Vadim Antonovich Arkhipchuk ( July 6, 1937 , Kiev - January 15, 1973 , ibid.) - Soviet Ukrainian athlete , a specialist in short-distance running. Multiple champion of the USSR and the Ukrainian SSR in sprint disciplines, champion of Ukraine, participant in two summer Olympic games. At the competition he represented the sports society " Spartak " and the Armed Forces, a master of sports of the USSR .
 Vadim Arkhipchuk | |
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| general information | |
| Full name | Vadim Antonovich Arkhipchuk |
| Date and place of birth | July 6, 1937 Kiev , USSR |
| Date and Place of Death | January 15, 1973 (aged 35) Kiev , USSR |
| Citizenship |  the USSR |
| Height | 182 cm |
| The weight | 75 kg |
| Trainer | Lunkov V.G. |
| Sports career | 1955-1967 |
| Personal records | |
| 100 m | 10.4 (1959) |
| 200 m | 21.1 (1960) |
| 400 m | 46.3 (1963) |
Biography
Vadim Arkhipchuk was born on July 6, 1937 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR . He began to seriously engage in athletics in the Spartak voluntary sports society, undergoing training under the guidance of Honored Trainer of the Ukrainian SSR Viktor Grigoryevich Lunkov.
In 1953-1955 he studied at the Kiev Automobile and Road Institute , but in his third year he transferred to the Kiev State Institute of Physical Culture , where he received higher pedagogical education.
He first made himself known at the All-Union level in the 1958 season, when he won the Ukrainian Championship in the 200-meter race and then as part of the Ukrainian Republican team won the relay 4 Γ 100 meters at the USSR Championship in Tbilisi .
In 1959 he became the silver medalist of the Ukrainian SSR championship in three sprint disciplines, won a gold medal at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Moscow in the 4 Γ 100 m relay. He met the standard of the USSR master of sports in athletics, having run a hundred-meter distance in 10.4 seconds.
Thanks to a series of successful performances, he was awarded the right to defend the honor of the country at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome - he played 200 meters here, reaching the quarterfinal stage.
In 1961 he moved to the sports club of the Armed Forces (SKA), won the Ukrainian SSR championship in 400 meters, in the same discipline he was the best at the USSR championship in Tbilisi . He set the Ukrainian record at a four-hundred-meter distance, which he subsequently updated several times (the records of Arichipchuk were surpassed only in 1979 by Viktor Burakov ).
At the USSR Championships in Moscow and Tashkent, he won gold medals in the 400 meters race and the 4 Γ 400 m relay.
In 1963, at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Moscow, he climbed the podium three times, was the first at 400 meters and in the relay 4 Γ 400 m, received silver in the 200 meter race.
In 1964, he added to his track record silver and gold medals received at the home championship of the Soviet Union in Kiev in the personal four-hundred-meter discipline and relay race, respectively. Being among the leaders of the track and field team of the country, I successfully passed the selection for the Olympic Games in Tokyo - this time I reached the quarterfinals in the 400m race and took seventh place in the final of the 4x400 m relay.
The last time he won major victories at the all-Union level in the 1965 season, bringing two gold awards from the USSR championship in Alma-Ata . In 1967, he decided to end his sports career.
He died on January 15, 1973 in Kiev at the age of 35 years [1] [2] [3] .
Notes
- β Athletics. - 1964. - No. 10. - P.20.
- β BΡlih M.O., Bogachik P.T., Sinitsky Z.P. Athlete of Ukraine. Vidannya friend, updated and recast. - K .: Zdorovya, 1979.- 278 p.
- β Athletics: Reference / Compiled by R. V. Orlov. - M.: Physical education and sport, 1983.- 392 p.
Links
- Vadim Arkhipchuk - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Vadim Arkhipchuk (English) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee