Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker (died 2021)

Volodymyr Holubnychy

Ukrainian racewalker (1936–2021)

Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy was a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union. He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympic medals from 1960 to 1972 and finishing seventh in 1976. He became Olympic champion in 1960 and…