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Boris Shakhlin

1932 - 2008

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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 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Shakhlin is the 16th most popular gymnast (down from 11th in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from Russia (down from 778th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Boris Shakhlin ranks 16 out of 370Before him are Alfred Flatow, Louis Zutter, Leon Štukelj, Nikolai Andrianov, Conrad Böcker, and Noël Bas. After him are Thomas Xenakis, Nellie Kim, Takashi Ono, Helena Rakoczy, Miroslav Cerar, and Paavo Aaltonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Boris Shakhlin ranks 172Before him are Kurt Diemberger, Orlando Letelier, Vasily Aksyonov, Étienne Tshisekedi, Arnold Wesker, and Jacques Roubaud. After him are Predrag Matvejević, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Chea Sim, Bronisław Geremek, Walter Cunningham, and Henri Schwery. Among people deceased in 2008, Boris Shakhlin ranks 117Before him are Sarla Thakral, Alfonso López Trujillo, Estelle Getty, Anthony Mamo, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, and Forrest J Ackerman. After him are Sofiko Chiaureli, Bronisław Geremek, Maila Nurmi, Ove Andersson, Fred Sinowatz, and Joseph M. Juran.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Shakhlin ranks 851 out of 3,761Before him are Prince Paul of Württemberg (1785), Konstantin Balmont (1867), Pavel Rotmistrov (1901), Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (1879), Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725), and Ivan Yefremov (1908). After him are Sergey Aksakov (1791), Vasily Petrov (1917), Konstantin Melnikov (1890), Edgar Froese (1944), Georgy Shpagin (1897), and Aleksei Gubarev (1931).

Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Boris Shakhlin ranks 2Before him are Nikolai Andrianov (1952). After him are Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Mikhail Voronin (1945), Valentin Muratov (1928), Yelena Shushunova (1969), Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913), Margarita Nikolaeva (1935), Larisa Petrik (1949), Yuri Titov (1935), Viktor Klimenko (1949), and Yelena Davydova (1961).