Vladimir Nikolaevich Platonov

Vladimir Nikolaevich Platonov (born 28 July 1941) is a Soviet and Ukrainian sports scientist and academic. He is a chief researcher at the Laboratory of Theory and Methods of Olympic Training at the Educational and Scientific Olympic Institute of the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine (NUPESU).

Early life and education Platonov graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Culture (now NUPESU) in 1962. He completed postgraduate studies from 1965 to 1968, received the degree of Candidate of Sciences in 1969, and the Doctor of Sciences (Pedagogy) in 1979.

Career From 1962 to 1965 Platonov worked as a coach. He later held academic posts including assistant and senior lecturer at the Kyiv Institute of National Economy (1969–1975), and senior fellow at the Problem Research Laboratory of High Training Loads at the Institute of Physical Culture. He headed the Department of Swimming (1975–1977) and served as vice-rector for research at the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Culture (1977–1986). In 1986 he established and led the Department of Theory of Sport (1986–1990).

Since 2012 he has been a professor in the Department of History and Theory of Olympic Sport and editor-in-chief of the journal Science in Olympic Sport. In 2024 he became principal researcher at the Educational and Scientific Olympic Institute of NUPESU.