Viktor Arsenievich Kapitonov ( October 25, 1933 , Kalinin - March 2, 2005 , Moscow ) - Soviet cyclist , the first Soviet Olympic champion in cycling, coach of the USSR national cycling team . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1959). Honored trainer of the USSR .
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Education
In 1968 he graduated from the Military Faculty at the P.F. Lesgaft State Institute of Physical Education twice .
Biography
Family status:
- wife: Kapitonova (Zakharova) Elena Ivanovna, Honored Trainer of Russia in gymnastics. Years of life: 06/11/1941 - 12/07/2013
- children: Julia and Vladimir Kapitonovs.
Repeated champion of the USSR: 1959 - in the pair race on the track; 1962 - in the team race on the highway; 1956 - in a multi-day race; 1958 - in the group and team race.
Started seven times in the cycling race of the world. The winner of this race in the team event - 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962.
At the first Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne, Viktor Kapitonov performed unsuccessfully, he was thirty-second in the road race, the cause of failure was a fall during the race, Soviet cyclists were content with sixth place in the team race. At the next Olympic Games in Rome , as part of the four in the framework of the Capiton team race, he becomes the bronze medalist of the games. In the group road race, Victor becomes the champion of the Olympic Games, having beaten only half a wheel of the Italian Livio Trape at the finish line (this was the only defeat of the Italian cyclists at the Home Games - they won the other five gold medals). In the next Olympic Games, Kapitonov did not participate, fully concentrating on coaching.
From 1965 to 1985 - the head coach of the national team of road cyclists. Member of the CPSU - since 1967. In 1975 and 1976 he was named the best coach of the USSR and was awarded a gold medal for preparing the USSR national team for the 1970 World Cup, where she first became the world champion in the team race. Under his leadership, the USSR team won the World Cycling race - 1970-1972, 1975 and 1977.
In 1983 he defended his thesis , receiving a degree of candidate of pedagogical sciences .
He died on March 5, 2005 in Moscow at the 72nd year of his life.
Honorary citizen of Tver, holder of the Order of Lenin , "Badge of Honor" , Friendship of Peoples , October Revolution .
Notes
- ↑ Kapitonov Viktor Arsenievich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
Literature
- Kapitonov V.A. It’s worth living for it. The story of the first Soviet Olympic champion in cycling, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Trainer of the USSR about his sports career. - M .: Physical education and sport, 1978.- 216 p. - ( Hearts given to sports ).
- V. Malakhov. One hundred great Olympic champions. - Moscow: Veche, 2006 .-- S. 215-220. - ISBN 5-9533-1078-1 .
- Kapitonov Victor Arsenievich // Olympic Encyclopedia / Pavlov S.P. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1980 .-- 415 p.
Links
- Victor Kapitonov - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Wheel master
- Profile on velorider.ru