Nikolay Karakulov Explained

Birth Date:	10 August 1918
Death Date:	10 March 1988 (aged 69)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint
Pb:	100 m – 10.4 (1948) 200 m – 21.6 (1946)^[1]
Show-Medals:	yes

Nikolay Zakharovich Karakulov (Russian: Николай Захарович Каракулов; 10 August 1918 – 10 March 1988)^[2] was a Soviet sprinter who won gold medals at the 1946 and 1950 European championships.^{[3] [4] [2]} Domestically he won 17 Soviet titles, including seven consecutive titles over 100 m from 1943 to 1949.^{[4] [5]}

In 1957 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.^{[2] [5]}

Notes and References

1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3205&Gender=M Nikolay Karakulov
2. Web site: http://sport-necropol.narod.ru/karakulov.html . ru:Каракулов Николай Захарович (1918–1988) . 7 April 2014 . Спортивный некрополь . ru . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130322060638/http://sport-necropol.narod.ru/karakulov.html . 22 March 2013 .
3. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) . . 7 April 2014.
4. Web site: http://www.encyclopaedia.lysva.ru/9/9-6.pdf . PDF . ru:Звезды лысьвенского спорта . ru . A.M. Batuev . 7 April 2014.
5. Web site: http://www.peoples.ru/sport/atlete/karakulov/ . ru:Николай Каракулов . ru . Peoples.ru . 7 April 2014.