Video of Sprinter Valeri Borzov 100 meters, Olympic Champion

July 22, 2007 by Jimson Lee

Valeri Borzov is the double gold medalist in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He also won a silver medal in the 4×100 meter relay.

In the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he added 2 bronze medals in the 100 meters and 4×100 meter relay.

He retired in 1979 due to injuries which prevented him from competing in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

Here is the video (duration 2:58 min)


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2 Responses to “Video of Sprinter Valeri Borzov 100 meters, Olympic Champion”

  1. Who is Marian Woronin? White Men Can’t Sprint? | Speedendurance.com on October 8th, 2007 12:05 am

    […] So who is Marian Woronin? I’ve searched a lot of archives, and all I could find was this quarter-final race. Techically, he pops up after 5 strides, and he eases the last 20 meters to coast in a 10.28 seconds. But the man is smooth, very similar to Valeri Borzov! […]

  2. Olympic champion sprinter Robert Taylor dies | Speedendurance.com on November 18th, 2007 9:37 pm

    […] Every remembers Valeri Borzov winning the gold in 1972 Olympics in Munich. […]

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