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Victor Kovalenko : ウィキペディア英語版 | Victor Kovalenko
Victor Kovalenko ((ウクライナ語:Віктор Коваленко); born 5 August 1950 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine then part of the Soviet Union) is the head coach of the Australian Olympic Sailing Team. Referred as “The Medal Maker,” Kovalenko has coached men and women sailors to 9 medals in many Olympic Games, beginning in 1988. Six of those medals are Gold. ==Biography== Victor Kovalenko was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – then part of the Soviet Union—in August, 1950. He learned to sail at the local "Meteor Club" when he was 12 years old. He became a member of USSR National sailing team in 1973, sailing Flying Dutchmen and Dragons. In 1974 he won the national Flying Dutchman championship with Valery Maydan. That year he put racing aside to complete his education at the Nikolaev State Pedagogical Institute〔 where he graduated with majors in Sport and Sport Science. He began sailing 470s while at Nikolaev. He considers that 16-foot Olympic class dinghy the most difficult and most satisfying boat to sail. (Victor was USSR 470 Champion in 1981 with Michael Kudrjavtsev). In 1978, Kovalenko met his wife, Tatiana Savenkova. A track athlete who ran the 400 meters, Miss Kovalenko was a coach before becoming an elementary school teacher. They are parents of one son, Vladimir, and have one grand daughter. Kovalenko’s competitive career ended in 1984 when Russia boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics. After his team was disbanded, he turned part-time coaching into a full-time career.
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