Nikolay Karakulov

{{short description|Soviet sprinter}} {{family name hatnote|Zakharovich|Karakulov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Nikolay Karakulov.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = 10 August 1918<ref name=tf/> | birth_place = | death_date = 10 March 1988 (aged 69) | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | pb = 100 m – 10.4 (1948)<br>200 m – 21.6 (1946)<ref name=tf>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3205&Gender=M Nikolay Karakulov]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref> | club = | alma_mater = | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1946 European Athletics Championships|1946 Oslo]]|[[1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1950 European Athletics Championships|1950 Brussels]]|[[1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} }} '''Nikolay Zakharovich Karakulov''' ({{langx|ru|Николай Захарович Каракулов}}; 10 August 1918 – 10 March 1988)<ref name="nek">{{cite web |url=http://sport-necropol.narod.ru/karakulov.html |script-title=ru:Каракулов Николай Захарович (1918–1988) |access-date=7 April 2014 |publisher=Спортивный некрополь |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322060638/http://sport-necropol.narod.ru/karakulov.html |archive-date=22 March 2013 }}</ref> was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who won gold medals at the 1946 and 1950 European championships.<ref name="aw">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm |magazine=[[Athletics Weekly]] |title=EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="lysva">{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopaedia.lysva.ru/9/9-6.pdf |format=PDF |script-title=ru:Звезды лысьвенского спорта |language=ru |author=A.M. Batuev |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="nek"/> Domestically he won 17 Soviet titles, including seven consecutive titles over 100 m from 1943 to 1949.<ref name="lysva"/><ref name="peoples">{{cite web |url=http://www.peoples.ru/sport/atlete/karakulov/ |script-title=ru:Николай Каракулов |language=ru |publisher=Peoples.ru |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>

In 1957 he was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]].<ref name="nek"/><ref name="peoples"/>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Footer European Champions 200 m Men}} {{Footer European Champions 4x100 m Men}}

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