Avanhard (sports society)

Avanhard (sports society) (Ukrainian: Авангард (спортивне товариство)) was a trade unions sports society of the Ukrainian SSR. Created in 1957, it was uniting workers of industry and construction from 14 other sport societies such as "Torpedo", "Shakhtar", "Khimik", "Chervona Zirka", "Chervonyi Prapor", "Budivelnyk", and others.

On January 1, 1977, it accounted for 3,199 primary collectives with over two millions of sportsmen.

The society was cultivating 49 types of sports. It was composed of such famous sports clubs as Metalurh Zaporizhia, Zorya Luhansk, Stal Dnipropetrovsk, Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv, Budivelnyk Kyiv, and others.

In 1982 the society merged with its Russian counterpart "Trud".

In 1991 the society was recognized as a parent organization of the newly established sports society "Ukraina".

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Mariya Horokhovska	2	4	0	6
Nina Bocharova	2	2	0	4
Yakiv Punkin	1	0	0	1
Totals (3 entries)	5	6	0	11

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Polina Astakhova	1	0	1	2
Ihor Rybak	1	0	0	1
Totals (2 entries)	2	0	1	3

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Polina Astakhova	2	1	1	4
Lyudmila Shevtsova	1	0	0	1
Totals (2 entries)	3	1	1	5

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Polina Astakhova	2	1	1	4
Totals (1 entries)	2	1	1	4

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Anatoli Polyvoda	0	0	1	1
Serhiy Kovalenko	0	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)	0	0	2	2

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Anatoli Polyvoda	1	0	0	1
Serhiy Kovalenko	1	0	0	1
Totals (2 entries)	2	0	0	2

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ivan Biakov	1	0	0	1
Totals (1 entries)	1	0	0	1

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ivan Biakov	1	0	0	1
Totals (1 entries)	1	0	0	1

• Avanhard (sports society) at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
• Court case at economical court of the Sumy Region on organization's succession