Background
Kuts, Vladimir was born on February 7, 1927 in the village of Aleksino, Sumy Oblast’.
Kuts, Vladimir was born on February 7, 1927 in the village of Aleksino, Sumy Oblast’.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Physical Culture.
European champion, 1954. Many times USSR champion during the 1950-1960s. Olympic champion, 1956.
Became an internationally famous long-distance runner. His premature death has been blamed on a physiological reaction to a sudden halt in his training. Wrote memoirs: Povest' о Bege, Moscow, 1964.