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Russian women's volleyball coach (born 1938)

Nikolay Karpol
Nikolay Karpol at the Kremlin in 2018
Personal information
Full name Nikolay Vasilyevich Karpol
Nickname The Howling Bear
Born (1938-05-01) 1 May 1938 (age 86)Bereznica, Polesie Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Coaching information
Previous teams coachedYearsTeams1969–presentVC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg

Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938) is a Russian women's volleyball coach and a longstanding coach of the Soviet national team (then the Commonwealth of Independent States team of 1992 following the collapse of the USSR) and later the Russia women's national volleyball team. Known as The Howling Bear,[1] Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in 1980 and 1988 and taking the silver medals in 1992, 2000,[2] and 2004, for a total of five Olympic medals.[3] In 2020, he set a new world record by coaching Uralochka for 51 years.[4][5]

Karpol coached the Soviet women to the gold medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle[6] and the Russian women to the gold medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.[7][8]

In 2009, Karpol was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[3][9]

Coaching and Administrative Awards

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World Grand Champions Cup

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Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book "Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need".[10]

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  2. ^ Roberts, Selena (1 October 2000). "Sydney 2000: Volleyball; Cuba Cruises to Third Straight Gold". The New York Times. sec. 8 p. 13. Retrieved 6 September 2024. (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b "Nikolay Karpol". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  4. ^ Mozkovoy, Anton (20 May 2020). "82-летний Карполь установил новый мировой рекорд, отработав 51 год с одной командой". Championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Karpol Dynasty – 51 Seasons at Uralochka and Counting (Part 1)". FIVB. 3 April 2020. Archived from the original on 8 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1990 Seatle (USA) - 31.07-05.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ Possehl, Suzanne (4 August 1994). "Goodwill Games: Notebook; U.S. and Russia Will Volley for Gold". The New York Times. p. B16. Retrieved 7 September 2024. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Volleyball Hall of Fame Honorees". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  10. ^ "Karpol: Lunatics – That's What I Need". TomislavBirtic.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.