Vladimir Nikolaevich Platonov (born July 28, 1941, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian scientist in the field of sports science.
Early life and education
Platonov graduated from the Kiev State Institute of Physical Culture (KSIPC) in 1962. He then did postgraduate study at KSIPC and received a Doctor of Science in Pedagogy in 1979.
From 1969 to 1975, Platonov worked as a Senior Lecturer and then as an Assistant Professor at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy and concurrently the senior fellow of the fundamental research laboratory of high training loads at KGIFK. He was head of the department of swimming at KSIPC (1975–1977), Vice-Rector for scientific research (1977–1986), Head of the Department of theory of sports at KSIPC established by him (1984–1990), Head of the Department of Olympic and professional sports at KSIPC (1992–2000), Head of the Department of theory and methodology of sports preparation and reserve capacities of athletes at NUPESU (2003–2005); Rector of KSIPC, SUPES, and NUPESU (1986–2012); Adviser to the Rector of NUPESU, Professor of the Department of history and theory of the Olympic sport, and has been Editor-in-Chief of International scientific-theoretical journal Science in Olympic sport since 2012.
He has participated in a number of other organisations including
President of the Swimming Federation of Ukrainian SSR (1980–1990)
Chairman of the Commission on the theory and methodology of sport of the Scientific Council of the State Sports Committee of the USSR (1985–1991)
Consultant of the USSR national swimming team (1973–1982), national cycling team (1978–1991), national handball team (1978–1991)
Member of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR (1987–1991)
Chairman of the Specialized scientific council of the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine (1980 to present)
Permanent Representative of Ukrainian SSR to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid (1988–1991)
Head of the Division of physical culture and sport of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (from 2002 to present)
Head of the section "Athletic training" of publisher "Paidotribo" (Barcelona, Spain) (1990–2000)
President of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport Universities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries (2001–2005), Honorary President of this Association (from 2005 to present)
Chair of the Scientific Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Ukraine for family, youth and sport (2005–2011)
Head of the Complex on scientific-methodical support of training Ukrainian athletes for the Olympic Games (2007–2012)
Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (1991–1998), first Vice President of the NOC of Ukraine (1998–2002), Member of the Executive Committee of the NOC of Ukraine (2005 to present)
Order of the Badge of Honour (1982)
Medal “For Labour Valour” (1988)
Medal “For many years of conscientious work” (1990)
Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1990)
Order of Merit, 3rd class (1997)
Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of Science and Technologies (1999)
Honorable diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2005)
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V grade (2006)
Order of Merit, 2nd class (2009)
Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia, 2011)
Laureate of the State Sports Committee of the USSR award “For the best research work in the field of physical culture and sports” (twice, in 1981 and 1987)
Olympic order of the International Olympic Committee (2001)
Award of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (2003)
Gold medal of the International personnel Academy "For merits in education" (2003)
Order "For merits”, 1st class of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (2011)
Laureate of the NOC of Ukraine award "For the best scientific book of the year" (thrice, in 2006, 2011, and 2013)
Order of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan
Olympic order of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (2015)
Honorary President of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport Universities
Honorary Doctor of leading higher educational institutions of physical education and sport of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela.
