Pavel Stolbov

Pavel Stolbov (August 30, 1929 – June 16, 2011) was a gymnast and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Pavel Stolbov
Country represented Soviet Union
Born(1929-08-30)August 30, 1929
DiedJune 16, 2011(2011-06-16) (aged 81)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

Olympics

Stolbov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medals in team combined exercises with the Soviet team (Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azaryan and Yuri Titov).[1]

World championships

Stolbov received an individual silver medal in pommel horse and bronze medal in parallel bars at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, and a silver medal in horizontal bar at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague.

References
  1. "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 4, 2008)


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