More than 70 coaches and athletes of the Vitebsk Sports Club of the FPB were awarded by the NOC and state administration bodies

May 28, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The merits and achievements of more than 70 coaches and athletes of the Vitebsk Regional Sports Club of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus have been recognized by the National Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, the Central Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus and the regional trade union organization today in the regional center at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Belarusian Trade Union Sports Organization, reports a BELTA correspondent. The Honored Coach of the BSSR, Lyudmila Guseva, was awarded the medal of the NOC of Belarus "For Outstanding Services". Her pupil, Tatyana Beloshapko (Ivinskaya), won the highest award as part of the USSR national basketball team at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. Among those awarded with the Certificate of Honor of the NOC are Honored Coaches of the USSR Vladimir Izopolsky and Boris Khachaturyan, and the bronze medalist of the Athens Olympics (2004) in weightlifting, Tatyana Stukalova. A group of coaches, active athletes and veterans of trade union sports were encouraged with Certificates of Honor from the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, the Central Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus and the regional trade union organization. In total, the regional trade union sports club has trained 16 Olympic medalists, including three Olympic champions: Romuald Klim (hammer throw), Tatyana Beloshapko (Ivinskaya), and Vyacheslav Yanovsky (boxing), as well as more than 10 world champions in various sports. A trainee of the trade union sports club, Sergey Lyakhovich, became the absolute world champion in boxing among professional boxers. The regional sports club of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus unites 15 sports schools, which are attended by about 6,000 children and teenagers, or almost 24% of the total number of students in sports schools in the region. Trade unions cultivate 29 sports, including 19 summer and 5 team sports. -0-