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Born November 9, 1921 • Ukraine
Died August 25, 1984 (aged 62) • Lviv • Ukraine
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Gymnastics champion Viktor Chukarin
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Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
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Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina performs a floor routine, leaping with one leg extended, during the women's compulsory exercises at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Larisa Latynina
Soviet athlete
Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo
Vitaly Scherbo
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Vladimir Kuts
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The most-decorated American gymnast
Simone Biles
American gymnast
Bart Conner
Bart Conner
American gymnast
Olympic gymnast Věra Čáslavská
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnast
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet gymnast
Katō Sawao
Katō Sawao
Japanese gymnast
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet gymnast
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
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Tommy Kono on his way to winning the silver medal in the middleweight weightlifting competition at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Tommy Kono
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Paul Elvstrøm
Danish yachtsman
Bob Richards
Bob Richards
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Dezsö Gyarmati
Hungarian water polo player and coach
Christian d'Oriola
Christian d’Oriola
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Parry O’Brien
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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Brazilian athlete
Laszlo Papp
László Papp
Hungarian boxer
Henri St. Cyr (centre), winner of the gold medal in the individual dressage event, riding around the stadium in Stockholm, where the equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics were held
Henri Saint Cyr
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