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Soviet Union At The 1952 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports. Medalists The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 22 gold and 71 total medals. Gold *Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam * Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round * Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round * Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse *Hrant Shahinyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings * Victor Chukarin, Hrant Shahinyan, Valentin Muratov, Yevgeni Korolkov, Vladimir Belyakov, Iosif Berdiev, Mikhail Perelman, Dmytro Leonkin — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition * Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Olympic Committee
The National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (russian: link=no, Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР) was the government-funded organization representing the Soviet Union in the International Olympic Committee. The NOC USSR organized Soviet participation at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee recognized the NOC USSR on 7 May 1951 at the 45th session of the IOC. Prior to the 1950s, the Soviet Union was internationally banned due to the left-radical Bolshevik coup-d'état (October Revolution) and the Red terror.CompareHistory of Olympic Committee of USSR – ria.ru"Правопреемником ОК СССР стал Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), образованный 1 декабря 1989 года." Presidents Soviet members of the International Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iosif Berdiev
Iosif Konstantinovich Berdiev (russian: Иосиф Константинович Бердиев, 26 November 1924, Poltoratsk - 27 February 1992, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Soviet gymnast. Berdiev was ''High coach school'' of ''Leningrad Military Institute of Physical Culture and Sport'' (1953), competed for SKA (Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...). Achievements * Title ''Meritorious master of sport'' of USSR (1955) * 1948-1953, 1955 USSR champion in Vault * 1952 Olympic champion (team) External links Iosif Berdiyev Biography and Olympic Results, Olympics at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Berdiev, Iosif Soviet male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union 1924 births 1992 deaths Olympic med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Chimishkyan
Rafael Arkadyevich Chimishkyan ( ka, რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი, russian: Рафаэль Аркадьевич Чимишкян; 23 March 1929 – 25 September 2022) was a weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union and Olympic, World, European and Soviet Champion. Chimishkyan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR title in 1952. He was an honorary citizen of Tbilisi. Biography Chimishkyan was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR on 23 March 1929. He started weightlifting in 1946. In his first Soviet Championship in 1949, he won a gold medal at bantamweight (56 kg). In 1950, Chimishkyan won silver at the World Weightlifting Championships and gold at the European Weightlifting Championships and then switched to featherweight (60 kg). He first won a silver at the Soviet Championships that year in this new category. Chimishkyan became a two-time World Champion (1954 and 1955), six-time European Champion (1950, 1952, 1954–57) and five-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Udodov
Ivan Vasilevich Udodov (russian: Иван Васильевич Удодов; 20 May 1924 – 16 October 1981) was a Russian weightlifter who won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a world title in 1953, both in the bantamweight category (−56 kg). He then moved to the featherweight (−60 kg) class and won silver medals at the world championships of 1954 and 1955. . sports-reference.com In 1952–54 Udodov set four world records: one in the press, one in the snatch, and two in the total. Career In 1941, when Udodov was 17, he was captured by the Germans and deported to theBuchenwald concentration camp
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Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov
Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Богданов; 1 January 1931 – 30 September 2001) was a Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion. He was born in Leningrad. He won a gold medal in the 300 m rifle 3 pos at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, as his teammate Lev Vainshtein won the bronze medal."1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Shooting" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 10 October 2008) He won a gold medal in the 50 m rifle 3 pos at the in |
Yuriy Tyukalov
Yury Sergeyevich Tyukalov (russian: Юрий Серге́евич Тюкалов, 4 July 1930 – 19 February 2018) was a Russian rower. He started primarily as a single sculler; he also won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a silver medal at the 1955 European Championships. His Olympic medal was the first Soviet gold medal in rowing. Later in 1955, facing strong competition against the rising star Vyacheslav Ivanov, he teamed with Aleksandr Berkutov. Together they won five consecutive European titles between 1956–61; the Henley Royal Regatta in 1957 and 1958; the Soviet title in 1957 and 1961; an Olympic gold medal in 1956; and an Olympic silver in 1960. Tyukalov was a native of Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) and spent his entire life in the city. He survived the Siege of Leningrad (1941–44), and during that time helped extinguish fires brought by German air raids. He was awarded the Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", and was named an honored citizen of Saint Petersburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Zybina
Galina Ivanovna Zybina (russian: Гали́на Ива́новна Зы́бина, born 22 January 1931) is a retired Soviet and Russian athlete and coach. She competed in the shot put at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, second, seventh and third place, respectively; in 1952 she also finished fourth in the javelin throw. Between 1952 and 1956, she set eight consecutive world records and 14 national records in the shot put. In 1953, she became the first woman to throw over 16 meters when she threw 16.20 m. Biography As a child Zybina was much weakened by hunger and cold during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, which killed her mother and brother, while her father died at the front lines. Yet, by 1950, she had become a top Soviet thrower and won a bronze in the javelin at the European championships. During her entire career as a competitor and coach Zybina accentuated on technique rather than strength. Owing to her age, she was left out of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Romashkova
Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova (née ''Romashkova''; russian: Нина Аполлоновна Пономарёва (Ромашкова); 27 April 1929 – 19 August 2016) was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion. Career Ponomaryova became interested in athletics in 1947, when she entered the Physical Training Faculty of the Stavropol Pedagogical Institute. Her first official performance was in 1948 at the Stavropol Krai Championships, where she set a new regional record at 30.53 m. After just three years of training she became one of the leading Soviet athletes. In 1949 she finished third at the USSR Championships. At that time an experienced coach Dmitry Markov began to train her. In 1951 Romashkova became the Soviet champion, she repeated this success in 1952–1956, 1958 and 1959. In 1952 she was a member of the Soviet team, which participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in history. At that time the Olympic record was held since 1936 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Kalinchuk
Ekaterina Illarionovna Kalinchuk (née Dyomina; russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Калинчук (Дёмина-); 2 December 1922 – 13 July 1997) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ..., where she was a non-scoring member of the gold-winning Soviet team. Individually she won a gold medal in the vault and a silver in the now-discontinued team portable apparatus event.Biography of Ekaterina Kalinchuk . sport-necropol.ru [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Shamrai
Galina Yakovlevna Shamray (russian: Гали́на Я́ковлевна Шамра́й) (also known as ''Galina Rudko'', ''Galina Ilyina'' after marriages; October 5, 1931 – February 12, 2022) was a retired Soviet gymnast. In 1954, she became the first women's all-around World Champion from the USSR. Personal life Shamrai was born on October 5, 1931, in Tashkent, USSR. She graduated from the Lenin Pedagogical Institute of the Moscow Region. She married Anatoli Ilyin, who played for Spartak and became an Olympic champion in football at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Career Shamrai trained at the Iskra club and later at the Burevestnik sports society in Moscow. She began competing at the USSR Championships in 1950, where she placed eighth in the all-around. She was added to the team roster for the 1952 Summer Olympics, which was the first Olympic performance for Soviet athletes. Shamrai did not compete in the event finals, but was 8th in the all-around, contributing to the te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelageya Danilova
Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (russian: Пелаге́я Алекса́ндровна Дани́лова; 4 May 1918 – 31 July 2001) was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 12 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold and one silver medal. After marriage she changed her last name to Demirdzhiyan (russian: Демирджиян). In 1953 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Saint Petersburg and after retirement worked as a gymnastics coach, first with Burevestnik and then as a head coach of Lokomotiv. In the 1970s she worked with the national team of Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo .... References External links Pelageya Danilova's grave 1918 births 2001 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Urbanovich
Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times all-around gymnastics champion of the USSR. Her achievements earned her the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR award. She was from a Lithuanian family. In 2016, she was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around .... References External links * 1917 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Baku People from Baku Governorate Azerbaijani female artistic gymnasts Soviet female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |