Volodymyr Holubnychyy

✶June 2, 1936

†August 16, 2021

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About their life

Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy was 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 from 1960 to 1972 and finishing seventh in 1976. He became Olympic champion in 1960 and 1968. He is regarded as one of the greatest race walkers of all time and competed at the Olympics on five occasions in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976.

Ukrainian Race Walker (1936–2021)

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Biography from the article Volodymyr Holubnychyy on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.