Viktor Leontyev

Soviet artistic gymnast

Viktor Leontyev

Viktor Leontyev at the 1964 Olympics

Personal information
Born|  (1940-04-27) 27 April 1940 (age 82)
Moscow, Russia
Height| 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight| 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport| Artistic gymnastics
Club| CSKA Moscow

Medal record

Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
| 1964 Tokyo | Team
World championships
| 1962 Prague | Team
European championships
| 1961 Luxembourg | Floor
| 1961 Luxembourg | Pommel horse
| 1961 Luxembourg | Parallel bars

Viktor Anatolyevich Leontyev (Russian: Виктор Анатольевич Леонтьев; born 27 April 1940) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team all-round competition. Individually he finished in fourth place on the floor and rings.[1]

He won three silver medals at the 1961 European championships, on the floor, pommel horse and parallel bars. The next year he won a silver medal in the team all-round competition at the world championships.[2]

During his career he won four national titles: on the vault (1961) and rings (1963–1965).[2]

## References[edit]

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2. ^ a b 27.04 у Леонтьева Виктора Анатольевича день рождения! sportgymrus.ru