Alexander Moskalenko

Alexander Moskalenko (born November 4, 1969) is a Russian former competitive trampoline gymnast. He is the 2000 Olympic champion[1] and 2004 Olympic silver medalist in men's individual trampoline.

Alexander Moskalenko
Country represented Russia
Born (1969-11-04) November 4, 1969
Bryukhovetsky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Retiredyes
Medal record
Men's trampoline gymnastics
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Individual
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Auckland Individual
Gold medal – first place 1992 Auckland Team
Gold medal – first place 1992 Auckland Synchro
Gold medal – first place 1994 Porto Individual
Gold medal – first place 1994 Porto Synchro
Gold medal – first place 1998 Sydney Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sun city Individual
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sun city Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sun city Synchro
Gold medal – first place 2001 Odense Individual
Gold medal – first place 2001 Odense Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Odense Synchro
Silver medal – second place 1994 Porto Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hannover Individual
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hannover Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Akita Synchro
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Essen Individual
Gold medal – first place 1990 Essen Team
Silver medal – second place 1990 Essen Synchro

Career

In the first half of the 1990s, Moskalenko won three world titles in individual trampoline (1990, 1992, 1994) and two in synchro (1992, 1994).

Moskalenko came out of retirement in 1998, when he learned that individual trampoline would become an Olympic discipline in 2000. It became a FIG discipline on 1 January 1999. Moskalenko decided to submit himself to a rigorous training programme to reestablish himself at the top of the ranking list and qualify for the Olympics. At the 1999 World Championships, he won gold in individual and synchro.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Moskalenko became the first Olympic champion in men's trampoline, finishing ahead of Australia's Ji Wallace. The following year, he won gold in individual and synchro at the 2001 World Championships. He was awarded the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships behind Germany's Henrik Stehlik.

Moskalenko suffered from back pain during the whole of 2004. He won the silver medal behind Ukraine's Yuri Nikitin at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He retired on July 30 at the Dobrovolski World Cup in Krasnodar and was presented with a race horse. Almost thirty champions of different sports were present at the ceremony.

References
  1. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-08-23 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)


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