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Valeriy Borzov
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
European Championships
European Indoor Championships

Valeriy Borzov
Valeriy Borzov
Валерій Борзов
	Borzov at the 2018 Youth Olympics
People's Deputy of Ukraine
	In office; 20 May 2003 – 25 May 2006
Constituency	Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), No. 26
	In office; 12 May 1998 – 15 May 2002
Constituency	People's Movement of Ukraine, No. 35
Head of the State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
	In office; 30 July 1990 – 6 June 1991
Prime Minister	Vitaliy Masol; Vitold Fokin;
Preceded by	Mykhailo Baka
Succeeded by	Position abolished; Himself as Minister of Youth and Sport of Ukraine
President of NOC Ukraine
	In office; 1990–1998
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ivan Fedorenko
Minister of Youth and Sport
	In office; 6 June 1991 – 20 August 1996
President	Leonid Kravchuk; Leonid Kuchma;
Prime Minister	Vitold Fokin; Leonid Kuchma; Vitaliy Masol; Yevhen Marchuk; Pavlo Lazarenko;
Preceded by	Position established; Himself as head of the State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
Succeeded by	Position abolished; Himself as head of the State Committee of Fitness and Sport
Head of the State Committee of Fitness and Sport
	In office; 20 August 1996 – 26 August 1997
President	Leonid Kuchma
Prime Minister	Pavlo Lazarenko; Valeriy Pustovoitenko;
Preceded by	Position abolished; Himself as Minister of Youth and Sport
Succeeded by	Suzanna Stanik
Personal details
Born	20 October 1949 (age 75); Sambir, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1972–1991); People's Movement of Ukraine (1998-2003); SDPU(u) (2003–?);
Other political; affiliations	Hromada; Batkivshchyna;
Spouse	Ludmilla Tourischeva (1977)
Children	Tetyana (1978)

Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov (Ukrainian: Валерій Пилипович Борзов; Russian: Валерий Филиппович Борзов, romanized: Valeriy Filipovich Borzov; born 20 October 1949) is a Soviet-Ukrainian former sprinter and politician. He is a two-time Olympian, a former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, and Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

In 1972 he won the 100 and 200 metres sprint events at the Olympic Games in Munich.

Career

Valeriy Borzov was born in Sambir, Drohobych Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union,^[2] Borzov started his track and field career in 1968. He became a household name in the Track and Field circles after having won the sprint-double at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki. He had already won the 100 m championship in 1969, when he equalled Armin Hary's nine-year-old European record of 10.0 seconds.^[3]

At the 1972 Munich Olympics, two American favourites and world record holders, Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson, missed the 100 m quarterfinals due to a misunderstanding about the starting time of the heats. Coincidentally Borzov almost missed his own quarter-final as well, having fallen asleep in the stadium, his coach waking him up just as the race was about to start.^[4] Borzov won the 100 m sprint with relative ease in a time of 10.14 seconds. Borzov then won the 200 m in great style. The picture, featuring Borzov winning the 200 m heats at the 1972 Summer Olympics was selected for the Voyager Golden Record and later launched into space aboard two Voyager spacecraft in 1977.^[5]^[6] He also won silver as part of the Soviet 4 × 100 relay team, leaving Munich with three medals and the title of the fastest human in the world.

Between the 1972 and the 1976 Olympics, Borzov spent more time on his studies and soccer. Still, this did not stop him from winning his third successive 100 m title at the European Championships in 1974. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he finished third in the 100 m race behind Caribbean sprinters Hasley Crawford and Donald Quarrie, in a time of 10.14, his fourth Olympic medal. In the 4 × 100 m relay, his team won another bronze.

A persisting injury forced Borzov to abandon his hopes to participate in his third Olympic Games. He ended his career in 1979. He married Ludmilla Tourischeva, a four-time Olympic champion in gymnastics, in 1977.^[7]

Political career

Borzov's political career started during the 1970s as a member of the Komsomol of Ukraine. In 1980–1986 he was one of the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Komsomol. From 1991 to 1998, Borzov served as the president of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1994. He has also held a Youth and Sports cabinet minister position with the Government of Ukraine from 1990 till 1997. From 1998 until 2006, he was a member of the Ukrainian parliament.^[8]

Soon after being elected to the party list for People's Movement of Ukraine (commonly abbreviated as Rukh) in 1998 he changed from the Rukh faction to the faction "Reforms Center" in 1998–1999. Yet after dissolution of the parliamentary faction of Hromada, in 1999 Borzov became one of the first who joined the newly created parliamentary faction Batkivshchyna in Verkhovna Rada, with which he stayed almost to the end of the third parliamentary convocation. In 2001, Borzov joined the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united). He stayed with the same party for the next elections in 2002, and eventually became a member in 2003.^[9]

Gallery

Borzov at the 1972 Olympics
Borzov with a gold medal in 1972

Bibliography

Valeriy Borzov (1982). 10 Seconds – The Whole Life (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport.

References

^ "Народні Депутати України 3-го скликання (1998-2002)" [People's Deputies of Ukraine in the third convocation (1998-2002)]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ (in Russian) Sports Encyclopedia
^ "Valeriy Borzov Wins 100m Gold - Munich 1972 Olympic Games". World News Network. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ Owen, David (29 September 2013). "A trip down memory lane with Valeriy Borzov". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ Voyager Golden Record – Scenes from Earth. voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
^ "Valeriy Borzov". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ Elliott, Helene (4 September 2002). "Borzov Proves Himself Twice". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Valery Borzov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Valeriy Borzov". Memim Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

Political offices
Preceded by Himself as State Committee of Youth, Physical Culture and Sports	Chairman of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Spors 1991-1996	Succeeded by Himself as State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports
		Succeeded by Syuzanna Stanik as Ministry on Family Affairs and Youth
Government offices
Preceded by Mykhailo Baka	Chairman of the State Committee of Youth, Physical Culture and Sports 1990-1991	Succeeded by Himself
Preceded by Himself	Chairman of the State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports 1996-1997	Succeeded by Ivan Fedorenko
Sporting positions
Preceded by Pavlo Yesypenko	President of Ukrainian NOC 1990–1998	Succeeded by Ivan Fedorenko

Records
Preceded by Donald Quarrie	Men's 200 m Best Year Performance 1972	Succeeded by Steve Williams
Preceded by Vladislav Sapeya	European Record Holder Men's 100 m 18 August 1968 – 6 September 1970	Succeeded by Gert Metz
Preceded by —	European Record Holder Men's 100 m 31 August 1972 – 14 September 1979	Succeeded by Pietro Mennea
Preceded by Philippe Clerc	European Record Holder Men's 200 m 18 July 1971 – 16 June 1972	Succeeded by Pietro Mennea
Preceded by Pietro Mennea	European Record Holder Men's 200 m 4 September 1972 – 9 September 1979	Succeeded by Pietro Mennea