Sports Complex Meteor (Ukrainian: Спортивний комплекс Метеор, romanized: Sportynvyi kompleks Meteor) is the biggest center of sports and cultural live in Dnipro, Ukraine. The complex is a home to the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status national since October 10, 2001. Meteor belongs to the State Company "Production Union Southern Machine-building Factory of Makarov" (Yuzhmash) and Sports Club Meteor. Sports Club Meteor was established in 1962.
Composition[edit]
The complex includes:
- Stadium Meteor (1966)
- Palace of water sports Meteor (1970, main pool)
- Ice Palace of Sports Meteor (1980)
- Machine-builder water sports facility (1958) is located in a remote location (Shevchenko City Park, Monastyrskyi Island)
The Meteor is home to five sports schools four of which are the Olympic reserves and another one is a complex school that specialized in six sports.
History[edit]
The stadium was opened in 1966 and reconstructed in 2001.[1] The Palace of water sports was opened in 1970 and closed for reconstruction in 2003. The Ice Palace of Sports was opened in 1983.[2] By 2019, the sports complex fell into disrepair.[1] In the end of 2021, a new reconstruction began. The complex was intended to open in 2023.[3]
On 15 August 2023, the Palace of water sports was damaged by Russian missile attack on the city.[4]
- SC Meteor Presidents
- 1962–1982: Anatoliy Haiduk
- 1982–1986: Yuriy Olkhovyk
- 1986–2009: Konstantin Vavilov
- 2009–present: Olga Dengina
Notable sports people[edit]
- Lyudmila Shevtsova – Olympian champion in athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
- Yury Zaitsev – Olympian champion in weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Oksana Baiul – Olympian champion in figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Yevhen Braslavets and Ihor Matviyenko – Olympian champions in sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 470
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Спортивный комплекс Метеор". Красивый Днепр. 2020-08-03.
- ^ "Полуразрушенный, но не забытый: как выглядит закрытый СК «Метеор» (Эксклюзивные фото)". Наше місто. 2021-08-11.
- ^ "Как проходит реконструкция спорткомплекса «Метеор»: фото с места". Informator. 2022-01-23.
- ^ ""Ще б 20 метрів — і влучили б у басейн". РФ понівечила спорткомплекс у Дніпрі, в якому готувалися плавці збірної України". Суспільне. 2023-08-15.
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