Career
Bure is the father of retired National Hockey League players Pavel and Valeri Bure. Bure trained in Moscow at Lokomotiv and later at the Armed Forces sports society. A championship swimmer, he competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympic Games.
Bure was swimming coach of Red Army club for six years (1979-1985).
After that, Bure served as Vice President of Exsport club (1985-1991), where he was in charge of the administration of eight different sports. He joined Pavel, spending four seasons (1994-1998) as fitness consultant with Vancouver Canucks.
In the summer of 1999, he met up with Valeri as he joined the New Jersey Devils as fitness consultant.