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Mikhail Voronin Personal information Full name Mikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin Country represented Soviet Union
Born March 26, 1945 Died May 22, 2004 (aged 59) Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics Level Mikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin Medal recordOlympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City Vault Gold 1968 Mexico City Horizontal bar Silver 1968 Mexico City Team competition Silver 1968 Mexico City All-around Silver 1968 Mexico City Rings Silver 1968 Mexico City Parallel bars Silver 1972 Munich Team competition Silver 1972 Munich Rings Bronze 1968 Mexico City Pommel horse Mikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin (Russian: Михаил Яковлевич Воронин; 26 March 1945 in Moscow - 22 May 2004) was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He became 1966 World Champion in the all-around and at rings. Participating in European Championships in 1967, 1969 and 1971, he became a champion in the all-around (1967, 1969), at rings (1967, 1969, 1971), on parallel bars (1967, 1969) and on pommel horse in 1967.[1]
At the national level Voronin won the USSR Championships in the all-around (1968–69, 1970–71), at rings (1966–67, 1969–72), on pommel horse (1967, 1969–70), on parallel bars (1967, 1969), on high bar (1971) and in free exercise (1966).[1]
He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1969, worked as the vice-chairman of a department of the Central Council of Dynamo sports society and as the vice-chairman of the USSR Gymnastics Federation.[1] He became the Honoured Trainer of the Russian SFSR in 1979 and the Honoured Trainer of the USSR in 1980. In 1973 he graduated from the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture (GTsOLIFK).[2]
See also
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
References
- ^ a b c Boris Khavin (1979) (in Russian). All about Olympic Games. (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. pp. 539.
- ^ (Russian) Voronin's profile in the Great Olympic Encyclopedia
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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Vault 1896: Carl Schuhmann | 1900: not included | 1904: George Eyser - Anton Heida | 1908 - 1920: not included | 1924: Frank Kriz | 1928: Eugen Mack | 1932: Savino Guglielmetti | 1936: Alfred Schwarzmann | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Helmut Bantz / Valentin Muratov | 1960: Boris Shakhlin / Takashi Ono | 1964: Haruhiro Yamashita | 1968: Mikhail Voronin | 1972: Klaus Köste | 1976: Nikolai Andrianov | 1980: Nikolai Andrianov | 1984: Lou Yun | 1988: Lou Yun | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo | 1996: Alexei Nemov | 2000: Gervasio Deferr | 2004: Gervasio Deferr | 2008: Leszek Blanik
Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Men's High Bar 1896: Hermann Weingärtner | 1900: not included | 1904: Anton Heida / Edward Hennig | 1908 - 1920: not included | 1924: Leon Štukelj | 1928: Georges Miez | 1932: Dallas Bixler | 1936: Aleksanteri Saarvala | 1948: Josef Stalder | 1952: Jack Günthard | 1956: Takashi Ono | 1960: Takashi Ono | 1964: Boris Shakhlin | 1968: Akinori Nakayama / Mikhail Voronin | 1972: Mitsuo Tsukahara | 1976: Mitsuo Tsukahara | 1980: Stoyan Deltchev | 1984: Shinji Morisue | 1988: Vladimir Artemov / Valeri Liukin | 1992: Trent Dimas | 1996: Andreas Wecker | 2000: Alexei Nemov | 2004: Igor Cassina | 2008: Zou Kai
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Individual All-Around 1903: Joseph Martinez | 1905: Marcel Lalu | 1907: Josef Čada | 1909: Marco Torrès | 1911: Ferdinand Steiner | 1913: Marco Torrès | 1922: František Pecháček / Peter Sumi | 1926: Peter Sumi | 1930: Josip Primožič | 1934: Eugen Mack | 1938: Jan Gajdoš | 1950: Walter Lehmann | 1954: Viktor Chukarin | 1958: Boris Shakhlin | 1962: Yuri Titov | 1966: Mikhail Voronin | 1970: Eizo Kenmotsu | 1974: Shigeru Kasamatsu | 1978: Nikolai Andrianov | 1979: Alexander Dityatin | 1981: Yuri Korolev | 1983: Dmitry Bilozerchev | 1985: Yuri Korolev | 1987: Dmitry Bilozerchev | 1989: Igor Korobchinsky | 1991: Grigory Misutin | 1993: Vitaly Scherbo | 1994: Ivan Ivankov | 1995: Li Xiaoshuang | 1997: Ivan Ivankov | 1999: Nikolai Kryukov | 2001: Feng Jing | 2003: Paul Hamm | 2005: Hiroyuki Tomita | 2006: Yang Wei | 2007: Yang Wei | 2009: Kōhei Uchimura | 2010: Kōhei Uchimura | 2011: Kōhei Uchimura
European Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Men’s Individual All-Around 1955: Boris Shakhlin | 1957: Joaquín Blume | 1959: Yuri Titov | 1961: Miroslav Cerar | 1963: Miroslav Cerar | 1965: Franco Menichelli | 1967: Mikhail Voronin | 1969: Mikhail Voronin | 1971: Viktor Klimenko | 1973: Viktor Klimenko | 1975: Nikolai Andrianov | 1977: Vladimir Markelov | 1979: Stoyan Deltchev | 1981: Alexander Tkachev | 1983: Dmitry Bilozerchev | 1985: Dmitry Bilozerchev | 1987: Valeri Liukin | 1989: Igor Korobchinsky | 1990: Valentin Mogilny | 1992: Igor Korobchinsky | 1994: Ivan Ivankov | 1996: Ivan Ivankov | 1998: Alexei Bondarenko | 2000: Alexander Beresch | 2002: Dan Potra | 2004: Marian Drăgulescu | 2005: Rafael Martínez | 2007: Maxim Deviatovski | 2008: no all-around | 2009: Fabian Hambüchen |
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