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Yevgeny Korolkov

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Yevgeni Korolkov
Korolkov at the 1954 World Championships
Personal information
Born(1930-09-09)9 September 1930
Moscow, Russia
Died24 December 2014(2014-12-24) (aged 84)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Soviet Union
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Men's Pommel Horse
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Rome Team
Silver medal – second place 1954 Rome Rings

Yevgeny Viktorovich Korolkov (Template:Lang-ru, 9 September 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.[1][2]

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