Valentin Ivanovich Muratov (russian: Валентин Иванович Муратов, 30 July 1928 – 6 October 2006) was a Russian gymnast and gymnastics coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and won four gold and one silver medal. He also won four gold medals at the 1954 world championships, sharing the all-around gold medal with

Viktor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...

and the floor gold medal with

Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...

.Valentin Muratov
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Biography

Muratov's father worked at a munitions factory in Moscow; he volunteered to fight in World War II and went missing in action in 1942. Valentin then took his place at the munitions factory to support his mother. After the war ended, he went back to school, where he was introduced to gymnastics.
biograph.ru In 1951, Muratov married

Sofia Muratova Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова, 13 July 1929 – 25 September 2006) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals. Early life Muratova grew up in Leningrad ...

, a fellow Olympic gymnast. They had two sons, Sergei (b. 1952) and Andrei (b. 1961); Sergei later also became a gymnast and gymnastic coach.Sofiya Muratova
sports-reference.com The careers of both parents were marred with injuries, which eventually forced them to retire in 1958 and 1964, respectively. They both went into coaching, with Valentin being the head coach of the Soviet team from 1960 to 1968.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muratov, Valentin 1928 births 2006 deaths Soviet male artistic gymnasts Russian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts from Moscow People from Serpukhov People from Moscow Governorate Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships