Vladimir Portnoy (June 9, 1931 – February 19, 1984) was a Soviet

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. He is Jewish, and was born in

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

. Portnoy won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics in Rome in team combined gymnastics. He won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

in the

long horse The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviat ...

at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and

Boris Shakhlin Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 ...

(silver).

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1931 births 1984 deaths Ukrainian male artistic gymnasts Soviet male artistic gymnasts Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Jewish gymnasts Sportspeople from Odesa Soviet Jews Ukrainian Jews Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub

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