Vladimir Artemov

Vladimir Artemov
— Gymnast —
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1964-12-07) December 7, 1964 Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	San Antonio, TX
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1988 Seoul All-around 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 1985 Montreal Team Gold 1987 Rotterdam Team Gold 1987 Rotterdam Parallel bars Gold 1989 Stuttgart Team Gold 1989 Stuttgart Parallel bars Silver 1983 Budapest Team Silver 1985 Montreal All-around Silver 1987 Rotterdam Floor exercise Silver 1989 Stuttgart Floor exercise Silver 1989 Stuttgart Horizontal bar Bronze 1987 Rotterdam All-around 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]

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.

Awards

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

After the Olympics

Artemov immigrated to the United States in 1990, settling in Pennsylvania. However, he has mistakenly been identified as the father of current US gymnast Alexander (Sasha) Artemev. The two men are not related. Artemov currently lives in San Antonio, TX where he runs a gym with his wife.

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games

References

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Team All-Around     1904:  United States (USA) 1908:  Sweden (SWE) 1912:  Italy (ITA) 1920:  Italy (ITA) 1924:  Italy (ITA) 1928  Switzerland (SUI) 1932  Italy (ITA) 1936  Germany (GER) 1948  Finland (FIN) 1952  Soviet Union (URS) 1956  Soviet Union (URS) 1960  Japan (JPN) 1964  Japan (JPN) 1968  Japan (JPN) 1972  Japan (JPN) 1976  Japan (JPN) 1980  Soviet Union (URS) 1984  United States (USA) 1988  Soviet Union (URS) 1992  Unified Team (EUN) 1996  Russia (RUS) 2000  China (CHN) 2004  Japan (JPN) 2008  China (CHN) 2012  China (CHN) 1988  Soviet Union (URS): Vladimir Artemov · Dmitry Bilozerchev · Vladimir Gogoladze · Sergei Kharkov · Valeri Liukin · Vladimir Novikov