Valeriy Vasylovych Dvoynikov (Ukrainian: Валерій Васильович Двойников, born 4 May 1950 in Ozersk) is a Ukrainian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in the middleweight division.[1]

Valeriy Dvoynikov
Personal information
Born (1950-05-04) 4 May 1950 (age 73)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍70 kg, ‍–‍80 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (1976)
World Champ.Silver (1975)
European Champ.Gold (1976)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal ‍–‍80 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1975 Vienna ‍–‍70 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Kyiv ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 1974 London ‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place 1975 Lyon ‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Göteborg ‍–‍70 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bordeaux ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF27273
JudoInside.com5784
Updated on 21 June 2023.

Dvoynikov was also vice world champion in Vienna 1975 and European champion in Kyiv 1976.

Isao Inokuma said that "Among the foreign judoists with brilliant shin-gi-tai (spirit, skill, and power) are the Soviet Union's Vladimir Nevzorov, the victor in the light-middleweight class in the Montreal Olympics, Dvoinikov of the Soviet Union, who was runner-up in the middleweight division at the same Olympics, and Dietmar Lorenz of East Germany, who won the 95-kilograms-and-under class in the Jigoro Kano Cup International Judo Tournament held in Tokyo in 1978".[2]

Dvoynikov is also a co-founder in 2016 with his son, a politologue and poet Valery Dvoinikov, of the Peter the Great's International Foundation working for the cultural reconciliation between Europe and Russia.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Valery Dvoynikov profile". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Fighting Spirit by Isao Inokuma | Judo Info".
  3. ^ "Home". fondationpierrelegrand.eu.

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