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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 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the ...
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- 71 kg (157 lb)
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Apr 8, 2024 · Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (born January 27, 1932, Ishim, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died May 30, 2008, Kiev, Ukraine) was a Soviet gymnast who set a career record of 10 individual titles in the world championships and who also won gold medals at three successive Olympic Games.
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Jun 5, 2008 · Boris Shakhlin, the brilliant Soviet gymnast of the 1950s and ’60s who won six individual Olympic gold medals, a record for men’s gymnastics, died last Friday in Kiev, Ukraine. He was 76. His...
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Jun 3, 2008 · Boris Shakhlin, 76, who won a record six individual Olympic gymnastics men’s gold medals, died Friday of cardiac arrest, the International Gymnastics Federation announced.
May 27, 2008 · Biography. Boris Shakhlin of the Soviet Union won six gold medals in individual gymnastic events, which remains an Olympic best for men, bettered only by Věra Čáslavská among women. Between 1956 and 1964, he won a total of 13 Olympic medals (seven gold, four silver, two bronze) with his strongest individual event being the pommelled horse ...
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May 31, 2008 · KIEV, May 31 (Reuters) - Boris Shakhlin, who won a record six individual Olympic gymnastics men's gold medals, died late on Friday at the age of 76, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said....
May 31, 2008 · Boris Shakhlin, who won a record six individual Olympic gymnastics men's gold medals, died lateon Friday at the age of 76, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said.
