Yevgeniy Zagorulko

Yevgeniy Petrovich Zagorulko (Russian: Eвгений Петрович Загорулько; 26 August 1942 – 3 April 2021) was a Russian high jump coach.

Biography

Zagorulko was born in Tyrma, Verkhnebureinsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, USSR. He belonged to the IAAF Accredited Centre ATC Sochi, where Rodion Gataullin was sports director.^[1] He coached Andrey Silnov, Ivan Ukhov, Tamara Bykova, Yelena Yelesina, Sergey Klyugin, Vyacheslav Voronin,^[2] Anna Chicherova,^[3] Yelena Slesarenko,^[4] and Aleksandr Shustov.^[5] Some of his athletes later changed coaches, like Ivan Ukhov who changed coach to Sergey Klyugin around January 2009.^[6]

Zagorulko died on 3 April 2021, at the age of 78. He had previously been diagnosed with cancer, and had been admitted to hospital in a serious condition with COVID-19 on 2 April 2021. His death was announced by senior coach of the Russian national team Anton Nazarov [ru].^[7]

References

1. "ATC Sochi". IAAF. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
2. Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (18 January 2007). "Silnov is fishing for the World High Jump record". IAAF. Retrieved 21 January 2006.
3. Ivanov, Nikolai (31 January 2003). "Kuptsova aims higher and Privalova stays on course". IAAF. Retrieved 21 January 2006.
4. Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (11 January 2010). "Slesarenko with new coach aims for 2012; Golubchikova 4.50m in Moscow". IAAF. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
5. Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (30 January 2010). "Ukhov defeated by Shustov in Moscow". IAAF. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
6. Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (30 January 2009). "Ukhov and Klyugina take High Jump victories in Moscow". IAAF. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
7. "Ушел из жизни заслуженный тренер России по легкой атлетике Евгений Загорулько" [Honoured coach of Russia in athletics Yevgeny Zagorulko has passed away]. Sportbox.ru [ru]. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.