Maria BULATOVA

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor,

Full member of Academy of Science of Ukraine,

Merited Worker in Science and Technology of Ukraine

State awards
Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2000).
Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2000).
Honored Diploma of the Supreme Council of Ukraine (2004).
Order of Princess Olga, (III Class (2010).
Order of Princess Olga, (II Class (2016).
Medal “Friendship” of President of Mongolia (2010).

Non-governmental awards
Plato’s Medal “For Outstanding Achievements in the Progress of Society” of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (2004).
Medal of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for scientific achievements in the field of sports (2005, 2011, 2012).
Medal «A. D. Boutovsky», NOC of Ukraine (2014)
NOC of Ukraine Medal “For Devotion to Olympism” (2016).
Sign “For scientific and educational achievements” of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (2016).
Order “For Creative Achievements” of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (2016).
Laureate of the NOC of Ukraine Award “For the best scientific book of the year” (2006, 2011, 2013).
Medal “K.D. Ushynskiy”, Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (2016).

Inaugurated Doctor Honoris Causa:

• Ibero-American Institute of Sport (San Carlos, Venezuela);
• Beijing Capital University of Physical Education and Sport.
• National University of Physical Education and Sports of Bucharest (Romania);
• Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism;
• Sport Academy of Mongolia;
• Lithuanian Academy of Sport;
• Academy on Physical Education and Sports of Republic of Moldova;
• State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of Armenia;

Research interests
History of development of international Olympic and sport movement; modern Olympic sport; Olympic heritage and culture; Olympic education, theory and methodology of athletes’ preparation in Olympic sports

Editorial boards
Member of editorial board of international scientific journals:

• “Science in Olympic Sport” (Kyiv, Ukraine);
• “Theory and methods of physical education” (Kyiv, Ukraine);
• “Kinesiology” (Zagreb, Croatia);
• “Science in Sports: Contemporary Problems” (Armenia).
  Scientific director of the publishing house “Olympic Literature” (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Publications

Author (co-author) of more than 300 scientific publications on elite sports, Olympic history and Olympic education, including more than 30 fundamental books: “Physical qualities of athletes” (1994); “Physical preparation of an athlete” (1995); “Athlete in various climatic-geographical and weather conditions” (1996); “Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports” (1998); “Presidents of the International Olympic Committee. Life and activity” (2001); “Theory and methods of physical education” in two volumes (2003); “Physical preparation of athletes” (2004; Russian and Spanish); “Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports” in five volumes (2004); “Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports of Ukraine” (2005); “Olympic Sport” in two volumes (2009); Ukrainian-Russian-English phrasebook in three books “Olympians speak English” (2010); “Olympic Sport” in two volumes (2009); “Olympic Constellation of Ukraine. Athletes ”(2010, 2013; Ukrainian, English); “Olympic Constellation of Ukraine. Coaches ”(2011, 2014; Ukrainian, English); “Games that conquered the world” (2011); “Cultural Heritage of Ancient Greece and the Olympic Games” (2012; Russian, English); “Olympic Games (1896-2012)” in two volumes (2013; Ukrainian, Russian, English); “Kyiv-1913. The First Russian Olympiad ”(2013; Ukrainian, Russian, English); “The second Russian Olympics. Riga-1914 ”(2014; Ukrainian, Russian, English); “Periodization of sports training. General Theory and Its Practical Application ”in two volumes (2015; Chinese; Beijing); “Theory and methods of athletes preparation in Olympic sports” (2015; Chinese; Tianjin, China,); “Physical, technical, tactical and psychological preparation of athletes” (2015; Spanish; Cali, Colombia); “Selection, orientation, modeling and control in the training system of the athlete” (2015; Spanish; Cali, Colombia); “Athletics. Encyclopedia in questions and answers “(2016; Ukrainian, English); “Olympic stories. Wrestling ”(2016); “Olympic Heritage of Ukraine” (1st book – 2016; 2nd – 2017); “Wrestling. Encyclopedia in questions and answers “(2017); “25 years together. Olympic Education ”(2017); “Fencing. Encyclopedia in questions and answers “(2017); “Boxing. Encyclopedia in questions and answers “(2018); “Figure skating. Encyclopedia in questions and answers “(2018); “Tennis. Encyclopedia in questions and answers “(2019); “Olympic sport in the system of humanitarian education” (2019), etc.

Literature for children: “Your first Olympic guidebook” (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017); “Your Olympic Guidebook” (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017; Ukrainian, English) – a book published in English, recognized by the European Olympic Committees as a textbook for educational programs of the European Youth Olympic Games and festivals; «Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Beijing, 2008 ”(2008); “Encyclopedia of Olympic Sports in Questions and Answers” (2009; Ukrainian, English) – recognized as the best book of the year in Ukraine in the category “From the depths of the centuries” and awarded the “Crystal Book” (2009); the English version of this publication has been approved by the International Olympic Academy as the main guide for educational programs at the Youth Olympic Games; “XXI Winter Olympics. Vancouver 2010 ”(2009); “Youth Olympic Games. Singapore 2010 ”(2010); “I Winter Youth Olympic Games. Innsbruck 2012 ”(2011); “Games of the XXX Olympics. London 2012 ”(2011); “II Winter Youth Olympic Games. Lillehammer 2016 ”(2015); “Games of the XXXI Olympics. Rio 2016 ”(2015); “XXIII Olympic Winter Games. Pyeongchang 2018 ”(2017); “III Youth Olympic Games” (2018); “III Winter Youth Olympic Games. Lausanne 2020 ”(2019); “Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Tokyo 2020 ”(2019); “Olympic Games. Journey to antiquity “(2018);” Olympic Games. Renaissance ”(2019); four sets of Olympic posters (2002, 2005, 2011, 2016) and an annual edition of Olympic diaries.

Teaching and lecturing
Azerbaijan (Baku 2016-2018); Argentina (Rosario – 1997, Buenos Aires – 2007); Belarus (Minsk: 1997 – 2019); Bulgaria (Sofia – 2013); Canada (London, Ontario – 1995); China (Wuhan – 1994, 2004, Xiyan – 2009, Beijing – 2013, 2016, 2018-2019); Colombia (Cali, Bogota: 2006-2016); Croatia (Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Opatija, Split: 1998-2006); Cuba (Havana – 2003, 2008); France (INSEP, Paris: 1998-2004); Greece (Olympia: 1998-2017, Komotini – 1994); Hungary (Budapest – 1986, 1988); India (Delhi – 2000); Israel (Wingate Institute – 1992, 2016); Italy (Rome, Bologna, Pinerolo, Pergamo: 1988-2013); Kazakhstan (Almaty: 2001-2013, 2017-19); Latvia (Riga – 2010, 2014, 2019); Lithuania (Vilnius – 2010, 2014); Mexico (Monterrey, Michoacán – 2008, 2009); Moldova (Chisinau – 2009, 2011, 2013-2019); Mongolia (Ulan Bator – 2011, 2018); Poland (Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Spala: 1986-2018); Romania (Bucharest – 2013, 2014-18, Brashov – 2013); Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Belgorod, Sochi: 1984-2019); Serbia (Belgrade – 2008); Slovakia (Bratislava – 2010); Spain (Barcelona – 1990, 1992, Santiago de Compostela – 1993, Badalona – 1993, Sitges – 1994); Uruguay (Montevideo, 2016); Venezuela (San Carlos, Caracas – 2009, 2011), etc.

Languages
Ukrainian, English, Russian, Hungarian