Yuri Titov

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Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov ( _ru. Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935 in Omsk, Siberia) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. [http://www.peoples.ru/sport/gymnastics/titov/ Юрий Евлампиевич Титов – Yuri Titov] – "www.peoples.ru" ru icon (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)] He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games (1956, 1960 and 1964). [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TITOVYUR01 Yuri Titov] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)]

Olympics

Titov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medal in "team combined exercises" with the Soviet team (with Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azarian and Pavel Stolbov). He also received an individual silver medal in "horizontal bar", and bronze medals in "all-around" and "vault". [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=GYM "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Gymnastics"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)] He received silver and bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=GYM "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)] and two silver medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=GYM "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)]

World championships

Titov received 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 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague, as well as a team silver medal.

European championships

He received 14 medals in the European gymnastics championships.

Later career

Titov held the position as president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for twenty years, from 1976 to 1996. [http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_titov.html Honored Inductees – YURI TITOV - Russia] – "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)] He has been president of the Russian Gymnastics Federation from 2004. [http://www.ueg-gymnastics.com/commstore/commstore2.pl/cd4476d02ab406a5/en/news_detail.html?P6=1784&k=1&block_id=content,head,navlinks&P1=1&P2=0&P3=news&P4=1&P7=&P8=alt&P10=&P9=1760 Russia: Yuri Titov new President, Svetlana Khorkina Vice-President] (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)]

Writing

He has written and published four books, among others one about "Rhythmic Gymnastics" (with Nadejda Jastriembskaja).cite book|isbn=0880117109 |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics]

Awards

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

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

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