User:Alex Blokha/Oleksandr Kulyk

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Oleksandr Vasylovich Kulyk — Ukrainian cycling coach, master of sports, honored coach of the Ukrainian SSR (1988). Died on March 1, 2022 in battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Biography[change | change source]

Oleksandr Kulyk was born in 1957 in the village Seredyna-Buda in Sumy Oblast . In 1979, he graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education [1] .

While he was working in Sumy, he trained Oleksandr Kirichenko — the Olympic champion of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics in the 1000-meter free standing as part of the USSR national team [2], as well as the silver medalist of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Oleksandr Fedenko.

He worked as the director of the children's and youth sports school "Ukraine" of the organization "Sumbud" OJSC.

Died on March 1, 2022 in the battle near Nyzy in Sumy Oblast [3] during the Russian invasion of Ukraine .

Примітки[change | change source]

  1. Бубка С. Н., Булатова М. М. Олімпійське сузір'я України: Тренери. Archived 2022-02-26 at the Wayback Machine К.: Олімп. л-ра, 2011 р.
  2. "Aleksandr Kirichenko". sports-reference.com. 1988. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  3. "У бою під Низами на Сумщині загинув заслужений тренер України Олександр Кулик" (in ua). Суспільне. Новини. 2022-03-01. Archived from the original on 1 березня 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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