Boris Popov, born in Moscow on
1941, is one of the most representative personalities of the
Soviet/Russian Water Polo. Boris Popov started his carrier back on
1955 playing for the team of
“CSK” Moscow. On
1960 he moved to
“MGU” Moscow playing until
1973 the year that
“MGU” won the European Champions Cup.
Boris Popov was a member of the bronze medalist
USSR team at Tokyo 1964. In
1974 he became coach of the
Junior Soviet team winning the
1975 and 1978 European Juniors Championships. After the World Championships in Berlin,
1978 Vladimir Semyonov has been replaced by
Boris Popov at the
head of the USSR team.
Boris Popov led the
USSR team to the
Gold in Moscow 1980, Olympic Games and then to
Seoul 88 (bronze) and
Barcelona 92 (bronze). After 1993 he left the Russian National team and came back on
1997 until 1999. He coached with great success the
USSR team during several
European Championships:
Split 1981(silver), Rome 1983 (gold), Sofia 1985 (gold), Strasbourg 1987 (gold), Bonne 1989 (gold), Athens 1991 (bronze) and Seville 1997 (bronze) European Championships.
Source: “Bodnoe Polo” by Mikhail RyzhakLEN “; various sources
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