Ihor Vasilyevich Tselovalnikov (; ; 2 January 1944 – 17 March 1986) was a Soviet cyclist. He competed at the

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

and

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

in the 2000 m tandem sprint and finished in fifth and first place, respectively. Tselovalnykov represented the Burevestnik of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

. Nationally he won four titles in the tandem sprint (1967, 1971–1974) and one in the 1000 m

track time trial The track time trial is a track cycling event where cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start. Time trial bikes Track time trial bikes differ from normal track b ...

. He graduated from the

University of Kharkiv The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second old ...

with a degree in economics (1969) and then from the Saint Petersburg Military Institute of Physical Education (1977). Between 1969 and 1972 he served in the Soviet Army, and after 1977 worked as a lecturer at the Kharkiv Military School of Missile Troops.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tselovalnikov, Igor 1944 births 1986 deaths Soviet male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Yerevan Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople National University of Kharkiv alumni Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Armenian track cyclists Ukrainian track cyclists