Volodymyr Morozov
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Olympic medal record | ||
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Bronze | 1964 Tokyo | K-4 1000 m |
Gold | 1968 Mexico City | K-2 1000 m |
Bronze | 1972 Munich | K-4 1000 m |
Gold | 1976 Montreal | K-4 1000 m |
Volodymyr Morozov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Морозов) (born March 4, 1940) is a retired flatwater canoer from Ukraine. Morozov trained at Armed Forces sports society in Krasnovodsk and later in Kiev. He who won gold medals for the USSR at four consecutive Olympics between 1964 and 1976. Only Sweden's Gert Fredriksson has won more Olympic titles in the kayak disciplines.
He also won five world championship gold medals in the K4 1000m (1970, 1971) and K4 10,000m (1966, 1977, 1978). Morozov was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1969, 1972).
Categories: Olympic medalist stubs | 1940 births | Soviet canoers | Ukrainian canoers | Canoers at the 1964 Summer Olympics | Canoers at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Canoers at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Canoers at the 1976 Summer Olympics | Olympic canoers of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union | Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour