Viktor Klimenko (gymnast)
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Born | (1949-02-25) 25 February 1949 (age 75) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moscow Soviet Army Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Viktor Yakovlevich Klimenko (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Клименко, born 25 February 1949) is a retired Russian gymnast. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a team silver medal on each occasion. Individually he earned a bronze medal in parallel bars in 1968, as well as a gold medal in pommel horse and a silver medal in vault in 1972. At the world championships Klimenko collected four medals in 1970–1974. His wife Larisa Petrik is also a former Olympic gymnast.[1]
References
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- ^ Viktor Klimenko. sports-reference.com
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- 1896:
Louis Zutter (SUI)
- 1904:
Anton Heida (USA)
- 1924:
Josef Wilhelm (SUI)
- 1928:
Hermann Hänggi (SUI)
- 1932:
István Pelle (HUN)
- 1936:
Konrad Frey (GER)
- 1948:
Paavo Aaltonen (FIN)
1948Veikko Huhtanen (FIN)
1948Heikki Savolainen (FIN)
- 1952:
Viktor Chukarin (URS)
- 1956:
Boris Shakhlin (URS)
- 1960:
Boris Shakhlin (URS)
1960Eugen Ekman (FIN)
- 1964:
Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
- 1968:
Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
- 1972:
Viktor Klimenko (URS)
- 1976:
Zoltán Magyar (HUN)
- 1980:
Zoltán Magyar (HUN)
- 1984:
Li Ning (CHN)
1984Peter Vidmar (USA)
- 1988:
Zsolt Borkai (HUN)
1988Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
1988Lubomir Geraskov (BUL)
- 1992:
Vitaly Scherbo (EUN)
1992Pae Gil-su (PRK)
- 1996:
Li Donghua (SUI)
- 2000:
Marius Urzică (ROU)
- 2004:
Teng Haibin (CHN)
- 2008:
Xiao Qin (CHN)
- 2012:
Krisztián Berki (HUN)
- 2016:
Max Whitlock (GBR)
- 2020:
Max Whitlock (GBR)
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