Sergei Kharkov AKA Sergej Charkov (born 17 November 1970) is a Russian
gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He competed for the
Soviet Union
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and the Russian Federation before immigrated to Germany where he won the national championship 8 times. Since retiring from competition he coaches the TG Saar gymnastics team in Saarbrücken and performs in sport shows. Kharkov is married with 2 children and lives in Dillingen, Germany.
Olympics
Kharkov competed for the
Soviet Union
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at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul
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where he received gold medals in ''floor exercises'' and in ''team all-around''.
["1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics"]
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He competed for
Russia
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at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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, where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.
["1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Gymnastics"]
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World championships
Kharkov won a gold medal in ''horizontal bar'' and a silver medal in ''individual all-around'' at the
1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Birmingham,Great Britain. There was no team competition at this meet; gymnasts competed in the all-around and event finals only.
The opening ceremony took place on 12 April at the Na ...
in
Birmingham
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.
Competitive record
*1988 Olympic Games: 1st fx, 1st Team
*1990 European Championships: 2nd all around, 2nd fx, 3rd pommel horse
*1992 European Championships: 1st team
*1993 European Championships: 2nd all around, 1st high bar
*1995 German Championships: 3rd all around, 1st fx, 1st vault, 1st parallel bars
*1996 Olympic Games: 1st team
*1997 German Championships: 1st all around, 2nd parallel bars, 3rd rings
*1998 German Championships: 1st fx, 1st vault, 3rd high bar
*1999 German Championships: 1st fx, 1st vault, 3rd high bar
*2001 German Championships: 1st parallel bars, 2nd high bar, 3rd rings
See also
*
List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110719074729/http://www.rentasportstar.de/steckbriefe_sergej_charkov.htm
*
1970 births
Living people
Gymnasts from Moscow
Russian male artistic gymnasts
Soviet male artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union
Olympic gymnasts for Russia
Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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