Russian women's volleyball coach (born 1938)
| Nikolay Karpol |
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 Nikolay Karpol at the Kremlin in 2018 |
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| Full name | Nikolay Vasilyevich Karpol |
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| Nickname | The Howling Bear |
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| Born | (1938-05-01)1 May 1938 (age 87)
Bereznica,Polesie Voivodeship,Second Polish Republic |
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Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian:Николай Васильевич Карполь; born 1 May 1938) is a Russian women'svolleyball coach and a longstanding coach of theSoviet national team (then theCommonwealth of Independent States team of 1992 following the collapse of the USSR) and later theRussia women's national volleyball team. Known asThe Howling Bear,[1] Karpol was a regular at theOlympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in1980 and1988 and taking the silver medals in1992,2000,[2] and2004, for a total of fiveOlympic medals.[3] In 2020, he set a new world record by coachingUralochka for 51 years.[4][5]
Karpol coached the Soviet women to the gold medal at the1990 Goodwill Games inSeattle[6] and the Russian women to the gold medal at the1994 Goodwill Games inSaint Petersburg.[7][8]
In 2009, Karpol was inducted into theInternational Volleyball Hall of Fame.[3][9]
Coaching and Administrative Awards
[edit]- 1990 –
Gold medal (with
URS) - 1994 –
(with
RUS) - 1998 – (withRUS)
- 2002 – (withRUS)
- 1977 - Gold medal (withURS)
- 1979 - Gold medal (withURS)
- 1981 -
Silver medal (withURS) - 1983 - Silver medal (withURS)
- 1985 - Gold medal (withURS)
- 1987 - Silver medal (withURS)
- 1989 - Gold medal (withURS)
- 1991 - Gold medal (withURS)
- 1993 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 1995 - Bronze medal (withRUS)
- 1997 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 1999 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 2001 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 2005 - Bronze medal (withRUS)
- 2007 - Bronze medal (withRUS)
World Grand Champions Cup
[edit]- 1993 –
Third Place (withRUS) - 1997 –
Champion (withRUS) - 2001 –
Runner-Up (withRUS)
- 1993 - Bronze medal (withRUS)
- 1996 - Bronze medal (withRUS)
- 1997 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 1998 - Silver medal (withRUS)
- 1999 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 2000 - Silver medal (withRUS)
- 2002 - Gold medal (withRUS)
- 2001 - Bronze medal (withRUS)
- 2003 - Silver medal (withRUS)
Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book "Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need".[10]
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Gold medal (with
Silver medal (with
EUN)
Bronze medal (with
Champion (with
Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
Runner-Up (with
Third Place (with
