Rustam Sharipov

Rustam Sharipov
 Gymnast 
Personal information
Born (1971-06-02) 2 June 1971
Dushanbe
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics

Rustam Sharipov (born June 2, 1971 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR) 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]

Formerly Rustam was an assistant coach for the Men's Gymnastics team at the University of Oklahoma. In May 2011 Rustam accepted the head coach position at The Ohio State University.

References

  1. "1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 17, 2008)
  2. "1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 17, 2008)

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