Vladimir Gendlin | |
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| Born | Vladimir Ilyich Gendlin 26 May 1936 |
| Died | 5 April 2021 (agedย 84) |
| Occupations | Sport commentator, boxing expert, television journalist |
| Notableย credit(s) | 2-time TEFI winner, WBU award winner |
Vladimir Ilyich Gendlin (Russian: ะะปะฐะดะธะผะธั ะะปัะธั ะะตะฝะดะปะธะฝ; 26 May 1936 โ 5 April 2021) was a Russian commentator and boxing expert, a two-time TEFI award winner.[1][2] He was the founder of professional boxing telecasts on Russian television. Gendlin's program Bolshoi Ring was considered the best program about boxing in the world by the World Boxing Union in 1995.
He enjoyed prestige in leading magazines,[3][4][5] the boxing community in Russia,[6] and countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.[7]
...it's Vladimir Gendlin who'll commentate the Klitschko vs Chagaev bout: At present he is the best specialist and I don't see any competition for him. He is a commentator and an expert at the same time.
โโNikolay Malyshev, director of Channel One (Russia) sports programs[8]
Biography
editGendlin was born in Moscow. He studied maths at Saratov University but left after the fourth year. He was a master of the sport of boxing, with 51 amateur fights, resulting in 50 victories and one loss. After retirement he worked as a children's trainer at the Olympic base in Kislovodsk. Gendlin was the president of the club Red Stars. After that he became the general manager of the Union of boxers of Russia. Then he worked as a journalist in magazines, and on television in Volgograd and Pyatigorsk.[9] In the early 1990s Gendlin founded the TV programme Bolshoi Ring which was awarded the title of best boxing programme by WBU in 1995. Gendlin was the main commentator for NTV, NTV Plus and Channel One (Russia). He created documentaries about Sergei Kobozev, Sergey Artemiev, Kostya Tszyu, Oleg Maskaev and others. Gendlin was not a fan of women's boxing.[10]
Death
editGendlin died in Moscow on 5 April 2021. He had been experiencing serious health problems, suffering a massive heart attack in March. He subsequently contracted COVID-19, developing complications in the form of pneumonia.[11]
Quotes
editA commentator is not an aqyn who's like I-sing-what-I-see. I don't like bla-bla-bla on the air. The commentator's most important job is not to spoil it for the audience. If you feel that something should be explained, just explain it and shut up. The show speaks for itself.
โโVladimir Gendlin[12]
References
edit- ^ Russian National TV-Award "TEFI-2003" Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Russian National TV-Award "TEFI-2009" Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ *"Gendlin: 'Russia needs its own idol'" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Sport.ua, 2005-09-05.
- "Gendlin: 'I'm not a fan of tough language'" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Sport.ua, 2008-03-21.
- "Gendlin: 'Povetkin should take a chance'" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Sport.ua, 2008-07-22.
- "Gendlin: 'Sad holiday'" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Sport.ua, 2008-09-08.
- "Gendlin: 'Klitschko vs Piter: Life after battle'" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Sport.ua, 2008-10-11.
- "Gendlin: 'Valuev will be a challenge for Klitschko!'" Archived 9 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Sport.ua, 2009-03-23.
- "Gendlin: 'Klitschko's victories are monotonous, but it's not his fault'" Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Sport.ua, 2009-06-23.
- "ะะปะฐะดะธะผะธั ะะะะะะะ: 'ะัะพัะธะฒ ะะปะธัะบะพ ั ะฅัั ะตััั ัะพะปัะบะพ ัะทัะบ'" ["Gendlin: 'Haye has only one weapon against Klitschko. It's his mouth'"]. Sport.ua (in Russian). 13 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Vladimir Gendlin: 'It's too early for Povetkin to meet Klitschko'" Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Eurosport.ru, 2008-07-22.
- ^ "Vladimir Gendlin: 'It's too early for Vitali Klitschko to call it a day'"
- ^ NTV Plus, "Vladimir Gendlin: 'I was always trying to stay away from boxers'" Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "ะะะะะะะ: 'ะะพะธ ะทะฐัะฐะฝะตะต ะฝะต ัะผะพััั'" ["Gendlin:'I don't watch fights before commentating'"]. Sport.ua (in Russian). 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Channel One (Russia) will broadcast the Vladimir Klitschko vs Ruslan Chagaev fight" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 11 June 2009.
- ^ "ะะปะฐะดะธะผะธั ะะตะฝะดะปะธะฝ" [Vladimir Gendlin]. ะัะปะพะฒ, ะฝะฐัะผะตัะธ! [Orlov, laugh!] (in Russian). ะกะฟะพััะญัะธั [SportEfir]. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Vladimir Gendlin: Women's boxing is a horror! Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Soviet Sport, 4 April 2009
- ^ "ะฃะผะตั ัะฟะพััะธะฒะฝัะน ะบะพะผะผะตะฝัะฐัะพั ะะปะฐะดะธะผะธั ะะตะฝะดะปะธะฝ" [Death of sports commentator Vladimir Gendlin] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 5 April 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Popenskov, Alexander. "ะะปะฐะดะธะผะธั ะะตะฝะดะปะธะฝ: "ะัะฝะพะฒะฝะฐั ะทะฐะดะฐัะฐ ะบะพะผะผะตะฝัะฐัะพัะฐ - ะพะฑัััะฝะธ ะธ ัะผะพะปะบะฝะธ"" [Vladimir Gendlin: A commentator's main job is to explain it and shut up]. TV Park (in Russian). Superboxing. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
