Vladimir Artemov

Not to be confused with Vladimir Artemev, another Soviet gymnast.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolaevich and the family name is Artemov.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Артемов, born 7 December 1964) is a former Russian artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He is considered to be one of the greatest parallel bars workers of all time.

Vladimir Artemov
Personal information
Born	(1964-12-07) 7 December 1964 (age 60) Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Soviet Union
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul All-around 1988 Seoul Parallel bars 1988 Seoul Horizontal bar 1988 Seoul Team 1988 Seoul Floor exercise World Championships 1983 Budapest Parallel bars 1985 Montreal Team 1987 Rotterdam Team 1987 Rotterdam Parallel bars 1989 Stuttgart Team 1989 Stuttgart Parallel bars 1983 Budapest Team 1985 Montreal All-around 1987 Rotterdam Floor exercise 1989 Stuttgart Floor exercise 1989 Stuttgart Horizontal bar 1987 Rotterdam All-around 1989 Stuttgart Vault

He was born in Vladimir.

Artemov competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received gold medals in horizontal bar, parallel bars, all-around individual and team combined exercises.^[1]

World championships

Artemov won a gold medal in parallel bars at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest, and again at the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam. He has received five silver medals and two bronze medals at the World Gymnastics Championships. He participated on the Soviet teams which won the team final in 1985, 1987 and 1989, and finished second in 1983.

Awards

Artemov was listed among the USSR top ten athletes of the year in 1988.

After the Olympics

Artemov immigrated to the United States from the failing Soviet Union in 1990, settling in Pennsylvania. However, he has mistakenly been identified as the father of former US gymnast Alexander (Sasha) Artemev. The two men are not related. Artemov currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he runs a gym with his wife Natalia.^[2]

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games