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}} Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov ((ウクライナ語:Валерій Пилипович Борзов), (ロシア語:Валерий Филиппович Борзов), ''Valeriy Filippovich Borzov;'' born 20 October 1949) is a Ukrainian former sprint athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. He is a three-time Olympian, a former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, and Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine. In 1972 he won both the 100 and 200 metres sprint events for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games in Munich. ==Career== Born in Sambor, Drogobych Oblast, Soviet Union,〔 (Sports Encyclopedia )〕 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 of 10.0 seconds. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, two of the American favorites, Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson, missed the 100 m quarterfinals due to a misunderstanding about the starting time of the heats, ironically Borzov almost missed his own quarter final as well, having fallen asleep in the stadium, and his coach waking him up just as the race was about to start.〔http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1016222/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-valeriy-borzov〕 Their times in the trials were both 9.9 s with Eddie Hart just ahead. After Borzov had won the 100 m sprint with relative ease in a time of 10.07 seconds, the Americans promised they would beat Borzov in the 200 m competition. However, with all three Americans in the final this time, Borzov won again in a 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 spacecraft in 1977.〔(Voyager Golden Record – Scenes from Earth ). voyager.jpl.nasa.gov〕 However, the Americans won the 4×100 m relay with the Soviets taking second place. Hart ran the anchor leg of that relay receiving the baton four metres in front of Borzov thus denying the great Ukrainian any chance of demonstrating his superiority over his American rival. 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 1974. Rumours of a planned assassination attempt and his possible defection attempt surrounded his appearance at the 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 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. About that time, he married Ludmilla Tourischeva, a four-time Olympic champion in gymnastics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valeriy Borzov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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