Viktor Leontyev

Viktor Leontyev

Viktor Leontyev at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1940-04-27) 27 April 1940
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Artistic gymnastics
Club CSKA Moscow

Viktor Anatolyevich Leontyev (Russian: Виктор Анатольевич Леонтьев; born 27 April 1940) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team allround competition. Individually he winished in fourth place on the floor and rings.[1]

He won three silver medals at the 1961 European championships, on the floor, pommel horse and parallel bars. Next year he won a silver medal in the team allround competition at the world championships.[2]

During his career he won four national titles: on the vault (1961) and rings (1963–1965).[2]

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