name	Ramuald Iossifavich Klim
nation	Soviet Union Belarusian SSR
birthday	May 25, 1933
place of birth	Khvoievo , Soviet Union
size	185 cm
Weight	103 kg
date of death	May 28, 2011
Place of death	Minsk , Belarus
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	74.52 m (June 15, 1969 in Budapest )
society	Krasnoye Schnamja Vitebsk
End of career	1968
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 1 × 0 × European championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Tokyo 1964 69.74 m silver Mexico City 1968 73.28 m  European championships gold Budapest 1966 67.10 m silver Athens 1969 72.74 m
last change: April 4, 2020

Ramuald Klim's tomb

Ramuald Iossifawitsch Klim ( Belarusian Рамуальд Іосіфавіч Клім , Russian Ромуальд Иосифович Клим Romuald Klim Iosifovich * 25. May 1933 in Chwojewo in Nesvizh , BSSR ; † 28. May 2011 in Minsk ) was a Soviet - Belarusian hammer thrower . He became Olympic champion in 1964 and European champion in 1966 and was also the holder of the world record in his discipline.

Athletic career

Ramuald Klim originally wanted to become an officer in the Baltic Fleet, but was found unfit. So he began training at the Belarusian State Institute for Physical Culture, where he joined the throwing department headed by Yevgeny Shukevich , the trainer of the famous hammer thrower Mikhail Krivonosov . After he had reached distances of 12 and 37 m with ball and discus, it became clear that his real talent lay in throwing a hammer. Although his performance in strength training was not outstanding - in snatching and bumping he brought about 40 kg less to the high distance than his colleagues at 75 and 130 kg respectively - his trainer repeatedly assured him that it was not the raw strength, but the rhythm that was for a hammer thrower crucial. However, a few years passed before Klim dominated it: it was not until 1963, when he was already 30 years old, that he was accepted into the national team. From now on it went steeply upwards. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , Klim threw an Olympic record with 67.10 m in qualification and rose to 69.74 m in the final, which meant winning the gold medal from his future arch-rival Gyula Zsivótzky . In the following years Klim and the Hungarian met a total of nine times - each time the winner was Ramuald Klim. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , Klim also had a 1.40 meter lead over Zsivótzky with his winning shot of 70.02 m. The Belarusian was the favorite for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . There, however, the Hungarian was once victorious: On the 73.28 m achieved by Klim in the 4th attempt , the Hungarian countered with 73.36 m. That left Klim with the silver medal. However, that in no way discouraged the now 35-year-old. He intensified his training and in the following year 1969 achieved no less than ten times distances over 71 meters. On June 13, 1969, in Budapest, he literally hit the jackpot when the hammer went down at 74.52 m. With that, Klim was world record holder - but only for 3 months. At the European Championships in Athens in 1969, Anatolij Bondarchuk's successful streak began, who threw 16 cm further than Klim's record with 74.68 m and thus won the gold medal from Klim, who secured the silver medal with a throw of 72.74 m . Two years later he reached fourth place at the European Championships in Helsinki at the age of 38 and a width of 70.64 m. He then ended his career as an active athlete in 1973 after more than ten years.

In the years from 1966 to 1968 and 1971, Klim was the Soviet hammer throwing champion. He also competed in weight throwing and set his best of 21.19 m on March 24, 1969 in Minsk .

Career

Ramuald Klim first worked as a sports teacher at the Agricultural Academy in Horki near Mahiljou . He then switched to the children's and youth sports school in Vitebsk , where his trainer also worked. After finishing his active career, he became a thrower trainer at the Army Sports Club of the Military District of Belarus. In 1989 he left the armed forces with the rank of lieutenant colonel and took up a position as a physical education teacher at the Academy of Physical Education and Sports in Minsk .

Personal

Klim was married and the father of two children. He died on May 28, 2011 at the age of 78 in Minsk .

Performance development

year	1960	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Width (m)	64.16	67.91	69.74	71.02	71.46	70.70	73.54	74.52

Awards

• Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union : 1965
• Honored Coach : 1983
• A throwing tournament for the Ramuald Klim Prize has been held in Minsk every year since 1976 .

Web links

Commons : Romuald Klim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ramuald Klim in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Ramuald Klim in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait on peoples.ru (russ.)
• Portrait at NOK Belarus (russ.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ НЕСОСТОЯВШИЙСЯ «МОРСКОЙ ВОЛК»
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.