Vitaly Romanenko
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Vitaly Petrovich•Romanenko |
| Used name | Vitaly•Romanenko |
| Original name | Виталий Петрович•Романенко |
| Other names | Vitaliy Petrovych Romanenko, Віталій Петрович Романенко |
| Born | 13 July 1926 in Rusaniv, Kyiv (UKR) |
| Died | 3 October 2010 in Kyiv, Kyiv (UKR) |
| Affiliations | SKA Poltava oblast |
| NOC |  Soviet Union |
| Nationality |  Ukraine |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
Biography
Born in a small village near Kyiv, Ukraine, Vitaliy Romanenko’s family fled to Novosibirsk in 1940 to escape World War II. Romanenko voluntarily enlisted with Red Army in 1943, when he was 17-years-old and stayed with the force for nearly 50 years, retiring during the fall of the Soviet Union as a colonel. He took up sport shooting in 1948 and was on the Soviet national team from 1953-65. Romanenko won the 1956 Olympic running target gold medal, won nine World Championships (1954 – individual running target single, team running target single and double; 1958/1961/1962 – team running target single and double) and European champion four times (1955/1959 – team running target single and double). He also won 20 Soviet titles between 1954-64. After finishing his sporting career, Romanenko worked as a shooting coach with the Soviet national and Olympic teams, with his most famous pupils, Yakiv Zhelezniak and Aleksandr Gazov, winning Olympic titles.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Summer Olympics | Shooting | URS |
UKR |
Vitaly Romanenko | |||
| Running Target, Single and Double Shot, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Shooting Championships (8–3–0 1954 Caracas gold: 100 m running deer single shot, 100 m running deer single shot team, and 100 m running deer double shot team, silver: 100 m running deer double shot; 1958 Moskva gold: 100 m running deer single shot team and 100 m running deer double shot team, silver: 100 m running deer single shot; 1961 Oslo gold: 100 m running deer single shot team and 100 m running deer double shot team, silver: 100 m running deer single shot; 1962 Al-Qahira gold: 100 m running deer double shot team)