Vadim Zelichenok

Vadim Borisovich Zelichenok (also Zelichyonok; ; 14 January 1956 – 1 March 2026) was a Russian track and field coach and athletics administrator.

In 1977, he graduated from the SCOLIPE. From 1977 to 1983, he was a coach and senior coach of the Athletics Department of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. He was the head coach of the Combined Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1992–1998, he was the head coach of the Russian national team.

Between 1983 and 1990, he served as senior coach of the USSR junior national athletics team. In 1990–1991, he held dual roles as head coach of the USSR national athletics teams and vice president of the USSR Athletics Federation.

From 1994 to 2000, he was the Secretary General of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF). From October 2000 to February 2015, he served as first vice-president of the federation, and until January 2016 he acted as president. He was a member of the development committee of the European Athletic Association and the European Association of Athletics Coaches. Honored Coach of Russia