Boris Markovich Borovsky (russian: Борис Маркович Боровский; 14 April 1939 – 18 June 2021) was a Russian tennis player and sports journalist; Master of Sports of the USSR;
and member of the Russian Union of Journalists.
Early life
Born in
Alma-Ata,
USSR and being interested in sports, Borovsky started playing tennis at school, taking part in competitions with
Anna Dmitrieva
Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva (Russian: Анна Владимировна Дми́триева, born 10 December 1940) is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.
Career
Anna Dmitrieva started playing tennis at the age of ...
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In 1956, Borovsky won the first gold medal at the
Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
The Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR) was a mass multi-sport event in the Soviet Union which lasted from 1956–1991. The competition was a descendant of the in ...
, and two years later began to regularly represent the USSR's men's team.
Career
Later Borovsky repeatedly was the winner or the winner of various national competitions, as well as participated in international tournaments.
Since the late 1950s, Borovsky began to try sports journalism: he prepared small materials and notes for the sports editors of various media and for some time collaborated with
Radio in the Soviet Union
All-Union Radio () was the radio broadcasting organisation for the USSR under Gosteleradio, operated from 1924 until the dissolution of the USSR. The organization was based in Moscow.
History Beginning
Following the October Revolution control o ...
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In 1962 he graduated from the Moscow Technological Institute of Food Industry.
From 1966 to 1989 Borovsky worked on
Radio Yunost
Radio Yunost (russian: Радио Юность, ''Radio Youth''), also known as "You-FM" was the primary youth radio station in Russia . It currently broadcasts as a livestream online, now broadcasting Soviet music and literary performances.
H ...
, and later worked with the
Radio Rossii (first as political commentator, and then as a sport). In 1998, Borovsky along with a group of colleagues organized the first sport radio station in the country and spent two years working on it.
In the mid of 1990s, Borovsky began to cooperate with the Russian-language version of the
Eurosport TV channels (he is known as the first journalist, aired on Eurosport channels with the commentary in Russian) and shortly became one of lead tennis commentators on these channels. In the mid-2000s, Borovsky also worked for television broadcasts of tennis on
Russia-2
Russia-2 (russian: Россия-2) was a former Russian television channel operated by VGTRK. It primarily broadcast sport.
Between 2007 and 2009 during the daytime, it broadcast the children's channel called Bibigon.
Before January 1, 2010 ...
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Borovsky retired as commentator in 2018. He died on 18 June 2021 at the age of 82.
Family
Borovsky had four children: Elena (1971), Vladimir and Fedor (both 1976), and Ivan (1989).
References
External links
Без комментариев. Борис Боровский
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1939 births
2021 deaths
Sportspeople from Almaty
Tennis commentators
Russian sports journalists
Soviet male tennis players
Russian radio personalities
Soviet sports journalists
Moscow Technological Institute alumni