Rustam Sharipov

Rustam Khalimdzhanovych Sharipov (born 2 June 1971) is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, representing Ukraine,^[1] and also a gold medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[2]

Rustam Sharipov
Рустам Халімджанович Шаріпов
Personal information
Full name	Rustam Khalimdzhanovych Sharipov
Alternative name(s)	Rustam Khalimdzhanovich Sharipov Рустам Халимджанович Шарипов
Born	(1971-06-02) 2 June 1971 (age 54) Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Ukraine
Club	Dynamo Kharkiv
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Parallel bars 1996 Atlanta Team World Championships 1996 San Juan Parallel bars 1994 Brisbane Parallel bars 1994 Dortmund Team European Championships 1992 Budapest Horizontal bar 1994 Prague Parallel bars 1996 Copenhagen Parallel bars 1992 Budapest Parallel bars 1996 Copenhagen Team

Rustam was born in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR. He became an assistant coach for the Men's Gymnastics team at the University of Oklahoma. In May 2011 he accepted the head coach position at The Ohio State University.

He was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024 alongside Carly Patterson, Julianne McNamara, and Josef Stalder.^[3]