Sports Complex Meteor

Sports Complex Meteor (Ukrainian: Спортивний комплекс Метеор) is the biggest center of sports and cultural live in Dnipro. The complex is a home to the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status national since October 10, 2001. Meteor belongs to the State Company "Production Union Southern Machine-building Factory of Makarov" (Yuzhmash) and Sports Club Meteor. Sports Club Meteor was established in 1962.

Composition

Palace of water sports Meteor
Machine-builder water sports facility

The complex includes:

  • Stadium Meteor (1966)
  • Palace of water sports Meteor (1970, main pool)
  • Ice Palace of Sports Meteor (1980)
  • Machine-builder water sports facility (1958) is located in a remote location (Shevchenko City Park)

The Meteor is home to five sports schools four of which are the Olympic reserves and another one is a complex school that specialized in six sports.

SC Meteor Presidents

  • 1962–1982: Anatoliy Haiduk
  • 1982–1986: Yuriy Olkhovyk
  • 1986–2009: Konstantin Vavilov
  • 2009–present: Olga Dengina

Notable sports people

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