Yevgeny Korolkov

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Yevgeni Korolkov
Yevgeny Korolkov 1954.JPG
Korolkov at the 1954 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Born(1930-10-09)9 October 1930[1]
Moscow, Russia
Died24 December 2014(2014-12-24) (aged 84)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubDynamo Moscow

Yevgeny Viktorovich Korolkov (Russian: Евгений Викторович Корольков; 9 October 1930 – 24 December 2014) was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the team competitions and a silver in the pommel horse. Similarly, at the 1954 World Championships he won a team gold and a silver on the rings. After retiring from competitions he worked as a gymnastics coach in Moscow. His trainees included Mikhail Voronin and Sergey Diomidov.[2][3]

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