- Grant Shaginyan
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July 30 ,1923 ) also known as Hrant Shahinyan is a former Soviet gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.Olympics
Shaginyan competed for the Soviet Union at the
1952 Summer Olympics inHelsinki where he received gold medals in "rings" and "team combined exercises", and silver medals in "pommel horse" and "individual all-around". [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=GYM "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Gymnastics"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)]World championships
He won a gold medal in "pommel horse" and a bronze medal in "individual all-around" at the
1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships inRome , where theSoviet Union won the team competition.References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/hrant-shahinyan-1.html Biography]
* [http://www.armnoc.am/ Shahinyan at ArmNOC]
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