Burevestnik (Ukraine)

Burevestnik (Ukraine) or Burevisnyk (Ukrainian: Буревісник) was the Ukrainian affiliation of volunteer sport society Burevestnik that existed since 1936. Initially the society united workers of state retail industry.

Description

In 1957 to 1987 Burevestnik was an All-Union Volunteer Society associated with students and professors of under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate studies. In 1955 Berevestnik merged with number of other sports societies such as "Iskra", "Trud" (later revived), "Molnia", "Nauka", and "Medik" under its name.

In 1987 the society merged into All-Union Volunteer Sports Society of Trade Unions.

On January 1, 1978 in Ukraine Burevestnik accounted for 386,000 student members.

Olympic laureates

1952 Summer Olympics

Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
Viktor Chukarin 4 2 0 6
Heorhiy Zhylin 0 1 0 1
Ihor Yemchuk
Total 4 3 0 7

1956 Summer Olympics

Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
Larysa Latynina 4 1 1 6
Viktor Chukarin 3 1 1 5
Yuri Titov 1 1 2 4
Boris Shakhlin 2 0 0 2
Leonid Bartenev 0 1 0 1
Nadezhda Konyayeva 0 0 1 1
Yevgeny Cherepovsky 0 0 1 1
Heorhiy Zhylin 0 0 1 1
Ihor Yemchuk
Total 10 4 7 21

1960 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

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