Persons

PERSONS

Yuriy Poyarkov	Valeriy Burko	Dmitriy Polyakov	Tatyana Perebeynos

Poyarkov Yuriy Michaylovich

Born in 1937.
Hero of three Olympic Games. Twice-champion of Tokyo and Mexico-city, bronze prize-winner of Munich Olympic Games.
Twice-champion of world-wide University Games.
Twice-champion of Europe and World.
His name is entered in the Guinness records book, Honoured master of sports, professor, Honourary Citizen of Kharkiv,cavalier of "Award of Glory", the president of "Unicourt" tennis club.

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Burko Valeriy Lvovich

Born in 1943.
Champion of USSR among juniors (1961), five-repeated champion of Ukraine in singles, doubles and mixed in 60's.
Played in doubles with M. Moser, V. Kusmenko and G. Baksheyeva.
Champion of the Open championship in Poland (1963), champion of Sports and athletics meeting of the central Council Dynamo.
Prize-winner of the championships of USSR and Sports and athletic meeting of the peoples of USSR being a member of the combined team of Ukraine (he'd been taking part in the competitions during 10 years).
The member of the combined team of USSR from 1961 to 1966.
Honoured coach of Ukraine. Vice-president of the Federation of tennis of Ukraine. Combined team of Ukraine coach. Director of "Unicourt" tennis club.

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Polyakov Dmitriy Nikolayevich

Master of sports of international class
Birthdate: January 19, 1968
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
Residence: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Plays with right hand
Double-handed backhand
In professional tour since 1989
Coach: Burko V. L.

Highest rating in singles: 93 (July, 1991)
Winner: Umag (1991)
Semi-finalist: Kremlin Cup (1993)

Highest rating in doubles: 128 (November, 1991)
Finalist: Kitzbuel (1991) in double with P. Araya, Hamburg (1992) in double with G. Prpich.

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Perebeynos Tatyana Yuryevna

Birthdate: December 15, 1982
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 57 kg
Plays with right hand
Doublehanded backhand
In professional tennis since 1997
Coach: Sitkovskiy S. A.
Current rating: 119
Best rating: 112

Best results in singles:
Winner: Kharkiv (1999 - challenger), Turkey (August, 2000)
Finalist: Wimbledon junior (2000), US Open junior (2000)

Best results in doubles:
Winnerî: Wimbledon junior (2000) with Gaspar, Kharkiv (1999), Istanbul (1999) with Iroda Tulyaganova.

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