Vladimir Portnoi

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Vladimir Portnoi
 Gymnast 
Country represented USSR
Born (1931-06-09)June 9, 1931
Odessa
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Vladimir Portnoi (born June 9, 1931) is a former Soviet gymnast.[1] He is Jewish, and was born in Odessa.[1][2][3][4][5]

Olympics

Portnoi won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics in Rome in team combined gymnastics.[1][2][6][7] He won a bronze medal in the long horse at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and Boris Shakhlin (silver).[4][8]

See also

  • List of select Jewish gymnasts

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 1-60280-013-8. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House. ISBN 0-02-865943-0. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  3. Peter S. Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-907-2. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martin Harry Greenberg (1979). The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews. Schocken Books. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  5. "Celebrazioni Olimpiadi Roma 1960 - Athlete's detail - Vladimir Portnoi". Roma1960.it. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  6. International Olympic Committee (1996). The IOC official Olympic companion: the complete guide to the games. Brassey's. ISBN 1-85753-128-0. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  7. United States Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Association (1960). United States ... Olympic book: quadrennial report of the United States Olympic Committee. United States Olympic Association. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  8. "Les resultats par sports des Jeux Olympiques de Rome 1960: gymnastique". Marcolympics.org. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
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