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May 01, 1938 Byarez′nitsa, Brest Region, Belarus 86 years old
Russian volleyball coach
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About Nikolay Karpol
- Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; 1 May 1938, Bereznitsa village, former Polesie Voivodeship Republic of Poland) is a women's volleyball coach.
- Known as 'The Howling Bear,' 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 and 2004 for a total of five Olympic medals.
- Olympics games (as coach): 1980 ? 1988 – gold, 1992, 2000, 2004 – silver World Championships: 1990 – gold, 1994, 1998 ? 2002 – bronze Championships of Europe: 1977 (coach), 1979, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001 – gold World Grand Champions Cup: 1997 – gold, 2001 – silver, 1993 – bronze Grand-prix: 1997, 1999, 2002 – gold, 1998, 2000, 2003 – silver, 1993, 1996 ? 2001 – bronze Winner of the European Championese League (Champions Cup): 1981–1983,1987,1989,1990,1994, 1995 Karpol was famous for yelling at his players all throughout matches.
- According to his own statements he never insults players but only gives technical advice.
- Furthermore he says nobody ever left a hall because of his yelling but many people have left halls because of bad matches.For lifetime dedication and great career, he was inducted in 2009 to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need.
