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Boris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
	Boris Shakhlin in 1966
Personal information
Born	27 January 1932; Ishim, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	30 May 2008 (aged 76); Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Soviet Union
Level	Senior international
Club	Burevestnik
Retired	1966
Men's Artistic Gymnastics Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (Russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships.^[1]

Career

Shakhlin was born in Ishim, Russian SFSR. He began gymnastics at the age of 12. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, he "set a career record of 10 individual titles in the world championships and also won gold medals at three successive Olympic Games. His tally of seven gold, four silver, and two bronze Olympic medals placed him among the most-decorated at the Games".^[2]

Shakhlin retired from competition at the age of 35 after suffering a heart attack. He joined the FIG Men's Technical Committee in 1968 and continued to work on the Committee until 1992. In the 1990s and 2000s (decade), he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kyiv.^[3]

He was awarded the Red Banner of Labor in 1956 and the Order of Lenin in 1960. He was named an honorary citizen both in his birth town Ishim and in Kyiv where lived for many years.^[1] In 2002, he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[3]^[4]

He died on 30 May 2008.^[5]

Philatelia

The Mongol Post issued a postage stamp - Boris Shakhlin (No.525, 1969).

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Borys Shakhlin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
^ Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin – Britannica Online Encyclopedia
^ ^a ^b "Boris Shakhlin, 1932-2008" Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Amanda Turner International Gymnast, May 30, 2008
^ International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
^ "Obituary: Boris Shakhlin". The Guardian. 2008-06-10. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14.

External links

Boris Chakline at the International Gymnastics Federation
Boris Shakhlin at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
Boris Shakhlin at Gymn Forum
Boris Shakhlin at Olympics.com
Boris Shakhlin at Olympedia (archive)

Records
Preceded by Edoardo Mangiarotti	Most career Olympic medals by a man 1964 – 1980	Succeeded by Nikolai Andrianov
Preceded by Takashi Ono	Most career Olympic medals by a man 1964 – 1980	Succeeded by Nikolai Andrianov