Yuri Titov

Yuri Titov
— Gymnast —
Titov at the 1966 World Cup in Dortmund
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	November 27, 1935 Omsk, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	Burevestnik Kiev[1]
Retired	yes
Medal record Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team 1956 Melbourne Horizontal bar 1960 Rome Floor exercises 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Horizontal bar 1964 Tokyo Team 1956 Melbourne Vault 1956 Melbourne All-around 1960 Rome All-around World Gymnastics Championships 1958 Moscow Vault 1958 Moscow Team 1962 Prague Rings 1962 Prague All-around 1962 Prague Team 1958 Moscow Floor exercise 1958 Moscow Rings 1958 Moscow Horizontal bar 1958 Moscow All-around

Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov (Russian: Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union.^[2] He won a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games (1956, 1960 and 1964).^[1][3]

Olympics

Titov at the 1964 Olympics

Titov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he won a gold medal in team combined exercises with the Soviet team (with Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azaryan and Pavel Stolbov).^[4] He also won an individual silver medal in horizontal bar, and bronze medals in all-around and vault.^[4] He won silver and bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome,^[5] and two silver medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[6]

World championships

Titov won gold medals in vault and team at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, and bronze medals in all-around, floor exercise, rings and horizontal bar.

He won gold medals in all-around and rings at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague, as well as a team silver medal.

European championships

Titov won 14 medals at the European gymnastics championships.^[7]

Later career

Titov was president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for twenty years, from 1976 to 1996.^[2][7] As the FIG President, he was also a member of International Olympic Committee in 1995-1996. He was president of the Russian Artistics Gymnastics Federation from 2004^[8] until 2006 and then first vice president.^[1]

Writing

He has written and published four books, among others, one about rhythmic gymnastics (with Nadejda Jastriembskaja).^[9]

Awards

Titov received the Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee in 1992.^[7] He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1999.^[7]

He received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1960, and again in 1980.^[2] He received the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1976, and the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1957.^[2]

References

1. Yuri Titov. sports-reference.com
2. Юрий Евлампиевич Титов – Yuri Titov – www.peoples.ru (Russian) (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)
3. Yuri Titov databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
4. "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
5. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
6. "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 2 September 2008)
7. Honored Inductees – YURI TITOV – Russia – International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)
8. Russia: Yuri Titov new President, Svetlana Khorkina Vice-President (Retrieved on 4 September 2008)
9. Nadejda Jastrjembskaia, Yuri Titov (1999). Rhythmic Gymnastics. Human Kinetics. ISBN 0-88011-710-9.