Vladimir Anatolyevich Novikov (russian: link=no, Владимир Анатольевич Новиков; born 4 August 1970 in

Alma Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

) is a retired Soviet gymnast. He competed 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 all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team. Individually his best result was sixth place on the parallel bars. He won two more gold medals with the Soviet team at the world championships in 1987 and 1989. After retirement from competitions he coached gymnastics at the Woodward Gymnastics Camp in the United States, together with Vitaly Shcherbo.

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1970 births Living people Soviet male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in gymnastics Kazakhstani male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sportspeople from Almaty {{Kazakhstan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub