Valery Bulyshev Explained

Birth Date:15 June 1939
Birth Place:Crimea, Soviet Union
Death Date:15 August 2013 (aged 74)
Height:1.77m (05.81feet)
Weight:75kg (165lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:800 m
Club:Soviet Army Club
Coach:Vladimir Kuts
Pb:800 – 1:46.9 (1964)
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Valery Pavlovich Bulyshev (Russian: Валерий Павлович Булышев; 15 June 1939 – 15 August 2013) was a Soviet middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 1962 European Championships. He competed in the same event at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals.

Bulyshev was born in Crimea, but lived most of his life in Saint Petersburg. Between 1959 and 1966 he won 8 Soviet titles and set 12 Soviet records in middle-distance events. In retirement he worked as athletics coach.