Grant Shaginyan

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Medal record
Men’s Gymnastic
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1952 Helsinki Rings
Gold 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver 1952 Helsinki All-around individual
Silver 1952 Helsinki Pommel horse
World Gymnastics Championships
Gold 1954 Rome Pommel horse
Gold 1954 Rome Team
Bronze 1954 Rome All-around individual

Grant Shaginyan (born July 30, 1923) is a former Soviet gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.

[edit] Olympics

Shaginyan competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received gold medals in rings and team combined exercises, and silver medals in pommel horse and individual all-around.[1]

[edit] 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 in Rome, where the Soviet Union won the team competition.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)
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Olympic champions in men's rings
1896: Ioannis Mitropoulos | 1904: Herman Glass | 1924: Francesco Martino | 1928: Leon Štukelj | 1932: George Gulack | 1936: Alois Hudec | 1948: Karl Frei | 1952: Grant Shaginyan | 1956: Albert Azaryan | 1960: Albert Azaryan | 1964: Takuji Hayata | 1968: Akinori Nakayama | 1972: Akinori Nakayama | 1976: Nikolai Andrianov | 1980: Alexander Dityatin | 1984: Koji Gushiken-Li Ning | 1988: Holger Behrendt-Dmitry Bilozerchev | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo | 1996: Jury Chechi | 2000: Szilveszter Csollány | 2004: Dimosthenis Tampakos
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