Oleksandr Vasylovich Kulyk (1957 – 1 March 2022) was a Ukrainian cycling coach and a 1988 Honored Coach of Ukraine.[1] He died in battle on March 1, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] Kulyk was born in 1957 in the village Seredyna-Buda in Sumy Oblast. In 1979, he graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education.[4] He is the father of Ukrainian cycling champion Andriy Kulyk.[5]
While he was working in Sumy, he trained Oleksandr Kirichenko, the Olympic champion of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics in the 1000-meter free standing as part of the USSR national team,[6] as well as the silver medalist of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Oleksandr Fedenko.
He worked as the director of the children's and youth sports school "Ukraine" of the organization "Sumbud" OJSC.
He died on March 1, 2022, in the battle near Nyzy in Sumy Oblast[7] during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References edit
- ^ "Ukrainian cycling coach and father of recent national champion killed in war; former pro Andriy Grivko working to help country's cyclists". Endurance Sportswire. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
- ^ "Ukrainian Cycling coach Alexander Kulyk killed in the war". YellowCrank. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
- ^ Chris Marshall-Bell (2022-03-02). "Ukrainian cycling coach and father of recent national champion killed in war; former pro Andriy Grivko working to help country's cyclists". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
- ^ Бубка С. Н., Булатова М. М. Олімпійське сузір'я України: Тренери. Archived 2022-02-26 at the Wayback Machine К.: Олімп. л-ра, 2011 р.
- ^ Chris Marshall-Bell (2022-03-02). "Ukrainian cycling coach and father of recent national champion killed in war; former pro Andriy Grivko working to help country's cyclists". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
- ^ "Aleksandr Kirichenko". sports-reference.com. 1988. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "У бою під Низами на Сумщині загинув заслужений тренер України Олександр Кулик" (in Ukrainian). Суспільне. Новини. 2022-03-01. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-01.