Mykola Fedorovych Kolumbet (also Nikolay Kolumbet; uk, Микола Федорович Колумбет; russian: Николай Фёдорович Колумбет; 10 October 1933 – 21 February 2012)"Скончался Николай Колумбет"
(retrieved 23 February 2014) was a Ukrainian

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. He competed at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

in the road race and finished in 16th place individually and in sixth place with the Soviet team. He won three

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

s in the team competition (1956, 1958, 1959). In 1956 he finished in third place individually and became the first Soviet cyclist to win an etape of the

. After retirement from competitions he worked as a coach and prepared 54 champions of Ukraine or Soviet Union, as well as Olympians

Igor Tselovalnikov Ihor Vasilyevich Tselovalnikov (russian: Игорь Васильевич Целовальников; uk, Ігор Васильович Целовальников; 2 January 1944 – 15 March 1986) was a Soviet cyclist. He competed at the 196 ...

and Anatoly Starkov. For his achievements he was awarded the

Medal "For Labour Valour" The Medal "For Labour Valour" (russian: Медаль «За трудовую доблесть») was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or ...

. He lived in the village of Bremenskoe,

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

. His younger brother

Leonid Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright an ...

competed in cycling at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolumbet, Mykola 1933 births 2012 deaths Ukrainian male cyclists Soviet male cyclists Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing