Nikolay Karpol

Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938, Bereznitsa village, former Polesie Voivodeship, Republic of Poland) is a Russian women's volleyball coach and a longstanding coach of the Soviet and then Russian women's national teams.. Known as The Howling Bear,[1] Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in 1980 and 1988 and taking the silver medals in 1992, 2000 and 2004 for a total of five Olympic medals. In 2020, he set a new world record by coaching Uralochka for 51 years.[2]

Nikolay Karpol
Nikolay Karpol at the Kremlin in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNikolay Vasilyevich Karpol
NicknameThe Howling Bear
Born (1938-05-01) 1 May 1938
Bereznica, Polesie Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1969-presentVC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg

Honours

Olympics Games (as coach):

  • 1980, 1988 – gold,
  • 1992, 2000, 2004 – silver.

World Championships:

  • 1990 – gold,
  • 1994, 1998, 2002 – bronze.

Championships of Europe:

  • 1977 (coach), 1979, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001 – gold

World Grand Champions Cup:

  • 1993 – bronze,
  • 1997 – gold,
  • 2001 – silver.

Grand-prix:

  • 1997, 1999, 2002 – gold,
  • 1998, 2000, 2003 – silver,
  • 1993, 1996, 2001 – bronze.

Winner of the European Championese League (Champions Cup):

  • 1981–1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995.

For lifetime dedication and great career, he was inducted in 2009 to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.[3]

Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need.[4]

Honours and awards

References
  1. Famous People in Volleyball. Coach Nikolai Karpol
  2. 82-летний Карполь установил новый мировой рекорд, отработав 51 год с одной командой
  3. Volleyball Hall of Fame. "Volleyball Hall of Fame Honorees". Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  4. tombirtic. "Karpol: Lunatics – That's What I Need". Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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