Nikolai Andrianov

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Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic medalist
Nikolai Andrianov
Medal record
Gold	1972 Munich	Floor exercise
Gold	1976 Montreal	All-around
Gold	1976 Montreal	Floor exercise
Gold	1976 Montreal	Rings
Gold	1976 Montreal	Vault
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team competition
Gold	1980 Moscow	Vault
Silver	1972 Munich	Team competition
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team competition
Silver	1976 Montreal	Parallel bars
Silver	1980 Moscow	All-around
Silver	1980 Moscow	Floor exercise
Bronze	1972 Munich	Vault
Bronze	1976 Montreal	Pommel horse
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Horizontal bar

Nikolay Yefimovich Andrianov (Russian: Никола́й Ефи́мович Андриа́нов) (b.October 14, 1952 in Vladimir, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He holds the record for men for most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals). Andrianov is the second athlete by this count after Larissa Latynina, who earned 18 Olympic medals, Latynina holds the record for women.

Andrianov entered the Children and Youth Sports School of the Burevestnik sports society in Vladimir at age 11. His trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR Nikolai Tolkachev. Andrianov's first international success was in 1971 at the European Championships in Madrid, where he won two gold medals. Between 1971 and 1980 he was the first on many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.

Andrianov married another famous Soviet gymnast, two times Olympic Champion Lyubov Burda. In 2001 Andrianov was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[1] Since 2002 Andrianov is the director of gymnastics Specialized Children and Youth sports school in Vladimir.

[edit] Achievements (non-Olympic)

Year	Event	AA	Team	FX	PH	RG	VT	PB	HB
1971	European Championships	3rd		3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
1971	USSR Championships						1st
1972	USSR Championships	1st		1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st
1972	USSR Cup	1st
1973	European Championships	2nd		1st		2nd	1st	2nd
	University Games	1st	1st	1st	1st		1st
	USSR Championships	1st
1974	World Championships	2nd	2nd		2nd	1st	2nd	2nd
	USSR Championships	1st		1st	1st		3rd	1st
	USSR Cup	1st
1975	World Cup	1st		2nd	2nd			1st
	European Championships	1st		1st	2nd		1st	1st	1st
	USSR Championships			1st					1st
1977	World Cup	1st		1st		1st	2nd	1st
1978	World Championships	1st	2nd			1st	2nd	2nd
1978	USSR Cup	3rd
1979	World Championships		1st				2nd
1979	USSR Championships	3rd					3rd

[edit] Reference

^ NIKOLAI ANDRIANOV. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved on December 1, 2006.

[edit] External links

(English) International Federation of Gymnastics' Profile on Nikolai Andrianov
(English) A short biography and achievements
(Russian) Biography

This article contains information from the website http://www.gymnast.ru/, incorporated into the Wikipedia with permission from its author E.V.Avsenev.

Olympic champions in men's individual all-around