Anatoliy Bondarchuk

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Anatoliy Bondarchuk

Personal information

Nationality

Soviet Union

Born

31 May 1940 (age 76)
Starokostiantyniv, Ukraine

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

113 kg (249 lb)

Sport

Country

Soviet Union

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Hammer throw

Club

Koos Kiev

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

77.42 m (1976)

Medal record[hide]

Olympic Games
Representing the Soviet Union
	1972 Munich	Hammer throw
	1976 Montreal	Hammer throw
European Championships
	1969 Athens	Hammer throw
	1971 Helsinki	Hammer throw

Anatoliy Pavlovych Bondarchuk (Ukrainian: Анатолій Павлович Бондарчук, born 31 May 1940) is a retired Soviet hammer thrower, who is regarded as the most accomplished hammer throw coach of all time. He is also a noted as the author of the two-volume book Transfer of Training, which was translated from Russian to English by Michael Yessis.
As an athlete, Bondarchuk accumulated numerous international awards and honors throughout a long career. Beginning the hammer throw at a late age of 24, he won his first international title at the 1969 European Championships. Near the end of the season, Bondarchuk set two world records in the event.^[1] Bondarchuk remained among the world's elite for several years and won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics while setting an Olympic Record of 75.50 meters.^[2]^[3] Four years later, he earned the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. For his Olympic achievements Bondarchuk was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour in 1972 and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976.^[4]
Despite his athletic success, Bondarchuk is better known as a coach. He began coaching while competing himself, and has since worked with medal-winning athletes at five Olympic Games. His most famous trainee is two-time Olympic champion and current hammer world record holder Yuri Sedykh. Bondarchuck is currently living and coaching in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada,^[5] where he guided Canadian shot put record holder Dylan Armstrong to a fourth-place finish at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His trainees in hammer throw include Canadian record holder Sultana Frizell, former Canadian record holders Jennifer Joyce and Crystal Smith, Megann Rodhe, U.S. champion Kibwe Johnson, Caymanian record holder Michael Letterlough, Swiss champion Martin Bingisser and 2012 Canadian Olympian Justin Rodhe.