Valeri Brumel was born on April 14, 1942 in Razvedki, Amur Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Pravo na pryzhok (1973), XVIII. Olympische Sommerspiele Tokio 1964 (1965) and Sport, sport, sport (1971). He was married to Lyudmila Turisheva and Svetlana Brumel. He died on January 26, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.