Leonid Lytvynenko [SEP] date of birth
Leonid Lytvynenko
Leonid Lytvynenko (, , "Leonid Dmitriyevich Litvinenko;" born 28 January 1949 in Smila, Ukraine) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon. He trained at Burevestnik in Kiev.
Lytvynenko began athletics at age 16. He was a member of the USSR National Team since 1969. He competed for the USSR in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the Decathlon where he won the Silver medal. He was also the 1970 USSR Champion and the winner of the 5th Spartakiad of the
decree on organising the Donetsk State University (DonSU) based at the Donetsk branch of Kharkiv State University. Professor Leonid Lytvynenko became the first rector of the university (1965–1968). 1965 saw the launch of post-graduate studies (with an initial enrollment of 16 students), the addition of the faculties of biology and physics, and the construction of the students' campus.
Appointed the second rector of the University, Professor Yuriy Shevlyakov managed the institution from 1968 to 1970, during which the main 12-storey building was constructed