Dynamo (Ukraine)

Physical culture and sports association "Dynamo" - Ukraine or Dynamo - Ukraine is a sports club that was established in the Soviet Union as part of the Soviet sports society "Dynamo". It was created on October 31, 1924, in Kharkiv. Since that time, the sports club has stayed as one of the best clubs in Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Among the six existing sports associations in Ukraine, Dynamo can be considered the leading. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, out of 245 sportspeople of Ukraine, 125 represented Dynamo. Eighty-two sportspeople represented law enforcement agencies. Forty-one out of 125 athletes were from the city of Kyiv and Donetsk Oblast. Dynamo's members were honorary national banner carriers for the opening and closing ceremonies.

History

The association was established at the constituent conference of delegates from law enforcement agencies, state security, border protection, and internal troops that took place in Kharkiv on October 31, 1924. Initially, Dynamo Kharkiv was sponsored by the Kharkiv factory "Serp i Molot" that was recently nationalized and renamed from Gelferikh-Sade. The headquarters of the FST Dynamo became the Illich club at vulytsia Radnarkomivska.
The Kyiv club of Dynamo was initially sponsored by the Bolshevik factory. On December 11, 1926, Dynamo Vinnytsia was established.
During the years of independence, from 1994 to 2010, 455 sportspeople represented Dynamo at the Olympics and earned 63 different medals. Overall, since 1952, the association was represented by 608 athletes, 142 of whom earned 164 medals.