Athletics Encyclopedia (english language) part2

Maria Bulatova Ph.D., Dr. Sc. in Pedagogy, Professor, Merited Science and Technology Worker of Ukraine, the Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine for Science and Technologies.

Maria M. Bulatova combines successfully intensive research with administrative activities as head of the Olympic movement history department of the National University for Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine, President of the Olympic Academy of Ukraine, a member of the Executive Board of the NOC of Ukraine, member of editorial boards of many academic periodicals both in Ukraine and abroad, director of the International Olympic studies and research centre, IOC Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission member.

Maria Bulativa is an author more than 350 works dedicated to the history and theory of Olympic sports and athletes’ preparation methods, including a number of books published in Ukraine, Russia, Spain, China, Brazil, Poland, Venesuela, Malta, Colombia, Mongolia, Tajikistan etc. Her main works include “Physical preparation of athletes”, “Athletes in different climate and geographycal conditions”, “Encyclopaedia of Olympic Sport” (in 5 volumes), “Olympic Sport Encyclopaedia in Questions and Answers”, “Cultural heritage of Ancient Greece and the Olympic Games”, “The Olympic constellation of Ukraine: Athletes”, “The Olympic constellation of Ukraine: Coaches”, “Kyiv 1913: The First Russian Olympiad”, “Olympic Games. 1896–2012” (in 2 volumes), “Your Olympic Guidebook” etc.

Mrs. Bulatova’s contribution to the development of science, education, and Olympic sports has brought her a number of merited awards by various universities, government prizes of Ukraine and other states, as well as Pierre de Coubertin medal awarded by the International Olympic Committee (2010); Athena award of the International Olympic Academy (2012); Vikelas Plaque, 2014 of the International Society of Olympic Historians; Award of the IOC contest “Sport and Art” (2015) and the IOC President Thomas Bach Trophy (2015).