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Three-time Olympic winner, nine-time world champion, 12-time European champion, 13-time champion of the USSR, CIS and Russia. Winner of the Cup "Absolute World Champion" 1989. Four times awarded the "Golden Belt" as the best wrestler on the planet. Five-time winner of the international tournament in memory of Ivan Poddubny. Twice he was recognized as the best athlete in Russia. Soviet, Russian wrestler of the classical (Greco-Roman) style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Hero of the Russian Federation.
Rezantsev Valery Grigorievich
(Munich-1972, Montreal-1976) in the category up to 90 kg. Five-time world champion, three-time European champion, four-time champion of the USSR, two-time champion of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. WITH Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of Russia.
Valery Rezantsev got 98% of his victories with the same technique: transfer to the ground with a push, which was invented by Roman Rurua. The wrestlers nicknamed the technique "bull", it consisted in knocking down to the ground with a powerful blow-push with the head, neck, shoulder or chest.
Kolchinsky Alexander Leonidovich
Two-time Olympic winner(Montreal-1976, Moscow-1980) in the category over 100 kg. H world champion, World Cup winner, silver medalist of the world championships, silver medalist of the European championships, bronze medalist of the European championship, five-time champion of the USSR, 11-time winner of various international tournaments. WITH Soviet wrestler of the classical style.
Vlasov Roman Andreevich
Two-time Olympic winner(XXX Olympiad, London - in the category up to 74 kg; XXXI Olympiad, Rio de Janeiro - in the category up to 75 kg), two-time world champion (2011, 2015), four-time European champion (2012, 2013, 2018, 2019). R Ossian Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Kartoziya Givi Aleksandrovich
Winner of the XVI Olympic Games (Melbourne-1956) in the category up to 79 kg. Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (Rome-1960) in the category up to 87 kg. Three times world champion (1953, 1955, 1958). Winner of the World Cup in 1956, champion of the USSR in 1952-1955, champion of the World Student Games (1951). Soviet wrestler of the classical (Greco-Roman) style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, judge of the All-Union category.
About Givi Kartozia's style of wrestling, Ogonyok magazine wrote: “Amazing middleweight wrestler Givi Kartoziya! He moves lazily across the mat, sometimes he looks back, sometimes, standing in the stalls, he turns around to see how an interesting fight is going on on the neighboring mat ... And suddenly Kartozia throws the opponent on the shoulder blades ”
Vyrupaev Konstantin Grigorievich
Winner of the XVI Olympic Games (Melbourne-1956) in the category up to 57 kg. Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (Rome-1960) in the category up to 62 kg. Silver medalist of the World Championship (1962). Bronze medalist of the USSR championship (1954), silver medalist of the USSR championships (1955-1957). Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of the RSFSR.
In Irkutsk, since 1990, a traditional all-Russian tournament has been held, since 2005 - an international tournament for the prizes of Konstantin Vyrupaev.
Ushkempirov Zhaksylyk Ushkempirovich
Winner of the XXII Olympic Games (Moscow-1980) in the category up to 48 kg. World champion (1981), European championship silver medalist (1980), USSR champion (1975, 1980). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of the Kazakh SSR.
Balboshin Nikolai Fyodorovich
Winner of the XXI Olympic Games (Montreal-1976) in the category up to 100 kg. Five-time world champion (1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979), six-time European champion (1973, 1975-1979), repeated champion of the USSR. Standard-bearer for the USSR team at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Khisamutdinov Shamil Shamshatdinovich
Winner of the XX Olympic Games (Munich-1972) in the category up to 68 kg. World champion (1973, 1975), European champion (1973, 1974), bronze medalist of the European Championship (1976), champion of the USSR (1971-1974). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of the USSR.
Kazakov Rustem Abdullaevich
Winner of the XX Olympic Games (Munich-1972) in the category up to 57 kg. Two-time world champion (1969, 1971), silver (1973) and bronze (1970) medalist of the world championships. Bronze medalist of the European Championship (1967), champion of the USSR (1971). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of the USSR.
Kolesov Anatoly Ivanovich
Winner of the XVIII Olympic Games (Tokyo-1964) in welterweight. Three-time world champion (1962, 1963, 1965), champion of the USSR (1959, 1964). Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of the USSR. Headed the USSR Wrestling Federation (1991).
Koridze Avtandil Georgievich
Winner of the XVII Olympic Games (Rome-1960) in the category up to 67 kg. World champion (1961), silver medalist of the USSR championships (1957, 1960), bronze medalist of the USSR championships (1956, 1958). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Olympic champion Yakov Punkin described Avtandil Koridze's style of wrestling as follows: "Koridze was distinguished by an unmistakable understanding of wrestling. He felt danger from afar. I fought in Avtandil and lost to him. Believe me, I did everything to win, but I could not prevent him ..."
Karavaev Oleg Nikolaevich
Winner of the XVII Olympic Games (Rome-1960) in the category up to 57 kg. Two-time world champion (1958, 1961), seven-time champion of the USSR (1956-1960, 1962 - in the individual championship; 1960 - in the team competition). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. The first Belarusian wrestler is an Olympic champion.
Parfenov Anatoly Ivanovich
Winner of the XVI Olympic Games (Melbourne-1956) in the category over 87 kg. Champion of the USSR (1954, 1957). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of the USSR.
According to the memoirs of the wrestlers, "he possessed incredible strength, fought in a drag style, which outwardly looked rude, but brought victory."
Kotkas Johannes Johannesovich
Winner of the XV Olympic Games (Helsinki-1952) in the category over 87 kg. Silver medalist of the World Championship (1953), World Cup winner (1956), European champion (1938, 1939 - played for Estonia; 1947 - played for the USSR), champion of the USSR (1940, 1943-1946, 1948, 1950-1953, 1955, 1956), of which in 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945 - the absolute champion of the USSR, 22 times the champion of Estonia. E Stonian and Soviet wrestler of the classical style.
Johannes Kotkas is also a seven-time champion and record holder of the USSR (1943) in hammer throwing, an Estonian champion in hammer throwing, a USSR champion in freestyle wrestling (1947), and a two-time USSR champion in sambo.
Safin Shazam Sergeevich
Winner of the XV Olympic Games (Helsinki-1952) in the category up to 67 kg. Bronze medalist of the World Championship (1953). Winner of the championships held at the World Festivals of Youth and Students (1951, 1953, 1955, 1957), bronze medalist of the individual and team championship of the USSR (1952). WITH Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
According to the honored trainer of the Russian Federation, a veteran of wrestling, B.A. Seifullina: “Shazam fought uninhibitedly, confidently, beautifully. It was a sporting feat and a triumph for a young athlete.”
Punkin Yakov Grigorievich
Winner of the XV Olympic Games (Helsinki-1952) in the category up to 62 kg. Five-time champion of the USSR (1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955). WITH Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Yakov Punkin was called "lightning on the carpet" for his wrestling style, and during the Olympics, Finnish journalists called him "a man without nerves."
Bykov Anatoly Mikhailovich
Winner of the XXI Olympic Games (Montreal-1976) in the category up to 74 kg. Silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics. World champion (1975), European championship silver medalist (1978), USSR champion (1975, 1980). Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Nalbandyan Suren Rubenovich
Winner of the XXI Olympic Games (Montreal-1976) in the category up to 68 kg. Champion of Europe (1977), bronze medalist of the European Championship (1976), four-time champion of the USSR (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980), winner of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (1975). He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1976). Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
The legendary Astrakhan Suren Nalbandyan is still considered by many to be an unsurpassed wrestler in terms of technical arsenal. He was so skillful and passionate that competitions on other mats often stopped when he fought, everyone was watching him fight.
Konstantinov Vitaly Viktorovich
Winner of the XXI Olympic Games (Montreal-1976) in the category up to 52 kg. World champion (1975), European champion (1980), European championship silver medalist (1972), USSR champion (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980), champion of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (1980). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Shumakov Alexey Vasilievich
Winner of the XXI Olympic Games (Montreal-1976) in the category up to 48 kg. World champion (1977), world championship silver medalist (1978, 1979), European champion (1976), European championship silver medalist (1974, 1975), USSR champion (1972, 1979). Soviet wrestler of the classical style. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Roshchin Anatoly Alexandrovich
Winner of the XX Olympic Games (Munich-1972) in the category over 100 kg. Silver medalist of the Olympic Games (1964, 1968). Three-time world champion (1963, 1969, 1970), European champion (1966), five-time USSR champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, two-time USSR champion in sambo. Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
None of the wrestlers, not a single representative of other types of power martial arts, managed to become an Olympic champion at the age of 40, and even on the third attempt. Only Anatoly Roshchin managed to do this.
Baroev Khasan Makharbekovich
Winner of the XXVIII Olympic Games (Athens-2004) in the category up to 120 kg. Silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics. Two-time world champion and two-time European champion. R Russian wrestler of the Greco-Roman style, Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Mishin Alexey Vladimirovich
Winner of the XXVIII Olympic Games (Athens-2004) in the category up to 84 kg. World champion in 2007, six-time European champion (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013), multiple champion of Russia. Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Kardanov Murat Nausbievich
Winner of the XXVII Olympic Games (Sydney-2000) in the category up to 76 kg. Winner of the World Cup in 1992, 1995 and 1997, European champion in 1998. Repeated winner of the world and European championships. Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Samurgashev Varteres Varteresovich
Winner of the XXVII Olympic Games (Sydney-2000) in the category up to 63 kg. Six-time champion of Russia (1998-2000, 2002, 2004, 2006), two-time European champion (2000, 2006), two-time world champion (2002, 2005). Cavalier of the Order of Honor (2001) and the Order of Friendship (2006). Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Iskandaryan Mnatsakan Frunzevich
Winner of the XXV Olympic Games (Barcelona-1992) in the category up to 74 kg. Two-time European champion (1991, 1992), three-time world champion (1990, 1991, 1994). Soviet, Armenian and Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Honored Coach of Russia.
Winner of the XXV Olympic Games (Barcelona-1992) in the category up to 48 kg, played for the United Team. In the final fights, in the seventh round, in which the fate of the gold medal was decided on points with a score of 3-0, he won, having carried out a coup and roll, against Vincenzo Maenza (Italy), a two-time Olympic champion, nicknamed "a cobra in a swift death throw" and became an Olympic champion. Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
There are many examples of how very young athletes became Olympic champions. There are many of them in the entire history of the Olympics, including the Sochi one.
The youngest Olympic champions in Sochi
Each Olympiad can boast not only the discovery of new champions, the sporting achievements of countries, but also the emergence of new, very young prize-winners. The Sochi Olympics also summed up the results. It turned out that among her winners, the youngest is the Japanese Ayumu Hirano. At the age of fifteen years and seventy-four days, he won a silver medal in snowboarding.Another medalist is Sim Suk-hee. The athlete represented South Korea, competing in the short track. She became the owner of gold at a distance of three thousand meters. The girl at the time of the award was only seventeen years and sixteen days old. She also has a bronze medal, won by her at a distance of a thousand meters. Adelina Sotnikova, who represented the host nation of the Sochi Olympics, won gold for women's single figure skating at the age of seventeen years and two hundred and thirty-four days. The young athlete became the first Russian woman to win the highest award in this type of figure skating.
Seventeen years and two hundred and forty-one days was a short track skater from South Korea at the time she received the ash medal for fighting at a distance of three thousand meters. The last name of the winner is Gong Sang Chong.
Seventeen years two hundred and fifty days, that is, only 9 days older - this is the age of a Chinese short tracker named Han Tianyu. For the victory at a distance of one and a half kilometers, he received a silver medal.
The youngest freestyle wrestling and boxing champions
Boxing and freestyle wrestling are also included in the program of the Olympic Games. The youngest participant in the Olympics competed in the flyweight division in the 1980 games. His last name is Mahabir Singh. This Indian athlete was only fifteen years and three hundred and thirty days old. Mahabir did not receive a medal, but managed to become fifth. 
Togrul Askerov became the youngest winner in freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games. At the age of nineteen years, ten months and twenty-four days, he won a gold medal. For comparison, it must be said that the average age of participants in freestyle wrestling competitions is twenty-six years, one hundred and fifty-three days.
In the history of boxing, Jackie Fields became the youngest Olympic champion. His real name is Yakov Finkelstein. In 1924, at the age of sixteen, the young man participated in the Olympics as part of the US featherweight team. At the Olympics in Paris, he managed to become an Olympic champion. Since today, according to the rules, it is possible to participate in the Olympics in this type of competition from the age of eighteen, this Fields record will never be broken.
It is known about another young Olympic champion - a boxer from Mexico, Alfonso Zamora. At the Olympics in Munich, which took place in 1972, the Mexican athlete won a silver medal in the first featherweight. At that time he was only eighteen years old.
Did Lipnitskaya become the youngest champion?
At the Sochi Olympics, medals were awarded to many very young athletes. The Russian figure skater, who is not yet sixteen, also entered the list of the youngest champions of this Olympics. Her last name is Yulia Lipnitskaya. 
I must say that at this Olympics she did not become the youngest. Julia's age at the time of the victory was fifteen years and two hundred and forty-nine days. In the team figure skating competition, she won a gold medal. Younger than Yulia was the Japanese athlete Ayumu Hirano.
Although Lipnitskaya is not the youngest Olympic champion either in the history of the Olympic Games or at the Sochi Olympics, nevertheless, the girl became the youngest champion from Russia in the history of the Winter Olympics.
The youngest Olympic champion in history
For all the years of the Olympic Games, the youngest champion is the Frenchman Marcel Depayer, who participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. The boy was a participant in rowing competitions, acted as a coxswain in a deuce for the Netherlands national team. How old he was is not exactly known. His age was between eight and ten years old. A boy acted as helmsman, as the previous helmsman was too heavy. Depayer won gold. 
Due to the fact that the age of Marcel Depayer is not known for certain, it is quite possible that a boy named Dimitrios Lundras could be in the first place in terms of age among the youngest Olympic champions. This young gymnast received a bronze medal while competing on uneven bars. At the time of the victory, he was ten years and two hundred and eighteen days old.
Now there is an age limit for participation in the Olympics. Because of this, the youngest champions in history will forever remain them, and will never be defeated. In different sports today, different age limits are set, but the age bar never falls below fourteen years.
By the way, the fastest athlete in the world, Usain Bolt, according to the site, became the Olympic champion nine times. He runs a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds.
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"SE" represents all Russian victors of the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Kind of sport: figure skating
Winners: Evgeni Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena Ilyinykh/Nikita Katsalapov, Tatyana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova/Fyodor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov (team tournament)
The Russian figure skating team won gold in the team tournament of the Olympic tournament, which was held for the first time at the Olympics. After eight events, the team consisting of Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeni Plushenko, duets of Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov scored 75 points. The second place was left for the Canadian skaters - 65 points, the third - for the US team with 60 points scored.
Kind of sport: figure skating
Winners: Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (pair skating)
Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became two-time Olympic champions in Sochi, winning the tournament in pair skating as well. Taking into account the short program, they scored 236.86 points (84.17 + 152.69). Another representatives of Russia - Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (218.68) - became the silver medalists of the 2014 Games.
Kind of sport: short track
Winner: Viktor An
Russians Viktor An and Vladimir Grigoriev became the champion and vice-champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi at a distance of 1000 meters. On February 10, Ahn won bronze in the 1500 meters, which became the first ever medal for our country in short track. In 2006, at the Turin Olympics, he, speaking for Korea, became the champion at distances of 1000, 1500 m, and also in the 5000 m relay.
Kind of sport: skeleton
Winner: Alexander Tretyakov
Skeletonist Alexander Tretyakov, following the results of four races, showed a time of 3 minutes 44.29 seconds, which brought him the gold medal of the Games. Silver went to Latvian Martins Dukurs (3:45.10), bronze went to American Matthew Antoine (3:47.26). Tretyakov's gold was the first for Russian athletes in skeleton at the Olympics: in Vancouver, Tretyakov was third.
Kind of sport: bobsled
Winners: Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda (two)
The Russian crew consisting of Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda won the competition of twos. The second place was taken by the team of Switzerland, bronze - by the USA. Another Russian team - Alexander Kasyanov and Maxim Belugin - finished fourth, 0.03 seconds behind third place.
Kind of sport: snowboard
Winner: Vic Wild
Russian Vic Wilde won gold at the Sochi Olympics in parallel giant slalom. He was 0.54 seconds behind Nevin Galmarini of Switzerland in the first of his two final runs, but won the second by 2.14 seconds. The Slovenian Jean Koshir became the bronze medalist of the Games. Recall that on the same day, Wild's wife Alena Zavarzina brought Russia another award, winning bronze in the women's competition.
Kind of sport: figure skating
Winner: Adeline Sotnikova
Russian woman Adelina Sotnikova is the Olympic champion of the 2014 Games in Sochi: this is the first ever gold in Russia in women's single skating. The winner scored 224.59 points. The second was the champion of Vancouver-2010 Korean Yuna Kim. Third - Italian Carolina Kostner. Another representative of Russia, Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in team competition Yulia Lipnitskaya is fifth.
Kind of sport: short track
Winner: Viktor An
Russian Viktor An won the gold medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi in the 500m. On February 15, he won the Olympic final in the 1000m. Thus, An became a five-time Olympic champion - the first in the history of short track. He won all four disciplines - 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the 5000 m relay. On the first two distances - in Sochi for Russia, on the last three - with Korea in Turin-2006.
Kind of sport: short track
Winners: Viktor An, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov (relay)
The Russian team (Viktor An, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov) won the gold medal in the 5000m relay at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi with an Olympic record. Viktor Ahn became a six-time Olympic champion in short track speed skating. Note that he already won medals in all four disciplines at the second Olympics: in Turin 2006, as part of the Korean national team, he had 3 gold (1000 m, 1500 m, relay) and 1 bronze (500 m). In Sochi, he also has 3 gold (500m, 1000m, relay) and 1 bronze (1500m). In addition, An caught up with the famous American Apolo Anton Ono in terms of the number of Olympic medals - 8 each.
Kind of sport: snowboard
Winner: Vic Wild
Russian Vic Wilde won gold at the Sochi Olympics in parallel slalom. In the first of the two final races, he beat the Slovenian Jean Koshir by 0.12 seconds, and in the second he kept this advantage. The Austrian Benjamin Karl became the bronze medalist of the Games. This gold was Wild's second in Sochi.
Kind of sport: biathlon
Winner: Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin (relay)
Russian four won the 4x7.5 km relay. This is the first gold for domestic male biathletes in the relay race since the 1988 Olympics.
Kind of sport: ski race
Winner: Alexander Legkov
Russian skiers triumphantly completed the men's 50 km ski mass start, taking the entire podium. Alexander Legkov became the Olympic champion - his time was 1:46:55.2. Silver was won by Maxim Vylegzhanin, bronze - by Ilya Chernousov. Thus, Russia had 12 gold medals, which ensured her an early victory in the team medal standings at the home Olympic Games in Sochi.
Kind of sport: bobsled
Winners: Alexander Zubkov, Alexei Negodailo, Dmitry Trunenkov, Alexei Voevoda (four)
The crew of Alexander Zubkov, consisting of Alexei Negodailo, Dmitry Trunenkov and Alexei Voevoda, won gold medals in the Sochi Olympics in the four-man competition. For Zubkov and Voyevoda, this is the second gold medal of the 2014 Games - they had previously won the competition of twos. The second place in the tournament of fours was taken by Latvia, bronze - by the USA. The crew of Alexander Kasyanov finished fourth, 0.03 seconds behind third place. Bobsledders brought Russia 13th gold and helped to consolidate the leadership in the team standings both in terms of the number of medals of the highest standard and the total number. Russia repeated the record of the USSR team in 1976 in Innsbruck in terms of the number of gold medals. The total number of medals has now reached 33: 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze.
26 RUSSIANS - OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS OF SOCHI-2014
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Viktor An |
short track |
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Alexey VOEVODA |
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Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR |
figure skating |
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Alexander ZUBKOV |
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Maxim TRANKOV |
figure skating |
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Vic WILDE |
snowboard |
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Ekaterina BOBROVA |
figure skating |
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Alexey VOLKOV |
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Vladimir GRIGORIEV |
short track |
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Semyon ELISTRATOV |
short track |
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Ruslan ZAKHAROV |
short track |
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Elena ILINIKH |
figure skating |
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Nikita KATSALAPOV |
figure skating |
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Fedor KLIMOV |
figure skating |
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Alexander LEGKOV |
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Julia Lipnitskaya |
figure skating |
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Dmitry MALYSHKO |
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Alexey NEGODAYLO |
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Evgeny Plushenko |
figure skating |
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Dmitry SOLOVIEV |
figure skating |
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Adeline Sotnikova |
figure skating |
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Ksenia STOLBOVA |
figure skating |
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Alexander Tretyakov |
skeleton |
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Dmitry TRUNENKOV |
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Evgeny USTYUGOV |
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Anton Shipulin |
Becoming an Olympic champion at least once in a lifetime is an unattainable dream for many athletes. But some lucky ones manage to win gold, silver and bronze medals not once, not twice, but ten or more times.
We present you a list of the most titled Olympic champions in the history of sports.
10. Birgit Fischer, Germany
Total medals - 12.
Of these, 8 are gold, 4 are silver, and 0 are bronze.
Here is a photo of the only woman who managed to win at least two medals at five Olympics.
Fischer was 42 years old when she took gold in the 500m quadruple and silver in the 500m pairs. She became the oldest Olympic champion in canoeing and kayaking.
It's funny that at the same time, Fischer is also the youngest champion, since she took her first gold in 1980, at the age of 18.
9. Paavo Nurmi, Finland
Total medals - 12.
Of these, 9 are gold, 3 are silver, and 0 are bronze.
This runner was part of a group of athletes from Finland who were called "Flying Finns". He quickly gained worldwide fame when he began his career at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920. His even and mechanical step at the beginning of the journey was replaced by a furious jerk, when only a few meters remained to the finish line.
Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances from 1500 meters to 20 kilometers. He is considered the greatest track and field athlete of all time.
8. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway
Total medals - 13.
Of these, 8 are gold, 4 are silver, and 1 is bronze.
At the 2012 Winter Olympics, Björndalen did not leave his rivals a single chance, winning 4 out of 4 possible victories. He became the first in the world to become the absolute Olympic champion in biathlon.
However, Bjoerndalen received his personal gold medal only 12 years after his finest hour in Salt Lake City. This happened in Sochi in 2014. Then the pride of the Norwegian team managed to win a little more than a second against the nearest rival, despite one miss at the start. That year, Björndalen became the oldest individual biathlon winner in Olympic history.
Most recently, in 2018, the Norwegian athlete announced the end of his sports career.
7. Takashi Ono, Japan
Total medals - 13.
Of these, 5 are gold, 4 are silver, and 4 are bronze.
This Japanese gymnast is one of three Olympians who managed to win at least 4 medals of each value. In addition, he became the first Olympic champion from Japan in artistic gymnastics.
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, Takashi Ono was honored to pronounce the Olympic oath on behalf of all athletes. At the same Olympics, he won his last fifth gold medal.
6. Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy
Total medals - 13.
Of these, 6 are gold, 5 are silver, and 2 are bronze.
When it comes to fencing, no one comes close to Italian maestro Edoardo Mangiarotti, who has proven to be the highest scoring winner at the Olympics and World Championships.
The talent for swordsmanship literally flows through the veins of the Mangiarotti family. Edoardo's father was a 17-time Italian sword fencing champion. He also advised his son to become left-handed (although he was right-handed by nature) in order to gain an advantage in sports. Edoardo's fencing style was uncomfortable for his opponents.
Manjarotti began taking fencing lessons at the age of 8. He trained alongside his brother Dario, who is also an accomplished swordsman. And Edoardo won his first gold medal at the age of 17.
5. Boris Shakhlin, USSR
Total medals - 13.
Of these, 7 are gold, 4 are silver, and 2 are bronze.
The top five Olympic athletes who won the most medals included two gymnasts and one gymnast from the USSR. Shakhlin is the first of this trinity.
Being an orphan, he managed to reach the sports Olympus without patronage from above, largely thanks to the support of his first coach V.A. Porfiriev, who taught the boy to fight to the last.
For a calm and confident demeanor during sports, foreign journalists called Shakhlin a "Russian bear."
4. Marit Bjørgen, Norway
Total medals - 15.
Of these, 8 are gold, 4 are silver, and 3 are bronze.
Although Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina has more Olympic medals than Bjørgen, the Norwegian skier is the most decorated athlete in the Winter Olympics. She is considered the strongest female skier in modern history.
However, loud scandals are also associated with the name of Marit Björgen. In 2009, she received FIS approval for the use of asthma drugs that contained doping substances, including formoterol. This caused displeasure of many other athletes. For example, Polish skier Justyna Kowalczyk said that without the help of drugs, Bjørgen would not have been able to achieve the current stunning results.
3. Nikolai Andrianov, USSR
Total medals - 15.
Of these, 7 are gold, 5 are silver, and 3 are bronze.
In the brilliant career of Adrianov, his first coach Nikolai Tolkachev played a huge role. He persuaded the boy not to give up gymnastics, and even helped him with homework and attended parent meetings. And Tolkachev's efforts paid off handsomely. His pupil became a multiple champion of the world, the USSR and Europe.
Until 2008, this Soviet athlete held the title of absolute champion in the number of Olympic medals, until the American Michael Phelps received his 16th medal.
2. Larisa Latynina, USSR
Total medals - 18.
Of these, 9 are gold, 5 are silver, and 4 are bronze.
This multiple Olympic champion helped establish the Soviet Union as the dominant force in gymnastics.
Although Michael Phelps beat her in total medal count, Latynina's record for the number of medals received in individual competitions (14) is still unbeaten.
Latynina was so dedicated to the sport that she competed at the 1958 World Championships in Moscow while four months pregnant. Her performances combined the grace and spectacle of dance with the stability and skill of an experienced athlete.
In 1966, Latynina became the coach of the USSR national gymnastics team. Her team took gold three times during the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games.
1. Michael Phelps, USA
Total medals - 28.
Of these, 23 are gold, 3 are silver, and 2 are bronze.
The clear winner in the ranking of the most titled Olympic champions is the American swimmer Michael Phelps. He boasts both the most Olympic gold medals and the most medals overall. He has been called "the greatest Olympian of all time".
"Baltimore Bullet" (this is one of the nicknames of Phelps) became the only 23-time Olympic champion in sports history. However, other Olympians have a chance to surpass this achievement, since after the Olympics in Rio in 2016, Phelps announced his final retirement from big sport.
Why is he so good?
The advantages of Michael Phelps are his height, weight and length of arms and legs. Its long torso and short legs reduce body resistance in the water and allow it to swim forward as quickly as possible. At the same time, he wears shoes of size 47.
Phelps' arm span is 203 cm, and his height is 193 cm. While still a schoolboy, he could hug five classmates in one fell swoop. Noticing this feature, useful for a swimmer, coach Bob Bowman invited the young man to the swimming section.
If ordinary people are 80% water, then Phelps is 90% water. He even got into the Guinness Book of Records as an athlete who can drink more liquid than he weighs - 91 liters.
And his heart is able to pump about 30 liters of blood per minute. Thanks to this, the most titled athlete in history quickly recovered from intense swims.
