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| Born | (1964-12-07)7 December 1964 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov (Russian:Владимир Николаевич Артемов, born 7 December 1964) is a formerRussianartistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for theSoviet Union. He is considered to be one of the greatest parallel bars workers of all time.
He was born inVladimir.
Artemov competed at the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul where he received gold medals inhorizontal bar,parallel bars,all-around individual andteam combined exercises.[1]
Artemov won a gold medal inparallel bars at the1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships inBudapest, and again at the1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships inRotterdam. He has received five silver medals and two bronze medals at theWorld Gymnastics Championships. He participated on the Soviet teams which won theteam final in 1985, 1987 and 1989, and finished second in 1983.
Artemov was listed among theUSSR top ten athletes of the year in 1988.
Artemov immigrated to the United States from the failing Soviet Union in 1990, settling inPennsylvania. However, he has mistakenly been identified as the father of former US gymnastAlexander (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]
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