Nikolai Andrianov

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Olympic medalist
Nikolai Andrianov
Medal record
Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Gold	1972 Munich	Floor exercise
Gold	1976 Montreal	All-around
Gold	1976 Montreal	Floor exercise
Gold	1976 Montreal	Rings
Gold	1976 Montreal	Vault
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team competition
Gold	1980 Moscow	Vault
Silver	1972 Munich	Team competition
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team competition
Silver	1976 Montreal	Parallel bars
Silver	1980 Moscow	All-around
Silver	1980 Moscow	Floor exercise
Bronze	1972 Munich	Vault
Bronze	1976 Montreal	Pommel horse
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Horizontal bar

Nikolai Efimovich Andrianov (Russian:Николай Ефимович Андрианов) (b.October 14, 1952 in Vladimir, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He holds the record for men for most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals). Andrianov is the second athlete by this count after Larissa Latynina, who earned 18 Olympic medals, Latynina holds the record for women.

Andrianov entered the Children and Youth Sports School of the Burevestnik sports society in Vladimir at age 11. His trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR Nikolai Tolkachev. Andrianov's first international success was in 1971 at the European Championships in Madrid, where he won two gold medals. Between 1971 and 1980 he was the first on many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.

Andrianov married another famous Soviet gymnast, two times Olympic Champion Lyubov Burda. In 2001 Andrianov was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[1] Since 2002 Andrianov is the director of gymnastics Specialized Children and Youth sports school in Vladimir.

[edit] Achievements (non-Olympic)

[edit] Reference

1. ↑  NIKOLAI ANDRIANOV. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved on April 01, 2006.

[edit] External links

• (English) International Federation of Gymnastics' Profile on Nikolai Andrianov
• (English) A short biography and achievements
• (Russian) Biography

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