Vladimir Artemov

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Men’s Gymnastic
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Seoul All-around individual
Gold 1988 Seoul Parallel bars
Gold 1988 Seoul Horizontal bar
Gold 1988 Seoul Team
Silver 1988 Seoul Floor exercise
World Gymnastics Championships
Gold 1983 Budapest Parallel bars
Gold 1987 Rotterdam Parallel bars
Silver 1985 Montreal All-around individual
Silver 1987 Rotterdam Floor exercise
Silver 1989 Stuttgart Floor exercise
Silver 1989 Stuttgart Parallel bars
Silver 1989 Stuttgart Horizontal bar
Bronze 1987 Rotterdam All-around individual
Bronze 1989 Stuttgart Vault

Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Артемов, born December 7, 1964) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

He was born in Vladimir.

Artemov competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received gold medals in horizontal bar, parallel bars, all-around individual and team combined exercises.[1]

[edit] World championships

Artemov won a gold medal in parallel bars at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest, and again at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam. He has received five silver medals and two bronze medals at the World Gymnastics Championships. He participated on the Soviet teams which won the team final in 1985, 1987 and 1989, and finished second in 1983.

[edit] Awards

Artemov was listed among the USSR top ten athletes of the year in 1988.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)