Pavel Stolbov

Pavel Stolbov (30 August 1929 – 16 June 2011) was a gymnast and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Pavel Stolbov
Country represented Soviet Union
Born(1929-08-30)30 August 1929
Died16 June 2011(2011-06-16) (aged 81)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1956 MelbourneTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1958 MoscowTeam
Silver medal – second place1958 MoscowPommel horse
Silver medal – second place1962 PragueHorizontal bar
Silver medal – second place1962 PragueTeam
Bronze medal – third place1958 MoscowParallel bars

Olympics

Stolbov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises with the Soviet team (Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azaryan and Yuri Titov).[1]

World championships

Stolbov received an individual silver medal in pommel horse and bronze medal in parallel bars at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, and a silver medal in horizontal bar at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague.

References
  1. "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 4, 2008)


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