Nikolay Karpol
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| Full name | Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol | ||||||
| Nickname | The Howling Bear | ||||||
| Born | (1938-05-01) 1 May 1938 Brzeżnica, Poland (now Bereznitsa, Belarus) | ||||||
| Hometown | Russia | ||||||
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Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938, Bereznitsa village, former Polesie Voivodeship Republic of Poland), is a retired women's volleyball coach. 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.
Olympics games (as coach):
1980 и 1988 – gold, 1992, 2000, 2004 – silver
World Championships:
1990 – gold, 1994, 1998 и 2002 – bronze
Championships of Europe:
1977 (coach), 1979, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001 – gold
World Grand Champions Cup:
1997 – gold, 2001 – silver, 1993 – bronze
Grand-prix:
1997, 1999, 2002 – gold, 1998, 2000, 2003 – silver, 1993, 1996 и 2001 – bronze
Winner of the European Championese League (Champions Cup): 1981–1983,1987,1989,1990,1994, 1995
Karpol was famous for yelling at his players all throughout matches. According to his own statements he never insults players but only gives technical advice. Furthermore he says nobody ever left a hall because of his yelling but many people have left halls because of bad matches.[citation needed]
For lifetime dedication and great career, he was inducted in 2009 to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.[2]
Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need.[3]
Honours and awards
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
^ Famous People in Volleyball. Coach Nikolai Karpol
^ Volleyball Hall of Fame. "Volleyball Hall of Fame Honorees". Archived from the original on 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2010-03-11..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ tombirtic. "Karpol: Lunatics – That's What I Need". Retrieved 2011-04-25.
External links
- FIVB Profile
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