Vladimir Portnoi

Vladimir Portnoi
— Gymnast —
Country represented USSR
Born (1931-06-09)June 9, 1931
Odessa
Died February 19, 1984(1984-02-19) (aged 52)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Medal record
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Team competition
1960 Rome Long horse

Vladimir Portnoi (June 9, 1931 – February 19, 1984)[1] was a Soviet gymnast.[2] He is Jewish, and was born in Odessa.[2][3][4][5][6]

Olympics

Portnoi won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics in Rome in team combined gymnastics.[2][3][7][8] He won a bronze medal in the long horse at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and Boris Shakhlin (silver).[5][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (January 2014). "Vladimir Portnoy Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  2. 1 2 3 Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 1-60280-013-8. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "Celebrazioni Olimpiadi Roma 1960 - Athlete's detail - Vladimir Portnoi". Roma1960.it. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Les resultats par sports des Jeux Olympiques de Rome 1960: gymnastique". Marcolympics.org. Retrieved July 5, 2011.


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