Nikolay Karpol
Nikolay Karpol | |||||||
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![]() Nikolay Karpol at the Kremlin in 2018 | |||||||
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Full name | Nikolay Vasilyevich Karpol | ||||||
Nickname | The Howling Bear | ||||||
Born | Bereznica, Polesie Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic | 1 May 1938||||||
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Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938, Bereznitsa village, former Polesie Voivodeship, Republic of Poland) is a Russian women's volleyball coach and a longstanding coach of the Soviet national team (then the Commonwealth of Independent States team of 1992 following the collapse of the USSR) and later the Russian national team. Known as The Howling Bear,[1] Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in 1980 and 1988 and taking the silver medals in 1992, 2000 and 2004 for a total of five Olympic medals. In 2020, he set a new world record by coaching Uralochka for 51 years.[2]
Coaching and Administrative Awards[edit]
Summer Olympic Games[edit]
- 1980 Moscow –
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1988 Seoul –
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1992 Barcelona –
Silver medal (with
EUN)
- 2000 Sydney –
Silver medal (with
RUS)
- 2004 Athens –
Silver medal (with
RUS)
FIVB World Championships[edit]
European Championships[edit]
- 1977 -
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1979 -
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1981 -
Silver medal (with
URS)
- 1983 -
Silver medal (with
URS)
- 1985 -
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1987 -
Silver medal (with
URS)
- 1989 -
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1991 -
Gold medal (with
URS)
- 1993 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 1995 -
Bronze medal (with
RUS)
- 1997 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 1999 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 2001 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 2005 -
Bronze medal (with
RUS)
- 2007 -
Bronze medal (with
RUS)
World Grand Champions Cup[edit]
Grand-prix[edit]
- 1993 -
Bronze medal (with
RUS)
- 1996 -
Bronze medal (with
RUS)
- 1997 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 1998 -
Silver medal (with
RUS)
- 1999 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 2000 -
Silver medal (with
RUS)
- 2002 -
Gold medal (with
RUS)
- 2001 -
Bronze medal (with
RUS)
- 2003 -
Silver medal (with
RUS)
CEV Champions League[edit]
- 1981 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1982 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1983 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1987 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1988 -
Runner-Up (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1989 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1990 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1991 -
Runner-Up (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
- 1992 -
Third Place (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 1993 -
Third Place (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 1994 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 1995 -
Champion (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 1996 -
Runner-Up (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 1997 -
Runner-Up (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 2000 -
Runner-Up (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 2001 -
Third Place (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
- 2003 -
Runner-Up (with
Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
For lifetime dedication and great career, he was inducted in 2009 to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.[3]
Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need.[4]
Honours and awards[edit]
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class
- Honoured Worker of Physical Culture, Russia
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Oblast
References[edit]
- ^ Famous People in Volleyball. Coach Nikolai Karpol
- ^ 82-летний Карполь установил новый мировой рекорд, отработав 51 год с одной командой
- ^ Volleyball Hall of Fame. "Volleyball Hall of Fame Honorees". Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ tombirtic. "Karpol: Lunatics – That's What I Need". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.