Pavel Stolbov

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

Pavel Stolbov
Country represented Soviet Union
Born(1929-08-30)August 30, 1929
DiedJune 16, 2011(2011-06-16) (aged 81)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
1956 MelbourneTeam
World Championships
1958 MoscowTeam
1958 MoscowPommel horse
1962 PragueHorizontal bar
1962 PragueTeam
1958 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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