Vladimir Artemov

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Nikolaevich and the family name is Artemov.
Not to be confused with Vladimir Artemev, another Soviet gymnast.
Vladimir Artemov
— Gymnast —
Country represented  Soviet Union
Born (1964-12-07) December 7, 1964
Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence San Antonio, TX
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics

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 Natalia.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com Retrieved on March 29, 2008.
  2. ↑ Jere Longman (March 7, 1991). "Bitterness Intrudes On His Best Of Times". Retrieved January 27, 2015.
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