Vladimir Novikov (gymnast)

Vladimir Novikov
Personal information
Born (1970-08-04) 4 August 1970
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Artistic gymnastics
Club Dynamo Almaty
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Team
World championships
1987 Rotterdam Team
1989 Stuttgart Team

Vladimir Anatolyevich Novikov (Russian: Владимир Анатольевич Новиков; born 4 August 1970 in Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a retired Soviet gymnast. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team. Individually his best result was sixth place on the parallel bars.[1] He won two more gold medals with the Soviet team at the world championships in 1987 and 1989.[2]

After retirement from competitions he coached gymnastics at the Woodward Gymnastics Camp in the United States, together with Vitaly Shcherbo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Novikov. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Новиков Владимир Анатольевич. Olympic Encyclopedia (2006)
  3. ↑ Gerald Eskenazi (5 March 1993) GYMNASTICS; Gymnast's Tough Test: Helping Deliver Baby. The New York Times
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