Alexander Dityatin

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Olympic medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Gold	1980 Moscow	Team
Gold	1980 Moscow	All-around
Gold	1980 Moscow	Rings
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team
Silver	1976 Montreal	Rings
Silver	1980 Moscow	Pommel horse
Silver	1980 Moscow	Vault
Silver	1980 Moscow	Parallel bars
Silver	1980 Moscow	Horizontal bar
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Floor Exercise

Aliexander Nikolaievich Dityatin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Дитятин) (born August 07, 1957 in Leningrad) is a Soviet gymnast, three-time Olympic Champion, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics he set the Olympic record for the most medals at one Games. As of 2007 he still holds this record, now along with Michael Phelps, who tied it at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1] Dityatin competed for the Leningrad Dinamo sports society.

Dityatin's first Olympic success was at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won two silver medals - on the rings and in the team competition. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow he won the all-around title and seven more medals, including two gold ones. As of 2006 he is the only athlete who won a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events at one Olympics. Shortly after this Olympics Dityatin, while training, was seriously injured and finished his career.

Dityatin graduated from Leningrad Lesgaft Institute of Physical Education. He was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor (1976), and Order of Lenin (1980, for guarding the State Border of the USSR). Between 1980 and 1995 Dityatin was the head coach of a sports team from Leningrad (Leningrad OKPP). Since 1995 he works as the chief inspector of the Pulkovo Airport checkpoint (Pulkovo-2 OKPP). He is a Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian Border Service.

In 2004 Dityatin was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. ^[2]

[edit] Achievements (non-Olympic)

Year	Event	AA	Team	FX	PH	RG	VT	PB	HB
1975	European Championships	3rd				3rd		2nd
	World Cup	3rd
	USSR Championships	1st			1st			2nd	2nd
	USSR Cup	1st
1976	USSR Championships				1st	3rd
	USSR Cup	3rd
1977	USSR Championships						3rd	2nd
	University Games						2nd
	USSR Cup	3rd
1978	World Championships	3rd	2nd	3rd		2nd
	World Cup	1st		3rd	2nd	1st	3rd		3rd
	USSR Championships					1st		2nd	3rd
1979	World Championships	1st	1st			1st	1st		3rd
	World Cup	1st				1st	2nd	2nd	2nd
	European Championships				1st	1st		2nd
	USSR Championships	1st		3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd
1980	USSR Cup	1st
1981	World Championships		1st			1st		1st

[edit] References

1. ^ Facts & figures
2. ^ ALEXANDER DITYATIN. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.

[edit] External links

• International Federation of Gymnastics' Profile on Alexander Dityatin
• List of competitive results

Olympic champions in men's individual all-around

1900: Gustave Sandras | 1904: Julius Lenhart | 1908: Alberto Braglia | 1912: Alberto Braglia | 1920: Giorgio Zampori | 1924: Leon Štukelj | 1928: Georges Miez | 1932: Romeo Neri | 1936: Karl-Alfred Schwarzmann | 1948: Veikko Huhtanen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Viktor Chukarin | 1960: Boris Shakhlin | 1964. Yukio Endo | 1968. Sawao Kato | 1972: Sawao Kato | 1976: Nikolai Andrianov | 1980: Alexander Dityatin | 1984: Koji Gushiken | 1988: Vladimir Artemov | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo | 1996: Xiaosahuang Li | 2000: Alexei Nemov | 2004: Paul Hamm

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