Kovtun
Kovtun ( uk, Ковтун) is a Ukrainian gender-neutral surname derived from the Slavic word for the hair appearance called . Polish plait, as a nickname for a person with unkempt hair, " mophead". The Polish form of the surname is Kołtun; the difference is due to the linguistic phenomenon of L-vocalization. In Russian language the surname retains its Ukrainian form, "Kovtun", although the hair style is ''"koltun"'' in Russian. Notable people with the surname include: Kovtun * Anatolij Kovtun (1960-2005), Ukrainian basketball player * Andriy Kovtun (born 1968), Ukrainian football player * Dmitry Kovtun (1965-2022), Russian businessman and ex-KGB agent * Illia Kovtun (born 2003), Ukrainian gymnast * Marina Kovtun (born 1962), Russian politician * Maxim Kovtun (born 1995), Russian figure skater * Natalya Kovtun (born 1964), Russian sprinter * Oleksiy Kovtun (born 1995), Ukrainian football defender * Olena Kovtun Olena Kovtun (born 20 November 1966) is a Ukrainian table t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maxim Kovtun
Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun (russian: Максим Павлович Ковтун; born 18 June 1995) is a retired Russian figure skater. He is a three-time European medalist (silver in 2015 and 2017, bronze in 2016) and four-time (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2012 JGP Final champion. Kovtun has successfully landed two quad jumps in a short program, and three quads in a free program. On 23 April 2019, Kovtun announced his retirement from competition. Personal life Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun was born 18 June 1995 in Yekaterinburg. His two older brothers formerly competed in figure skating and his father, Pavel, is a skating coach and former pair skater. He was in a relationship with a gymnast Chilita Bagdzhi from 2015 until 2016. He has been dating a Russian group rhythmic gymnast Evgeniia Levanova since 2019. Career Taken to the ice rink by his father, Kovtun began skating at age four in Yekaterinburg and was coached mainly by ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Illia Kovtun
Illia Yuriyovych Kovtun ( uk, Ілля Юрійович Ковтун; born 10 August 2003) is a Ukrainian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic Games. He is the 2021 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World and 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, European all-around bronze medalist, and is a two-time 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, junior world championships medalist. Gymnastics career Junior 2018 Kovtun competed at the 2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018 European Championships where he helped Ukraine finish fifth in the team finals. Individually he won the junior title on the parallel bars. 2019 Kovtun competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where he placed first in the junior all-around division. He was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, inaugural junior World Championships alo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dmitry Kovtun
Dmitry Vladimirovich Kovtun (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Ковтун; 25 September 1965 – 4 June 2022) was a Russian businessman and KGB agent who was also suspected to have murdered the ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in London. Early life and education Kovtun was born into a military family in Moscow on 25 September 1965. He attended the Moscow Higher Military Command School in the 1980s. Andrei Lugovoi was his childhood friend and classmate. Career After graduation, Kovtun and Lugovoi began to serve at the KGB's ninth directorate that was charged with the protection of top Kremlin officials. After the collapse of the USSR, they became involved in the security business. He was also a business consultant. Alexander Litvinenko radiation investigation Radiation investigation Kovtun met ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in London on several occasions, first in mid-October and later only hours before Litvinenko fell ill on 1 November. On 9 December 2006, German p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuri Kovtun
Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (russian: Юрий Михайлович Ковтун; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender, well known as a 1990s Russia national football team player, as well as Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow stopper. He is an assistant coach of FC Rodina Moscow. Playing career Kovtun's career started in minor Russian club Luch Azov in 1988. Then he started his career as a professional player in FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu and FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don. In 1992, Rostselmash and Kovtun starred in the first Russian championship where they unexpectedly promoted to 8th place. Kovtun was impressive during the season so two top teams were interested in him at the same time : Dynamo and Spartak Moscow. In 1993, Kovtun chose Dynamo Moscow and became their key player for years, until his move to Spartak in 1999. Whereas Kovtun's only honour during his 6-year spell in Dynamo was a Russian Cup in 1995, he won 3 titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anatolij Kovtun
Anatolij Kovtun (31 December 1960 – 22 February 2005) was a Ukrainian basketball player and a member of the Soviet Union men's national basketball team, Soviet Union national basketball team. He won the USSR Premier Basketball League, Soviet championship twice, with PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow and BC Stroitel Kiev, Stroitel Kiev, and the Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Icelandic championship once with KR men's basketball, KR. Early life Kovtun grew up in Simferopol where he started playing basketball. Playing career Kovtun joined Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild karla club KR men's basketball, KR in 1989, under head coach László Németh (basketball), László Németh, becoming the first Soviet player to play for an Icelandic team. With KR, Kovtun teamed up with American Jónatan James Bow, who was on a loan from Haukar men's basketball, Haukar, in the 1989–90 FIBA Korać Cup, FIBA Korać Cup which was, according to FIBA, the first time an American and a Sovie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oleksiy Kovtun
Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Kovtun ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Ковтун; born 5 February 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Keflavík in Iceland. Career Kovtun is a product of the FC Dynamo School System. As part of the Kievites, he spent four seasons in the youth football league. According to the results of the 2011/12 championship, he was recognized as the best defender of the U-17 tournament. After completing his studies for half a season, he played for the Kievites in the first ever Ukrainian Championship among 19-year-olds Metalist Kharkiv After which he continued his career in Metalist Kharkiv. He made his debut for FC Metalist in the match against FC Dynamo Kyiv on 1 March 2015 in the Ukrainian Premier League. Poltava At the end of August 2015 he moved to Poltava, in which he made his debut on August 30 in an away match against Dynamo-2, replacing Dmitry Shastal in the 46th minute of the meeting. On 27 May 2016 h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marina Kovtun
Marina Vasilievna Kovtun (russian: Марина Васильевна Ковтун) (born 10 March 1962) is a Russian politician who was Governor of Murmansk Oblast from April 2012 until March 2019. She worked in various Murmansk government agencies, including tourism management, prior to her appointment to the governorship in April 2012. Kovtun was the first female leader of Murmansk Oblast. Biography Kovtun was born in Murmansk. In 2001 she was graduated from North-West Academy for State Services as a specialist in Municipal and State Management. From 1986 she worked in the Murmansk District Committee of the Komsomol, and she was the head of Kola District. From 1994 to 2005 she worked as deputy chairman of the Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism Committee for the Administration of Murmansk Oblast. From 2005 she was the Chief Deputy of the local Department of the Federal Tourism Agency. From 2006 til 2009 she led the Department for Tourism Development of the Directorate fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andriy Kovtun
Andriy Oleksandrovych Kovtun ( uk, Андрій Олександрович Ковтун; russian: Андрей Александрович Ковтун; born 28 February 1968) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1990 for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Honours * Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996. * Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ... winner: 1993, 1996. References 1968 births Living people Footballers from Nizhyn Soviet footballers Ukrainian footballers Soviet Union under-21 international footballers Ukraine international footballers Soviet Top League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olena Kovtun
Olena Kovtun (born 20 November 1966) is a Ukrainian table tennis player. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1966 births Living people Ukrainian female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of the Soviet Union Olympic table tennis players of Ukraine Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Bryansk 20th-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Natalya Kovtun
Natalya Kovtun (russian: Наталья Ковтун; born 27 May 1964) is a sprint athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. She specialized in the short sprints and also ran relay races, winning the silver medal in 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1. 1517 athletes from 167 countries participa .... International competitions External links * 1964 births Living people Russian female sprinters Soviet female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{russia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sarah Koltun
Sarah Elizabeth Anne Koltun (born July 6, 1993) is a Canadian Curling, curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. She currently plays Second (curling), second on Team Kerry Galusha. Career At just 13 years old, Koltun's first national championship was at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where her team finished last with a 1–11 record. Later that year, she skipped the Yukon rink to a 1–5 record at the Curling at the 2007 Canada Games, 2007 Canada Winter Games. She also skipped the Yukon team at the next seven Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Her best result was 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, in 2013, skipping the team to a 7–4 record before losing in a tiebreaker. Other notable results were a 6–6 record 2011 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, in 2011 and a 5–7 finish 2009 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, in 2009. Koltun also represented Yukon a second time at the Canada Games Curling at the 2011 Canada Winter Games, in 2011, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mykhaylo Koltun
Bishop Mykhaylo Koltun, C.Ss.R. ( uk, Михайло Колтун; born 29 March 1949 in Polonychi, Busk Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Eparchial Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva since 21 July 2000. Previously he served as an Eparchial Bishop of Zboriv from 20 April 1993 until 13 November 1996 and the second time from 7 November 1997 until 21 July 2000; and as Titular Bishop of Casae in Pamphylia and Archepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod from 13 November 1996 until 7 November 1997. Life Bishop Koltun was born in the family of clandestine Greek-Catholics Pavlo and Stanislava (née Kret) Koltun. After graduation of the school education, he graduated the college of industrial automation in Lviv and made a compulsory service in the Soviet Army. Then he worked in the concrete products plant from 1972 until 1989. During all this time he was clandestine member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, where he had a profession in 1975 and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |