Yuri Titov

Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov (Russian: Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union.[2] He won a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games (1956, 1960 and 1964).[1][3]

Yuri Titov
Titov at the 1966 World Cup in Dortmund
Personal information
Full nameYuri Yevlampiyevich Titov
Country representedSoviet Union
Born (1935-11-27) 27 November 1935
Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubBurevestnik Kiev[1]
Retiredyes
Medal record
Olympic Games
1956 MelbourneTeam
1956 MelbourneHorizontal bar
1960 RomeFloor exercises
1960 RomeTeam
1964 TokyoHorizontal bar
1964 TokyoTeam
1956 MelbourneVault
1956 MelbourneAll-around
1960 RomeAll-around
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1958 MoscowVault
1958 MoscowTeam
1962 PragueRings
1962 PragueAll-around
1962 PragueTeam
1958 MoscowFloor exercise
1958 MoscowRings
1958 MoscowHorizontal bar
1958 MoscowAll-around

Olympics
Titov at the 1964 Olympics

Titov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he won a gold medal in team combined exercises with the Soviet team (with Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azaryan and Pavel Stolbov).[4] He also won an individual silver medal in horizontal bar, and bronze medals in all-around and vault.[4] He won silver and bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome,[5] and two silver medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6]

World championships

Titov won gold medals in vault and team at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, and bronze medals in all-around, floor exercise, rings and horizontal bar.

He won gold medals in all-around and rings at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague, as well as a team silver medal.

European championships

Titov won 14 medals at the European gymnastics championships.[7]

Later career

Titov was president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for 20 years, from 1977 to 1996.[2][7] As the FIG President, he was also a member of International Olympic Committee in 1995–1996. He was president of the Russian Artistics Gymnastics Federation from 2004[8] until 2006 and then first vice president.[1]

Writing

He has written and published four books, among others, one about rhythmic gymnastics (with Nadejda Jastriembskaja).[9]

Awards

Titov received the Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee in 1992.[7] He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1999.[7]

He received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1960, and again in 1980.[2] He received the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1976, and the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1957.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Yury Titov". Sports Reference. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. "Юрий Титов / Yuriy Titov". Peoples. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. "Yuri Titov". Database Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. "1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia". Database Olympics. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
  6. "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
  7. Honored Inductees – YURI TITOV – Russia – International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)
  8. "Russia: Yuri Titov new President, Svetlana Khorkina Vice-President". ueg-gymnastics.com. 22 December 2004. Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  9. Nadejda Jastrjembskaia, Yuri Titov (1999). Rhythmic Gymnastics. Human Kinetics. ISBN 0-88011-710-9.
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