Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Буре, born 4 December 1950) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer and a fitness coach for the

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of the

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. Bure is the father of retired NHL players

Pavel Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

and

Valeri Bure Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure (; rus, Валерий Владимирович Буре, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj bʊˈrɛ; born June 13, 1974) is a Russian-American former ice hockey right winger. He played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League ( ...

USSR

Bure competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won four medals: one in the individual 100 m and three in the relay. Additionally, Bure was a two-time European champion as well as a 17-time Soviet champion. He also won two silver medals at the 1973 and 1975 World Championships. Bure was swimming coach at the Armed Forces Society in 1979–85. After that he served as Vice President of Exsport club (1985–91), where he managed eight different sports.Vladimir Bure
sports-reference.com Vladimir, whose family originated from

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, Switzerland, had a noble history: his ancestors made precious watches for Russian tsars from 1815 to 1917 and as craftsmen of the imperial family, were granted noble status. Vladimir married Tatiana Bure and they had two sons born in

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born on March 31, 1971 and Valeri born on June 13, 1974.

North America

In 1991, Vladimir and his sons

and Valeri moved to North America. They settled initially in

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where Vladimir continued to train and coach both Valeri and Pavel in hockey and physical conditioning until

embarked on a

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(NHL) career with the

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However both sons became estranged from their father, along with his second wife Julia, and their half-sister Katya, by 1998. Neither brother has explained a reason for the split. Vladimir joined Pavel, spending four seasons (1994–98) as fitness consultant with

. In the summer of 1999 he joined the

as fitness consultant. He won the

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twice with New Jersey, in

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and

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. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 2003.

References

External links

Vladimir Bure's personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bure, Vladimir 1950 births Living people Armed Forces sports society athletes European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming New Jersey Devils coaches Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union People from Norilsk Recipients of the Order of Lenin Russian people of Swiss descent Russian male freestyle swimmers Soviet male freestyle swimmers Stanley Cup champions Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Vancouver Canucks coaches World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Soviet people of Swiss descent Honoured Coaches of Russia Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming

Vladimir Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Krai