Vladimir Artemov

Not to be confused with Vladimir Artemev, another Soviet gymnast.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolaevich and the family name is Artemov.
Vladimir Artemov
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1964-12-07) 7 December 1964 (age 59)
Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceSan Antonio, Texas, United States
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul All-around
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Horizontal bar
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Floor exercise
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Budapest Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 1985 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Rotterdam Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Rotterdam Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 1989 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 1989 Stuttgart Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 1983 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 1985 Montreal All-around
Silver medal – second place 1987 Rotterdam Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 1989 Stuttgart Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 1989 Stuttgart Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Rotterdam All-around
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Stuttgart Vault

Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Артемов, born 7 December 1964) is a former Russian artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He is considered to be one of the greatest parallel bars workers of all time.

He was born in Vladimir.

Artemov competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received gold medals in horizontal bar, parallel bars, all-around individual and team combined exercises.[1]

World championships

Artemov won a gold medal in parallel bars at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest, and again at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam. He has received five silver medals and two bronze medals at the World Gymnastics Championships. He participated on the Soviet teams which won the team final in 1985, 1987 and 1989, and finished second in 1983.

Awards

Artemov was listed among the USSR top ten athletes of the year in 1988.

After the Olympics

Artemov immigrated to the United States from the failing Soviet Union in 1990, settling in Pennsylvania. However, he has mistakenly been identified as the father of current US gymnast Alexander (Sasha) Artemev. The two men are not related. Artemov currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he runs a gym with his wife Natalia.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com Retrieved on March 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Jere Longman (March 7, 1991). "Bitterness Intrudes On His Best Of Times". Archived from the original on January 4, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2015.