Ivan F. Leonenko ( June 2, 1928 , Novaya Mayachka village, Kherson region of the Ukrainian SSR - September 18, 2017 ) - Ukrainian running coach. Honored coach of the USSR ( 1990 ) and Ukraine.
Biography
He graduated from Kiev GIFK ( 1951 ).
From 1968 to 1972, he was involved in the national team of the USSR as a senior trainer for middle distance among women, and from 1978 to 1981 - among men. Coach of the USSR national team at the Olympic Games 1972 , 1980 .
Prepared the Olympic champion Lyudmila Lysenko .
From 1985 to 2000, Head of the Athletics Department of the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine.
By the decree of the President of Ukraine dated February 14, 1996, a state grant was awarded as an outstanding figure of physical culture and sport.