Valeri Brumel was born on April 14, 1942 in Razvedki, Amur province, USSR as Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel. He was a writer, known for Pravo na pryzhok (1973), Sport, sport, sport (1970) and ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961). He was married to Svetlana Brumel and Lyudmila Turisheva. He died on January 26, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.