Nikolai Pavlovich Miligulo (russian: Николай Павлович Милигуло; born 27 December 1936) is a retired

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

from

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. He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team allround competition. Individually his best result was 10th place on the

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. He competed with one wrist slammed to the bones by the door of the car that brought him to the Olympic venue. He retired around 1972 and worked as a gymnastics coach in Minsk, training such competitors as

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. He served in the Soviet Army and retired as a

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. In 1991 he moved to

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, United States, and later brought his family there. His son Pavel is also a former artistic gymnast who competed internationally.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miligulo, Nikolai 1936 births Living people Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in gymnastics Soviet male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics