Editing Valeriy Borzov (section)

==Career==
Valeriy Borzov was born in [[Sambir]], [[Drohobych Oblast]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]],<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://wapn.km.ru/wapportal/campus/useful/text.aspx?idmr=4&idr=27&rubr=sport_2002&topicnumber=1704 Sports Encyclopedia]</ref> Borzov started his track and field career in 1968. He became a household name in the Track and Field circles after having won the sprint-double at the 1971 European Championships in [[Helsinki]]. He had already won the 100 m championship in 1969, when he equalled [[Armin Hary]]'s nine-year-old [[European record progression 100 metres men|European record]] of 10.0 seconds.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wn.com/valeri_borzov_munich_1972_games_of_the_xx_olympiad | title=Valeriy Borzov Wins 100m Gold - Munich 1972 Olympic Games | last= | first= | website=World News Network | date=26 November 2013 | accessdate=7 December 2021 }}</ref>

At the 1972 Munich Olympics, two American favourites and world record holders, [[Eddie Hart (athlete)|Eddie Hart]] and [[Rey Robinson]], missed the 100 m quarterfinals due to a misunderstanding about the starting time of the heats. Coincidentally Borzov almost missed his own quarter-final as well, having fallen asleep in the stadium, his coach waking him up just as the race was about to start.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1016222/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-valeriy-borzov | title=A trip down memory lane with Valeriy Borzov | last=Owen | first=David | website=Inside the Games | date=29 September 2013 | accessdate=10 December 2021 }}</ref> Borzov won the 100 m sprint with relative ease in a time of 10.14 seconds. Borzov then won the 200 m in great style. The picture, featuring Borzov winning the 200 m heats at the 1972 Summer Olympics was selected for the [[Voyager Golden Record]] and later launched into space aboard two [[Voyager program|Voyager]] spacecraft in 1977.<ref>[http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/sceneearth.html Voyager Golden Record – Scenes from Earth]. voyager.jpl.nasa.gov</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/hi/athletes/valeriy-borzov | title=Valeriy Borzov | last= | first= | website=The International Olympic Committee | date= | accessdate=10 December 2021 }}</ref> He also won silver as part of the Soviet 4 × 100 relay team, leaving Munich with three medals and the title of the fastest human in the world.

Between the 1972 and the 1976 Olympics, Borzov spent more time on his studies and soccer. Still, this did not stop him from winning his third successive 100 m title at the [[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] in 1974. At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he finished third in the 100 m race behind Caribbean sprinters [[Hasley Crawford]] and [[Donald Quarrie]], in a time of 10.14, his fourth Olympic medal. In the [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]], his team won another bronze.

A persisting injury forced Borzov to abandon his hopes to participate in his third Olympic Games. He ended his career in 1979. He married [[Ludmilla Tourischeva]], a four-time Olympic champion in [[gymnastics]], in 1977.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-04-sp-postscript4-story.html | title=Borzov Proves Himself Twice | last=Elliott | first=Helene | website=Los Angeles Times | date=4 September 2002 | accessdate=7 December 2021 }}</ref>