Nikolay Karpol Explained

Nikolay Karpol
Fullname:	Nikolay Vasilyevich Karpol
Nickname:	The Howling Bear
Birth Date:	1 May 1938
Birth Place:	Bereznica, Polesie Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Coachyears:	1969–present
Coachteams:	VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg

Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (ru|Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938) is a Russian women's volleyball coach and a longstanding coach of the Soviet national team (then the Commonwealth of Independent States team of 1992 following the collapse of the USSR) and later the Russia women's national volleyball team. Known as The Howling Bear,^[1] Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in 1980 and 1988 and taking the silver medals in 1992, 2000,^[2] and 2004, for a total of five Olympic medals.^[3] In 2020, he set a new world record by coaching Uralochka for 51 years.^[4] ^[5]

Karpol coached the Soviet women to the gold medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle^[6] and the Russian women to the gold medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.^[7] ^[8]

In 2009, Karpol was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.^[9]

Coaching and Administrative Awards

1980 Moscow – Gold medal (with URS)
1988 Seoul – Gold medal (with URS)
1992 Barcelona – Silver medal (with EUN)
2000 Sydney – Silver medal (with RUS)
2004 Athens – Silver medal (with RUS)

1990 – Gold medal (with URS)
1994 – (with RUS)
1998 – (with RUS)
2002 – (with RUS)

1977 - Gold medal (with URS)
1979 - Gold medal (with URS)
1981 - Silver medal (with URS)
1983 - Silver medal (with URS)
1985 - Gold medal (with URS)
1987 - Silver medal (with URS)
1989 - Gold medal (with URS)
1991 - Gold medal (with URS)
1993 - Gold medal (with RUS)
1995 - Bronze medal (with RUS)
1997 - Gold medal (with RUS)
1999 - Gold medal (with RUS)
2001 - Gold medal (with RUS)
2005 - Bronze medal (with RUS)
2007 - Bronze medal (with RUS)

World Grand Champions Cup

1993 – Third Place (with RUS)
1997 – Champion (with RUS)
2001 – Runner-Up (with RUS)

Grand-prix

1993 - Bronze medal (with RUS)
1996 - Bronze medal (with RUS)
1997 - Gold medal (with RUS)
1998 - Silver medal (with RUS)
1999 - Gold medal (with RUS)
2000 - Silver medal (with RUS)
2002 - Gold medal (with RUS)
2001 - Bronze medal (with RUS)
2003 - Silver medal (with RUS)

1981 - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1982 - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1983 - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1987 - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1988 - Runner-Up (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1989 - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1990 - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1991 - Runner-Up (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1992 - Third Place (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
1993 - Third Place (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
1994 - Champion (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
1995 - Champion (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
1996 - Runner-Up (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
1997 - Runner-Up (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
2000 - Runner-Up (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
2001 - Third Place (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)
2003 - Runner-Up (with Uralochka Yekaterinburg)

Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book "Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need".^[10]

Honours and awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class
Honoured Worker of Physical Culture, Russia
Order of Friendship
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Oblast

References

Web site: Famous People in Volleyball Coach Nikolai Karpol . VolleyballAdvisors.com . 6 September 2024 .
Sydney 2000: Volleyball; Cuba Cruises to Third Straight Gold . . Roberts . Selena . 1 October 2000 . sec. 8 p. 13 . 6 September 2024 .
Web site: Nikolay Karpol . . 6 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240223025358/https://www.volleyhall.org/nikolay-karpol.html . 23 February 2024 . live .
Web site: 82-летний Карполь установил новый мировой рекорд, отработав 51 год с одной командой . Championat.com . ru . 20 May 2020 . Mozkovoy . Anton . 6 September 2024 .
Web site: Karpol Dynasty – 51 Seasons at Uralochka and Counting (Part 1) . . 3 April 2020 . 7 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240908005620/https://www.fivb.com/karpol-dynasty-51-seasons-at-uralochka-and-counting-part-1/ . 8 September 2024 . live .
Web site: Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1990 Seatle (USA) - 31.07-05.08 Winner Soviet Union . Todor66.com . Krastev . Todor . 2 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430051302/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1990.html . 30 April 2023 . live .
News: Goodwill Games: Notebook; U.S. and Russia Will Volley for Gold . B16 . August 4, 1994 . Possehl . Suzanne . The New York Times . 7 September 2024 .
Web site: Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union . Krastev . Todor . Todor66.com . 7 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230429132611/http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Other/Women_Goodwill_1994.html . 29 April 2023 . live .
Web site: Volleyball Hall of Fame Honorees . International Volleyball Hall of Fame . 2010-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131124073802/http://www.volleyhall.org/honorees.html . 2013-11-24.
Web site: Karpol: Lunatics – That's What I Need. TomislavBirtic.com. 2011-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304203307/http://www.tomislavbirtic.com/karpol.html. 2012-03-04. dead.