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Vladimir Portnoi Country represented USSR Born June 9, 1931
OdessaHeight 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Medal recordOlympic Games Silver 1960 Rome Team competition Bronze 1960 Rome Long horse Vladimir Portnoi (born June 9, 1931) is a former Soviet gymnast.[1] He is Jewish, and was born in Odessa.[1][2][3][4][5]
Olympics
Portnoi won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics in Rome in team combined gymnastics.[1][2][6][7] He won a bronze medal in the long horse at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and Boris Shakhlin (silver).[4][8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. ISBN 1602800138. http://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&pg=PA248&dq=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&hl=en&ei=r0cTTqnOJdOEtgf5iNDrDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Vladimir%20Portnoi%22&f=false. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ a b Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House. ISBN 0028659430. http://books.google.com/books?id=JD0OAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&dq=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&hl=en&ei=r0cTTqnOJdOEtgf5iNDrDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ Peter S. Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. ISBN 1561719072. http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&pg=PA191&dq=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&hl=en&ei=r0cTTqnOJdOEtgf5iNDrDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Vladimir%20Portnoi%22&f=false. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ a b Martin Harry Greenberg (1979). The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews. Schocken Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=1K4UAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&dq=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&hl=en&ei=OEkTTshty7i2B_WI7MgN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBzgK. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ "Celebrazioni Olimpiadi Roma 1960 - Athlete's detail - Vladimir Portnoi". Roma1960.it. http://www.roma1960.it/en/olympic-games/athletes/athlete-detail/atleti.html?atleta=5719. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ International Olympic Committee (1996). The IOC official Olympic companion: the complete guide to the games. Brassey's. ISBN 1857531280. http://books.google.com/books?id=sAeFplR52WUC&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&dq=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&hl=en&ei=-0cTTunuJomFtgfJ2ZXqDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ United States Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Association (1960). United States ... Olympic book: quadrennial report of the United States Olympic Committee. United States Olympic Association. http://books.google.com/books?id=s6UaAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&dq=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&hl=en&ei=r0cTTqnOJdOEtgf5iNDrDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ "Les resultats par sports des Jeux Olympiques de Rome 1960: gymnastique". Marcolympics.org. http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1960/ete/gym_r.php. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
Categories:- 1931 births
- Soviet male artistic gymnasts
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union
- Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Jewish gymnasts
- People from Odessa
- Soviet Jews
- Living people
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