Volodymyr Holubnychy

Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy (Ukrainian: Володимир Степанович Голубничий, born 2 June 1936) is a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union. He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympic medals in 1960–1972 and finishing seventh in 1976.[2][3]

Volodymyr Holubnychy

Holubnychy at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Володимир Степанович Голубничий[1]
Full name	Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychiy[1]
Born	(1936-06-02) 2 June 1936[1] Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR[1]
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	20 km walk
Club	Spartak Sumy
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union 1960 Rome 20 km walk 1964 Tokyo 20 km walk 1968 Mexico City 20 km walk 1972 Munich 20 km walk European Championships Belgrade 1962 20 km walk Budapest 1966 20 km walk Rome 1974 20 km walk
Updated on 6 June 2015.

Holubnychy took race walking in 1953 and became a member of the Soviet team in 1959.[4] Apart from his outstanding performance at the Olympics, he was the 1974 European Champion and the Soviet champion in 1960, 1964–65, 1968, 1972 and 1974.[3]

Holubnychy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1960, the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1969[3] and the Medal For Labour Valour in 1972.[4]