South Ural Olympic Movement: history and present

The main achievements of South Ural residents in this sphere began since 1956. First of all, they treat such sports, as judo, boxing, track and field athletics, water polo, rowing, volleyball and handball. The first native Chelyabinsk Region, gone on Games, was Loshchilov Vladimir, participating in shot put competitions at the Olympic Games-1956. In some years the athlete finished the sports career and devoted itself to medicine. The name of the pioneer of the Olympic Movement is immortalized on a memorial board at the Chelyabinsk stadium Elena Elesina's name. In anniversary XX summer Games in Munich 1972...