Date of birth
January 9, 1947
Education
- Lomonosov Moscow State University with a specialization in economy, political economy teaching (graduated in 1973)
- Academy of the Social Sciences of the CPSU Central Committee with a specialization in political economy teaching (1990)
Work place and occupation
- Honorary Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
- Advisor to the President of the Russian Olympic Committee
Degrees
- Candidate of Pedagogic Sciences
Sport titles
- Honored Master of Sports (Diving, 1972)
- Olympic champion (1972)
- Repeat winner of the major international competitions
- Champion of the USSR (1966, 1969, 1972)
- Internationally certified judge
- Honored worker of physical culture of Russian Federation
Accumulated period of work in the field of sport
- Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the USSR for Physical Culture and Sports (1990-1992)
- President of the All-Russian Olympic Committee (1989-1992)
- Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism (2004)
- First Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee (с 1992 по 2005)
- Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee (2005-2010)
- Honorary Vice-President and Advisor to the President of the ROC (since 2010)
Awards
- Two Orders For Merits Before Fatherland, Degree III and Degree IV (1995)
- Order of Honour (2001)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1985)
- Two Orders of the Badge of Honor (1972, 1980)
- Olympic Order (2001)
- Medal “For Valorous Labour” (1970)
- Medal “For Labour Valour” (1977)
- Honour Badge “For Merit in the Development of Physical Culture and Sports” (1992, 1996)