Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernetskiy (russian: Николай Николаевич Чернецкий; born 29 November 1959 in
Frunze,
Kirghiz SSR
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...
[Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow: Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Чернецкий", availabl]
online
) is a retired
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
sprinter from the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
.
He is known for winning the gold medal in the men's
4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...
at the
1980 Summer Olympics and at the inaugural
1983 World Championships (with
Aleksandr Troshchilo,
Sergey Lovachov, and
Viktor Markin
Viktor Fyodorovich Markin () (born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast
) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
After graduating from a ...
, clocking a total time of 3:00.79 min).
He trained at
Armed Forces sports society in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
.
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1959 births
Living people
Soviet male sprinters
Russian male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Sportspeople from Bishkek
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
World Athletics Championships winners
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