Physical culture and sports association "Dynamo" - Ukraine ( uk, ФСТ «Динамо» України, transliteration: ''FST "Dynamo" Ukrayiny'') or Dynamo - Ukraine ( uk, Динамо Україна) is a sports club that was established in the Soviet Union as part of the Soviet sports society "Dynamo". It was created on October 31, 1924 in Kharkiv.The Ukrainian Dynamo members turned 95 years (Українським динамівцям виповнилося 95 років)
Ukrinform. 31 October 2019 Since that time the sports club stays as one of the best clubs in Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. Among the six existing sports association in Ukraine, Dynamo can be considered the leading. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

out of 245 sports people of Ukraine, 125 represented Dynamo. Eighty two sports people represented law enforcement agencies. Forty one out 125 athletes were from the city of Kyiv and

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. Dynamo's members were honorary national banner carriers for opening and closing ceremonies.

History

The association was established at the constituent conference of delegates from law enforcement agency, state security, border protection and internal troops that took place in Kharkiv on October 31, 1924. Initially Dynamo Kharkiv was sponsored by the Kharkiv factory "Serp i Molot" (Sickle and Mallet) that was recently nationalized and renamed from Gelferikh-Sade (russian: Гельферих-Саде). The headquarters of the FST Dynamo became the Illich club at vulytsia Radnarkomivska. The Kyiv club of Dynamo was initially sponsored by the Bolshevik factory (former - "Greter and Krivanek"). On December 11, 1926 there was established Dynamo Vinnytsia. During years of independence from 1994 to 2010, 455 sports people represented Dynamo at Olympics and earned 63 different medals (18 gold, 18 silver, 27 bronze). In overall since 1952 the association was represented by 608 athletes 142 of which earned 164 medals (49 gold, 49 silver 66 bronze).

Olympic laureates

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

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, Kyiv (

, ''wrestling'')

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

* Aleksei Barkalov, Kharkiv / Kyiv ( Med 2

, ''water polo'')

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

* Mykola Avilov,

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(

, ''decathlon'') * Yakov Zheleznyak,

(

, ''shooting'') * Volodymyr Semenets, Volsk (

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) (

, ''cycling'') * Aleksei Barkalov, Kharkiv / Kyiv ( Med 1

, ''water polo'') * Kateryna Koryshko, Hadiach Raion ( Poltava Oblast) ( Med 1

, ''canoeing'') * Valeriy Borzov, Kyiv ( Med 1

, ''athletics'') * Valeriy Borzov, Kyiv ( Med 1

, ''athletics'') * Valeriy Borzov, Kyiv ( Med 2

, ''athletics'')

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* Nataliya Klymova, Kyiv ( Med 1

, ''basketball'') * Serhiy Novikov, Moscow ( Med 1

, ''judo'') * Serhiy Nahorniy, Khmelnytskyi ( Med 1

, ''canoeing'') * Petro Korol, Lviv ( Med 1

, ''weightlifting'') * Serhiy Nahorniy, Khmelnytskyi ( Med 2

, ''canoeing'') * Mykola Avilov,

(

, ''decathlon'') * Valeriy Borzov, Kyiv ( Med 3

, ''athletics'') * Valeriy Borzov, Kyiv ( Med 3

, ''athletics'')

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

* Aleksei Barkalov, Kharkiv / Kyiv ( Med 1

, ''water polo'')

Sports clubs

* ''(

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)''

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

(no longer affiliated), Dynamo Kyiv (women) * ''( hockey)''

HC Sokil Kyiv Hockey Club Sokil Kyiv ( uk, ХК Сокіл Київ; en, Falcon Hockey Club), commonly known as Sokil Kyiv or HC Sokil, is a Ukrainian Professional Hockey League team based in Kyiv. While their home arena is located in the city, the team als ...

(no longer affiliated)

Olympic centers

* Sports base "Dynamo", Feodosiya * Palace of Sports "Dynamo", Donetsk * Fitness recreational complex "Dynamo",

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...

* Sports base "Dynamo",

Slavske Slavske ( uk, Славське; pl, Sławsko) is an urban-type settlement in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It's located above sea level close to the city of Skole, southwest of Lviv. Slavske is an urban village and a popular ski res ...

( Lviv Oblast) * Sports complex "Dynamo", Lviv * Ski base, Tokari (

Sumy Raion Sumy Raion ( uk, Сумський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong ...

) * Sports complex "Dynamo", Kharkiv Oblast * Archery sports base "Dynamo", Nova Kakhovka

References

External links

Official website

List of fitness-sports associations at the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine website

Law of Ukraine on Fitness and Sports

Dynamo
at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
List of Olympic centers
{{Sports Societies of the Soviet Union Sports clubs established in 1924 Sport societies in Ukraine * Sports societies in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1924 establishments in Ukraine