Burevestnik (Ukraine)

Burevestnik (Ukraine) or Burevisnyk (Ukrainian: Буревісник) was the republican affiliation of volunteer sport society Burevestnik in the Ukrainian SSR that existed in 1936 to 1991. Initially the society united workers of state retail industry.

See also: National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

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
AthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Viktor Chukarin 4206
Heorhiy Zhylin 0101
Ihor Yemchuk 0101
Totals (3 athletes)4408

1956 Summer Olympics
AthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Larysa Latynina 4116
Viktor Chukarin 3115
Boris Shakhlin 2002
Yuri Titov 1124
Leonid Bartenev 0101
Heorhiy Zhylin 0011
Ihor Yemchuk 0011
Nadezhda Konyayeva 0011
Yevgeny Cherepovsky 0011
Totals (9 athletes)104822

1960 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics
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