Remi Korchemny

Remi Korchemny, PhD (Russian: Реми Корчемный; born 23 June 1932 in Odessa, Ukraine) based out of San Francisco Bay Area is the sprint coach/speed consultant. He was an early coach for Soviet Olympic champion Valeri Borzov.

After the 1972 Olympics, Korchemny moved to the United States. There he worked as a coach at: Pratt Institute, Stanford University, as well as coach to a number of high-profile athletes, Olympic medalists, World Champions, including:


American football:

Bill Romanowski, Brice Butler

Baseball:

Marlon Byrd

Professional boxing:

Nicola Adams, Alfredo Angulo, Demetrius Andrade, Andre Berto, Serhiy Derevianchenko, Nonito Donaire, Mikey Garcia, Gennady Golovkin, Daniel Jacobs (boxer), Amir Khan (boxer), Vanes Martirosyan, Caleb Plant, Shawn Porter, Andre Ward, Julian Williams (boxer)

Track and field:

Canada: Atlee Mahorn

Great Britain: Dwain Chambers

Jamaica: Grace Jackson, Kemarley Brown

Japan: Dai Tamesue

Ukraine: Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (as a expert consultant, training program designer and training camps lead coach. Zhanna’s main coach was her husband - Mark Block).

United States: Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Chris Phillips, Alvin Harrison, John Register, Sandra Glover, Brady Crain, Ray Tamas Stewart

Soviet Union: Valeriy Borzov


Dr. Remi Korchemny served as the Chairman of the USA Track & Field Sprint Development Committee.

Korchemny was one of the main figures in the 2003 BALCO scandal. In 2006 he pleaded guilty in US District Court to distributing illegal performance-enhancing drugs to athletes between 2000 and 2003.[1] Korchemny was sentenced to one year of probation for this.[2] In the aftermath of the scandal Korchemny agreed to retire in 2007. He was the first coach disciplined by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.[3] Korchemny is currently serving a lifetime ban from USA Track & Field for Conspiracy and cover-up.[4]

References
  1. Jason Bennert, Bay City News Service: Korchemny avoids jail time for role in Balco case Fog City Journal, 24. February 2006
  2. Mark Fainary-Wada: Track coach gets probation in BALCO scandal San Francisco Chronicle, 24. February 2006
  3. Controversial Korchemny retires news.bbc.co, 12. March 2007
  4. USA Track & Field Doping-Suspensions usatf.org, 08. January 2015
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