Romanenko, Vitaly Petrovich

Vitaliy Petrovich Romanenko ( July 13, 1926 , Rusanov - October 3, 2010 ) - Soviet athlete-shooter, Olympic champion.

Vitaly Romanenko
general information
Full name	Vitaly Petrovich Romanenko
Citizenship	USSR → Ukraine
Date of Birth	July 13, 1926 ( 1926-07-13 )
Place of Birth	Rusanov , Kiev region , Ukrainian SSR , USSR
Date of death	October 3, 2010 ( 2010-10-03 ) (84 years old)
Place of death
Trainers in the present time	Grigory Kupko
Awards and medals Olympic Games Gold Melbourne 1956 trap shooting World Championships Gold Caracas 1954 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m Gold Caracas 1954 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m (team) Gold Caracas 1954 "Running deer" (double shots), 100 m (team) Silver Caracas 1954 "Running deer" (double shots), 100 m Gold Moscow 1958 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m (team) Gold Moscow 1958 "Running deer" (double shots), 100 m (team) Silver Moscow 1958 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m Gold Oslo 1961 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m (team) Gold Oslo 1961 "Running deer" (double shots), 100 m (team) Silver Oslo 1961 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m Gold Cairo 1962 "Running deer" (single shots), 100 m (team) Gold Cairo 1962 "Running deer" (double shots), 100 m (team) State and departmental awards

At the world championships (1954, 1958, 1962) received 7 gold and 2 silver medals, at the Olympic Games (1956) - a gold medal (441 points, Olympic record), at the European Championships (1955, 1959) 3 gold, 8 times champion of the USSR , champion of the USSR, 8 gold medals of the international master (1953, 1954, 1957, 1959).

His trainer was Kupko G.V. ^[1] , with whom Romanenko later also worked as a trainer ^[2] .