Valeriy Borzov

Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov Валерій Пилипович Борзов
Valeriy Borzov at the 2008 Olympics
Head of State Committee of Youth, Fitness and Sport
In office 30 July 1990 – 6 June 1991
Prime Minister	Vitaliy Masol Vitold Fokin
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	himself (as minister)
President of NOC Ukraine
In office 1990–1998
Preceded by	created
Succeeded by	Ivan Fedorenko
Minister of Youth and Sport
In office 6 June 1991 – 20 August 1996
Prime Minister	Vitold Fokin Leonid Kuchma Vitaliy Masol Yevhen Marchuk Pavlo Lazarenko
Preceded by	himself (as head of committee)
Succeeded by	himself (as head of committee)
Head of State Committee of Fitness and Sport
In office 20 August 1996 – 26 August 1997
Prime Minister	Pavlo Lazarenko Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Preceded by	himself (as minister)
Succeeded by	Suzanna Stanik
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 67) Sambir, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1972–1991) People's Movement of Ukraine (1998-2003) SDPU(u) (2003–?)
Spouse(s)	Ludmilla Tourischeva (1977)
Children	Tetyana (1978)

Valeriy Borzov

Borzov (932) during the heats of the 200 m in Munich, 1972
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	100 m
	1972 Munich	200 m
	1972 Munich	4×100 m relay
	1976 Montreal	100 m
	1976 Montreal	4×100 m relay
European Championships
	1969 Athens	100 m
	1971 Helsinki	100 m
	1971 Helsinki	200 m
	1974 Rome	100 m
	1969 Athens	4×100 m relay

Valeriy Pylypovych Borzov (Ukrainian: Валерій Пилипович Борзов, Russian: Валерий Филиппович Борзов, Valeriy Filippovich Borzov; born 20 October 1949) is a Ukrainian former sprint athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. He is a three-time Olympian, a former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, and Minister for Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

In 1972 he won both the 100 and 200 metres sprint events for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games in Munich.

Born in Sambir, Drohobych Oblast, Soviet Union, Borzov started his track and field career in 1968. He became a household name in the Track and Field circles after having won the sprint-double at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki. He had already won the 100 m championship in 1969, when he equalled Armin Hary's nine-year-old European record of 10.0 seconds.

At the 1972 Munich Olympics, two of the American favorites, Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson, missed the 100 m quarterfinals due to a misunderstanding about the starting time of the heats. Coincidentally Borzov almost missed his own quarter final as well, having fallen asleep in the stadium, his coach waking him up just as the race was about to start. Their times in the trials were both 9.9 with Eddie Hart just ahead. After Borzov had won the 100 m sprint with relative ease in a time of 10.07 seconds, the Americans promised they would beat Borzov in the 200 m competition.