Vladimir Bure
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Born | [1] Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR[1] | 4 December 1950||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 September 2024 Miami, Florida, U.S. | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Lokomotiv Moscow Armed Forces Moscow[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 51.32 (1975) 200 m – 1:56.15 (1972) 400 m – 4:06.3 (1973) 1500 m – 17:25.6 (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (Russian: Владимир Валерьевич Буре, 4 December 1950 – 3 September 2024) was a Russian and Soviet freestyle swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure was the father of retired NHL players Pavel and Valeri Bure.
USSR
[edit]Bure competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and won four medals: one in the individual 100 m and three in the relay. Additionally, Bure was a two-time European champion as well as a 17-time Soviet champion. He also won two silver medals at the 1973 and 1975 World Championships.[1]
Bure was swimming coach at the Armed Forces Society in from 1979 to 1985. After that he served as Vice President of Exsport club from 1985 to 1991, where he managed eight different sports.[1]
Vladimir married Tatiana Bure[6] and they had two sons born in Moscow: Pavel born on 31 March 1971[7][8] and Valeri born on 13 June 1974.[9]
North America
[edit]In 1991, Vladimir and his sons Pavel and Valeri moved to North America. They settled initially in Los Angeles where Vladimir continued to train and coach both Valeri and Pavel in hockey and physical conditioning until Pavel embarked on a National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks.[10] However both sons became estranged from their father, along with his second wife Julia,[11] and their half-sister Katya,[11] by 1998. Neither brother has explained a reason for the split.[12]
Vladimir joined Pavel, spending four seasons (1994 to 1998) as a fitness consultant with the Vancouver Canucks. In the summer of 1999 he joined the New Jersey Devils as fitness consultant. He won the Stanley Cup twice with New Jersey, in 2000 and 2003. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 2003.[1]
Death
[edit]Bure died from complications of a heart attack on 3 September 2024, at the age of 73.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Vladimir Bure. sports-reference.com
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 413.
- ^ "Vladimir BURE | USSR | Swimming". olympics.com.
- ^ a b c "Vladimir BURE | Medals | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics.
- ^ "World Student Games (Universiade) – Swimming and Diving (Men)". www.gbrathletics.com.
- ^ Banks, Kerry (1999). Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket. Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre. p. 18. ISBN 1-55054-714-3.
- ^ "Pavel Bure, NHL.com - Players". nhl.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Pavel Bure, HHOF". hhof.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Hanlon, Peter; O'Brien, Sean, eds. (2000). 2000–01 Calgary Flames Media Guide. Calgary Flames Hockey Club. pp. 30–31.
- ^ "The Russian Rocket".
- ^ a b "Katya Bure – Women's Tennis".
- ^ Bell, Terry (6 February 2000). "My boys...everybody knows I love my sons". Vancouver Province. p. A22.
- ^ Отец хоккеистов Павла и Валерия Буре скончался в США на 74‑м году жизни. matchtv.ru
External links
[edit]- Media related to Vladimir Bure at Wikimedia Commons
- Vladimir Bure's personal website[permanent dead link ]
- Vladimir Bure at World Aquatics
- Vladimir Bure at Olympedia
- 1950 births
- 2024 deaths
- Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople
- Bure family
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade
- New Jersey Devils coaches
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- People from Norilsk
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Russian male freestyle swimmers
- Russian people of Swiss descent
- Soviet male freestyle swimmers
- Soviet people of Swiss descent
- Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Stanley Cup champions
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Vancouver Canucks coaches
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen