Anatoly Bondarchuck

Anatoly Pavlovich Bondarchuck ( _ru. Анатолий Павлович Бондарчук) (born May 31 1940 in Starokonstantinov) is a retired Soviet athlete, who is the greatest coach in the hammer throw of all time. An Olympian in his own right, he won the 1972 Summer Olympics, setting the Olympic Record at 75.50 meters [cite web|title=Athletics - Olympic Record progression|work=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_139.pdf&id=139|accessdate=October 4|accessyear=2006] and placed third at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also set two world records in the hammer throw in 1969: at 74.68 meters and 75.48 meters [cite web|title=Athletics - World Record progression|work=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_139.pdf&id=139|accessdate=October 4|accessyear=2006] Being an athlete, Bondarchuk trained at VSS Kolos in Kiev cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 534|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] Bondarchuk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976) and the Order of the Badge of Honor (1972)

He has coached a very impressive 23 athletes to the Olympics, including the hammer world record holder Yuri Sedykh. Bondarchuck is currently living and coaching in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. [ [http://www.kamloopstrack.ca/coaches.shtml#anatoly Kamloops Track And Field ] ] He serves as throwing coach for the Kamloops Track & Field Club. His athletes currently include Canadian shot put champion Dylan Armstrong, Canadian hammer throw champion Sultana Frizell, former Canadian hammer throw record holder Jennifer Joyce, and Caymanian hammer throw record holder Michael Letterlough.

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