Editing Valeriy Borzov

{{short description|Soviet-Ukrainian former sprinter and politician}}

{{Family name hatnote|Pylypovych|Borzov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Valeriy Borzov
| native_name         = {{nobold|Валерій Борзов}}
| native_name_lang    = uk
| image               = 2018-10-10 Victory ceremony (Gymnastics mixed multi-discipline team) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–026.jpg
| imagesize           = 230px
| caption             = Borzov at the 2018 Youth Olympics
| office              = [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]]
| term_start          = 20 May 2003
| term_end            = 25 May 2006
| constituency        = [[Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)]], No. 26
| term_start1         = 12 May 1998
| term_end1           = 15 May 2002
| constituency1       = [[People's Movement of Ukraine]], No. 35<ref>{{Cite web |title=Народні Депутати України 3-го скликання (1998-2002) |trans-title=People's Deputies of Ukraine in the third convocation (1998-2002) |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radac_gs09/d_index_arh?skl=3 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204507/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radac_gs09/d_index_arh?skl=3 |archive-date=30 January 2018 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=[[Verkhovna Rada]] |language=uk}}</ref>
| office2             = Head of the State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
| primeminister2      = {{plainlist|
* [[Vitaliy Masol]]
* [[Vitold Fokin]]
}}
| term_start2         = 30 July 1990
| term_end2           = 6 June 1991
| predecessor2        = [[Mykhailo Baka]]
| successor2          = ''Position abolished''<br>Himself as Minister of Youth and Sport of Ukraine
| office3             = President of [[National Olympic Committee of Ukraine|NOC Ukraine]]
| term_start3         = 1990
| term_end3           = 1998
| predecessor3        = ''Position established''
| successor3          = Ivan Fedorenko
| office4             = Minister of Youth and Sport
| term_start4         = 6 June 1991
| term_end4           = 20 August 1996
| president4          = {{plainlist|
* [[Leonid Kravchuk]]
* Leonid Kuchma
}}
| primeminister4      = {{plainlist|
* [[Vitold Fokin]]
* Leonid Kuchma
* [[Vitaliy Masol]]
* [[Yevhen Marchuk]]
* Pavlo Lazarenko
}}
| predecessor4        = ''Position established''<br>Himself as head of the State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
| successor4          = ''Position abolished''<br>Himself as head of the State Committee of Fitness and Sport
| office5             = Head of the State Committee of Fitness and Sport
| president5          = [[Leonid Kuchma]]
| primeminister5      = {{plainlist|
* [[Pavlo Lazarenko]]
* [[Valeriy Pustovoitenko]]
}}
| term_start5         = 20 August 1996
| term_end5           = 26 August 1997
| predecessor5        = ''Position abolished''<br>Himself as Minister of Youth and Sport
| successor5          = Suzanna Stanik
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1949|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Sambir]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], {{nowrap|[[Soviet Union]]}} ({{small|now}} Ukraine)
| party               = {{plainlist|
* [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (1972–1991)
* [[People's Movement of Ukraine]] (1998-2003)
* [[Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)|SDPU(u)]] (2003–?)
}}
| otherparty          = {{plainlist|
* [[Hromada (political party)|Hromada]]
* [[Batkivshchyna]]
}}
| spouse              = [[Ludmilla Tourischeva]] (1977)
| children            = Tetyana (1978)
}}
{{MedalTableTop||medals=
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | the {{URS}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold  | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold  | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1969 European Championships in Athletics|1969 Athens]]|[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1971 European Championships in Athletics|1971 Helsinki]]|[[1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1971 European Championships in Athletics|1971 Helsinki]]|[[1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|200 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1974 European Championships in Athletics|1974 Rome]]|[[1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1969 European Championships in Athletics|1969 Athens]]|[[1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European  Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1970 Vienna]]|[[1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1971 Sofia]]|[[1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1972 Grenoble]]|[[1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres|50 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1974 Gothenburg]]|[[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1975 Katowice]]|[[1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1976 Munich]]|[[1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1977 San Sebastián]]|[[1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1969 European Indoor Games|1969 Belgrade]]|[[1969 European Indoor Games – Men's 50 metres|50 m]]}}
}}
'''Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov''' ({{langx|uk|Валерій Пилипович Борзов}}; {{langx|ru|Валерий Филиппович Борзов|Valeriy Filipovich Borzov}}; born 20 October 1949) is a Soviet-Ukrainian former sprinter and politician. He is a two-time [[Summer Olympics|Olympian]], a former president of the [[National Olympic Committee of Ukraine]], and Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

In 1972, he won the [[100 metres|100]] and [[200 metres]] sprint events at the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Munich]].

==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>

==Political career==
Borzov's political career started during the 1970s as a member of the [[Komsomol of Ukraine]]. In 1980–1986 he was one of the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Komsomol. From 1991 to 1998, Borzov  served as the president of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee. He has been a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] since 1994. He has also held a Youth and Sports cabinet minister position with the [[Government of Ukraine]] from 1990 till 1997. From 1998 until 2006, he was a member of the [[Ukrainian parliament]].<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420192813/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/valery-borzov-1.html | archive-date=20 April 2009 | url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/valery-borzov-1.html | title=Valery Borzov | last= | first= | website=Sports Reference | date= | accessdate=7 December 2021 }}</ref>

Soon after being elected to the party list for [[People's Movement of Ukraine]] (commonly abbreviated as Rukh) in 1998 he changed from the Rukh faction to the faction "Reforms Center" in 1998–1999. Yet after dissolution of the parliamentary faction of [[Hromada (political party)|Hromada]], in 1999 Borzov became one of the first who joined the newly created parliamentary faction [[Batkivshchyna]] in [[Verkhovna Rada]], with which he stayed almost to the end of the third parliamentary convocation. In 2001, Borzov joined the [[Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)]]. He stayed with the same party for the next elections in 2002, and eventually became a member in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://memim.com/valeriy-borzov.html | title=Valeriy Borzov | last= | first= | website=Memim Encyclopedia | date= | accessdate=10 December 2021 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery heights=200>
File:Valeriy Borzov 1972f.jpg|Borzov at the 1972 Olympics
File:Valeriy Borzov 1972d.jpg|Borzov with a gold medal in 1972
</gallery>

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=10 Seconds – The Whole Life|author=Valeriy Borzov|publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]]|year=1982|location=Moscow|language=Russian|url=http://www.sportlib.ru/books/la/borzov/}}

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