Leonty Petrovich Fursa (born 1934 ) is a Soviet and Belarusian athlete and coach. Master of Sports of the USSR (1961), Honored Coach of the Belarusian SSR (1968), judge of the international category (1980). Honorary Citizen of the city of Grodno (2004). [one]
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| A country |  USSR →  Belarus | |||||||||
| Specialization | wrestling | |||||||||
| Club | Harvest ( Minsk ) | |||||||||
| Date of Birth | December 9, 1934 (84 years old) | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | city of Svisloch , Grodno region Belorussian SSR , USSR | |||||||||
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Biography
Born on December 9, 1934 in the city of Svisloch, Grodno region of the Byelorussian SSR in a working class family.
In 1953 he graduated from high school and in the same year entered the Belarusian Institute of Physical Culture (now the Belarusian State University of Physical Education ). He was engaged in various sports, focusing on freestyle wrestling. He studied with the honored trainers of the USSR and the BSSR - university professors Professor B. M. Rybalko and associate professor P. V. Grigoriev. [1] He advocated for the voluntary sports society " Harvest " ( Minsk ) at the championship of the republic.
In 1957, Leonty Fursa graduated from the institute and was supposed to work in Slutsk in distribution, but thanks to the support of Georgy Georgievich Vlasov, the head of the Grodno Regional Children's Sports Society, he ended up in Grodno . Since 1957, he worked as a trainer and teacher in freestyle wrestling at the city school of higher sportsmanship.
The first coaching success came to Fursa in 1961, when his student Kuzma Bodak became the bronze medalist of the USSR Championship (later also engaged in coaching) [2] , and Leonty Petrovich himself received the title of USSR master of sports in freestyle wrestling.
Among the pupils of L.P. Fursa are more than 100 masters of sports in freestyle wrestling, including two participants in the Olympic Games, as well as five honored trainers of the Belarusian SSR. His students won 35 medals at the championships of the USSR, Europe and the world. The pride of the coach are: A. Karnitsky [3] - bronze medalist of the European Championship (2001) and champion of the World Universiade (2004); P. Sandyuk - champion of the USSR (1982); A. Savko - winner of the World Cup, bronze medalist of the European Championship (1993), champion of the USSR, two-time winner of the USSR Cup; K. Bodak , A. Chertikov, O. Gogol , V. Maldzigov, P. Shining - winners of the championship and championships of the USSR. She also trained female wrestlers - Svetlana Lomashenko at the European Championships became the silver medalist, Veronika Toryanik is a member of the Belarus freestyle wrestling team. [1] Fursa Leonty Petrovich was recognized as the best freestyle wrestling coach in Belarus in training junior athletes among girls according to the results of 2012. [four]
Every year in the city of Grodno, the International Freestyle Wrestling Tournament for the prizes of the Honorary Citizen of the city - L.P. Fursi. [4] He is a member of the Presidium of the Grodno Regional Organization of the Belarusian Public Association “Veterans of Physical Culture and Sports”. [five]