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Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov (Russian: Никола́й Ефи́мович Андриа́нов; 14 October 1952 – 21 March 2011) was a Soviet and Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals) until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet gymnast who won 15 Olympic medals, a record for male gymnasts. In addition, he captured 12 world championship medals, including the all-around title in 1978. Andrianov’s performance style was marked by innovation. Learn more about his life and career.
Mar 23, 2011 · Nikolai Andrianov, the record-setting Russian gymnast who had won more Olympic medals than any other male athlete before the swimmer Michael Phelps passed him, died Monday in Vladimir,...
Mar 26, 2011 · Nikolai Andrianov was Russia's most decorated male gymnast and the second most decorated male athlete in Olympic history, winning 15 Olympic medals as well as 12 World...
With 15 podium finishes at three Olympic Games, seven of them as champion, Nikolai Andrianov has won more Olympic medals than any other male gymnast in history. At Barcelona 1992, Vitaly Scherbo won six gold medals, setting a new artistic gymnastics record for a single edition of the Games.
Mar 21, 2011 · Gymnast Nikolay Andrianov, who took up gymnastics in 1964 when he was 12 years old, won more Olympic medals than any male gymnast while representing the Soviet Union. Between 1972 and 1980 he won seven gold medals (six individual, one team), five silver and three bronze for a total of a record 15 medals. He won three Olympic medals in 1972 ...
Mar 22, 2011 · MOSCOW (AP) - Russian gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, whose 15 medals made him the second-most decorated male athlete in Olympic history, has died at age 58. The International Gymnastics...
In Munich in 1972, the first of his three Olympics, Andrianov won the floor exercise with impressive tumbling. His aggressive style and outrageous difficulty became his trademark. By the time of the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Andrianov was in his best form, as he won an amazing seven medals.
Mar 21, 2011 · The Russian gymnastics legend, Nikolai Andrianov, the most decorated male gymnast of all time, has died after a long illness at the age of 58 in his hometown Vladimir this afternoon. Andrianov was suffering from the degenerative neurological disorder multiple system atrophy.
Mar 23, 2011 · MOSCOW (AP) — Russian gymnast Nikolai Andrianov, whose 15 medals made him the second-most decorated male athlete in Olympic history, has died at 58. The International Gymnastics Federation says...
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