Career
Olympics games (as coach): 1980 и 1988 – gold, 1992, 2000, 2004 – silver World Championships: 1990 – gold, 1994, 1998 и 2002 – bronze Championships of Europe: 1977 (coach), 1979, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001 – gold World Champions Cup: 1997 – gold, 2001 – silver, 1993 – bronze Grand-prix: 1997, 1999, 2002 – gold, 1998, 2000, 2003 – silver, 1993, 1996 и 2001 – bronze Karpol is famous for yelling at his players all throughout matches. According to his own statements he never insults players but only gives technical advice. Furthermore he says nobody ever left a hall because of his yelling but many people have left halls because of bad matches.
Foreign lifetime dedication and great career, he was inducted in 2009 to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Croatian journalist and publicist Tomislav Birtic published a book Karpol: Lunatics - That"s What I Need. Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class of Peoples.
