Viktor Klimenko (gymnast)

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Medal record
Men’s Gymnastic
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1972 Munich Pommel horse
Silver 1968 Mexico City Team
Silver 1972 Munich Vault
Silver 1972 Munich Team
Bronze 1968 Mexico City Parallel bars
World Gymnastics Championships
Silver 1970 Ljubljana Vault
Silver 1970 Ljubljana Team
Bronze 1970 Ljubljana Pommel horse

Viktor Klimenko (born February 25, 1949) is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.

[edit] Olympics

Klimenko competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a silver medal in team combined exercises and a bronze medal in parallel bars.[1]

He represented the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in pommel horse, and silver medals in vault and team combined exercises.[2]

[edit] World championships

He received a siler medal in vault and a bronze medal in pommel horse at the 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ljubljana.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)
  2. ^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)