Vladimir Anatolyevich Novikov (Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Новиков; born 4 August 1970 in Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a retired Soviet gymnast. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team. Individually his best result was sixth place on the parallel bars.[1] He won two more gold medals with the Soviet team at the world championships in 1987 and 1989.[2]
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Born | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 4 August 1970||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Almaty | ||||||||||||||||||||
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After retirement from competitions he coached gymnastics at the Woodward Gymnastics Camp in the United States, together with Vitaly Shcherbo.[3]
References
edit- ^ Vladimir Novikov. sports-reference.com
- ^ Новиков Владимир Анатольевич. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
- ^ Gerald Eskenazi (5 March 1993) GYMNASTICS; Gymnast's Tough Test: Helping Deliver Baby. The New York Times