Vladimir Bure
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | |||
| Men’s Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1972 Munich | 4x100m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1968 Mexico City | 4x200m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1972 Munich | 100m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1972 Munich | 4x200m Freestyle | |
| World Championsips (LC) | |||
| Silver | 1973 Belgrad | 4x100m Freestyle | |
| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Silver | 1977 Jönköping | 100m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1977 Jönköping | 4x100m Freestyle | |
Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (Russian: Владимир Валерьевич Буре) (born December 4, 1950 in Norilsk, USSR) is a retired Soviet Olympic swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL.
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[edit] USSR
Bure trained in Moscow at Lokomotiv and later at the Armed Forces sports society.[1] A championship swimmer, Bure won one silver and two bronze medals at 1972 Olympics, bettering the singular bronze medal he won in 1968 in Mexico City. Additionally, Bure was a two-time European champion as well as a 17-time Soviet champion. He also won three silver medals during the 1973 and 1975 World Championships.
Bure was swimming coach of Red Army club for six years (1979-85). After that, Bure served as Vice President of Exsport club (1985-91), where he was in charge of the administration of eight different sports.
[edit] North America
Bure first came to North America in 1991, where his sons Pavel and Valeri were playing professional hockey. He joined Pavel, spending four seasons (1994-98) as fitness consultant with Vancouver Canucks. In the summer of 1999, he met up with Valeri as he joined the as Devils fitness consultant.
He has won 2 Stanley Cups with New Jersey in 2000 and 2003.
[edit] Trivia
He is the father of NHL players Pavel and Valeri Bure.
[edit] References
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 413.
Categories: 1950 births | Living people | Soviet swimmers | Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union | Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics | Vancouver Canucks coaches | New Jersey Devils coaches | Stanley Cup champions | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union | Armed Forces sports society athletes
