Nickname The Howling Bear | Name Nikolay Karpol Home town Russia | |
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Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938, Bereznitsa village, former Polesie Voivodeship Republic of Poland, women's volleyball coach. Known as “The Howling Bear,” Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in 1980 and 1988 and taking the silver medals in 1992, 2000 and 2004 for a total of five Olympic medals.
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Olympics games (as coach): 1980 и 1988 – gold, 1992, 2000, 2004 – silver
World Championships: 1990 – gold, 1994, 1998 и 2002 – bronze
Championships of Europe: 1977 (coach), 1979, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001 – gold
World Grand Champions Cup: 1997 – gold, 2001 – silver, 1993 – bronze
Grand-prix: 1997, 1999, 2002 – gold, 1998, 2000, 2003 – silver, 1993, 1996 и 2001 – bronze
Winner of the European Championese League (Champions Cup): 1981–1983,1987,1989,1990,1994, 1995
Karpol is famous for yelling at his players all throughout matches. According to his own statements he never insults players but only gives technical advice. Furthermore he says nobody ever left a hall because of his yelling but many people have left halls because of bad matches.
For lifetime dedication and great career, he was inducted in 2009 to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book Karpol: Lunatics - That's What I Need.