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Piddubny Olympic College (Ukrainian: Олімпійський коледж імені Івана Піддубного, romanized: Olimpiyskyi koledzh imeni Ivana Piddubnoho) is a sports school in Kyiv that provides sports reserve for Olympic sports. The college also has a combined boarding middle and high school. Upon successful completion a college graduate of the school receives an undergraduate diploma in "Physical development and sport".

History

The college was created in 1966 by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as the Republican College of Physical Culture (Ukrainian: Республіканське вище училище фізичної культури, Respublikanske vyshche uchylyshche fizychnoyi kultury) also known as RVUFK. On 24 July 2015 it was renamed to Piddubny Olympic College.[1] The college has two specialized halls for fencing, small sports halls for light athletics and football, a swimming pool, five football fields, a specialized hall for sports gymnastics, a specialized hall for wrestling, five indoor tennis courts.[2] There are also two dormitory buildings, two dining halls, main learning building, medical department, library, computer room, laundry room, auto parking, and warehouses.

Sections:

RVUFK is a member of the Kyiv City Football Federation,[3] a regional federation of the Football Federation of Ukraine. Its football team participates in championships of both Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast football federations.[4]

At the 2015 Makarov Memorial Tournament, the college football team participated under the name of CSKA Kyiv.[5][6]

Notable alumni

  • Yury Gelman (born 1955), Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dmytro Semchuk: We played better game with Volyn. Ukrainian Youth Football League website.
  2. ↑ RVUFK at 7Sport (Sport in your city)
  3. ↑ Kyiv city football federation. official website
  4. ↑ Kyiv Oblast Football Federation. official website
  5. ↑ CSKA Kyiv will play at the Makarov Memorial. UA-Football. 12 January 2015
  6. ↑ CKSA completed participation at the 2015 Makarov Memorial. CSKA of Ukraine website.

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