Volodymyr Morozov
Volodymyr Ivanovich Morozov ( Ukrainian Володимир Іванович Морозов ; born March 4, 1940 in Krasnovodsk , Turkmen SSR ) is a former Soviet canoeist who was three times Olympic champion from 1964 to 1972.
Career
Morozov began his career at SKA Krasnovodsk , as an army officer he was transferred to Kiev and then started for SKA Kiev .
Morosow's international career began at the 1963 World Championships in Jajce when he won the silver medal with the 4 x 500 meter relay. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, the Soviet four-man kayak with Nikolai Tschuschikow , Anatoli Grischin , Vyacheslav Ionov and Morozov won the gold medal on the Olympic 1000-meter route ahead of the Germans and Romanians.
At the 1966 World Championships in East Berlin , the Soviet four-man over 1000 meters received the bronze medal behind the boats from Romania and Austria. Over 10,000 meters, the Soviet four won the title, with only Morosow sitting in both boats.
At the European Championships in 1967 Morosow won the title in the two-man kayak over 1000 meters together with Oleksandr Schaparenko . In a four-person kayak, the Romanians won over 1000 meters in front of the Soviet boat with Schaparenko, Morosow, Grischin and Ionow. Morosow, Grischin, Valeri Didenko and Ionow won over 10,000 meters .
At the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968, Schaparenko and Morozov won in two, ahead of the Hungarians and the Austrians. In the following year the two won the bronze medal in the four-man kayak at the European Championships in 1969 behind the boats from the GDR and Romania. At the World Championships in 1970 Morozov won the four-man over 1000 meters together with Jurij Filatow , Valeri Didenko and Jurij Stezenko . In the same line-up, the Soviet foursome also won the title at the 1971 World Championships and the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Filatow, Morosow and Didenko sat together with Nikolai Hakol in the foursome at the Canoe Racing World Championships 1973 in Tampere, they won silver behind the Hungarians.
literature
- Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
- Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
Web links
- Wolodymyr Morosow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- The world championship results over 1000 meters on Sport-Complete
- The world championship results over 10,000 meters on Sport-Complete
Footnotes
- ↑ For the clubs see Wolodymyr Morosow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ). For an army career see Volker Kluge: Die Chronik III . Page 425, note 579. In this note, however, the results of the canoeist of the same name born in 1952 are included.
- ↑ World championship results over 500 meters on Sport-Komplett.de
- ↑ European championship results over 1000 meters on sports complete
- ↑ European championship results over 10,000 meters on sports complete
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morozov, Volodymyr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Морозов, Володимир Іванович (Ukrainian); Morosow, Volodymyr Ivanovych; Морозов, Владимир Иванович (Russian); Morozov, Vladimir Ivanovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krasnovodsk , Turkmen SSR |