Renald Knysh

Renald Ivanovich Knysh (Russian: Ренальд Иванович Кныш, Belarusian: Рэнальд Іванавіч Кныш; born September 10, 1931, Kapyl, Minsk Region) is a Soviet and Belarusian coach in artistic gymnastics. Honored Сoach of the BSSR and the USSR, Honorary Сitizen of Grodno.[1]

Was the coach of two Olympic champions Yelena Volchetskaya and Olga Korbut, as well as USSR champion Tamara Alekseeva.

After the 1972 Olympics, as part of the Soviet delegation, he met with US President Richard Nixon.[2][3]

After the 1980 Olympic Games and the conflict with Olga Korbut was forced to leave the sport. He lived in Mineralnye Vody, Tallinn, Kaliningrad. In 1989 he returned to Grodno and lives there to this day. He writes poetry (began to get involved in versification in three years) and memoirs.[2][4] He continues to work on drawing up the benefits that were used by the Russian athlete in preparation for the 2012 Olympics, but in the Soviet years they did not win approval from the sports management.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Почетные граждане города Гродно
  2. 1 2 "Ренальд Кныш: У меня лишь одно желание: публично плюнуть Корбут в лицо". Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  3. ↑ Ольги Корбут: о себе, воспитанницах и спортивной удаче
  4. ↑ Тренер олимпийских чемпионок: Ренальд Иванович Кныш
  5. ↑ Легендарный тренер Ренальд Кныш об Ольге Корбут, ошибках спортивных чиновников, ревности и любви


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