Aleksei Barkalov
Aleksei Barkalov (Ukrainian: Олексій Степанович Баркалов, Russian: Алексей Степанович Баркалов; 18 February 1946 – 9 September 2004) was a Ukrainian water polo player who competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medals for the Soviet Union team. During his career, he played 412 games for the national team, more than any other athlete in the water polo history.[1][2] In 1993, he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1946 Kharkiv, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 September 2004 (aged 58) Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Kharkiv, Dynamo Kyiv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Barkalov was born in the village of Vvedenka near Kharkiv and graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. Before choosing water polo, he played basketball for the Kharkiv city team, as well as football. Since 1957 he competed in water polo for Dynamo Kharkiv and in 1971 changed to Dynamo Kyiv. Since 1976 he acted both as a player and a coach for Dynamo Kyiv. After retirement in 1980 he became the head coach of the Junior Water Polo Team of Ukraine. Between 1990 and 1994 he worked in Yugoslavia, coaching the water polo club of Novi Sad. He then returned to Ukraine and from 1997 to 1999 acted as President of the Water Polo Federation of Ukraine. He received the following awards: Order of Friendship, Order For Merit to the Fatherland (3rd class) and Order of Merit (Ukraine).[1][2]
Barkalov married Lyudmila Khazieva, a competitive swimmer who won a European bronze medal in 1966. Their only son, Dmitri, also played competitive water polo, but then became a businessman and was killed in 2001 at the age 32.[4] This tragedy shattered the health of Barkalov, who died of a heart attack three years later.[1]
See also
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
- Алексей Баркалов ушел непобежденным Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – obituary in Russian. sovsport.ru (2004-10-19).
- "Biography: Aleksey Stepanovich Barkalov" (PDF). Nash Produkt (in Russian): 86–87. February 2009.
- ALEXEI BARKALOV (URS) 1993 Honor Water Polo Player Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. ishof.org
- Баркалов Алексей Степанович (1946–2004) Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. sport-necropol.narod.ru
External links
- Aleksei Barkalov at International Olympic Committee
- Aleksei Barkalov at Olympic Channel
- Aleksei Barkalov at Olympedia
- Aleksei Barkalov at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Aleksei Barkalov at International Swimming Hall of Fame