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Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (Russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27
January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a
Soviet gymnast who was the 1960
Olympic all-around...
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considered a
legend of the sport: the
Soviet Union gymnast Boris Shakhlin, the
Yugoslav Miroslav Cerar, and the
Hungarian master, Zoltán Magyar....
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record for most
individual Olympic gold
medals in
gymnastics (6) with
Boris Shakhlin and
Dmitry Bilozerchev (the
latter of
which only if you
count the 1984...
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after a tie
between Viktor Lisitsky and
Boris Shakhlin of the
Soviet Union and
Shuji Tsurumi of ****an.
Shakhlin, the
defending gold medalist, thus became...
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first gold medals.
Among individual parti****nts,
Soviet gymnast Boris Shakhlin won the most gold medals, with four, and the most
total medals, with seven...
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medals won at a
single World Championships with
Larisa Latynina and
Boris Shakhlin, who both
accomplished this at the 1958
World Championships. Furthermore...
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medal since 1932.
Boris Shakhlin of the
Soviet Union took bronze,
breaking a three-Games gold
medal streak for the Soviets.
Shakhlin was the
fourth man to...
- and two silvers.
Three other gymnasts have won the gold
medal twice:
Soviet Boris Shakhlin,
Yugoslav Miroslav Cerar, and
Hungarian legend Zoltán Magyar....
- each, the most
anyone had ever
received in a
single year's games.
Boris Shakhlin was the next
person to
reach 7, in 1960. It
would not be
until Alexander...
- rings. He came
behind stablemate Boris Shakhlin in most of the competitions,
including coming second to
Shakhlin on the high bars and
individual all-around...
