Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (Russian:Борис Анфиянович Шахлин) (January 27, 1932 - May 30, 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion.
Shakhlin was born in Ishim, Russian SFSR. He began gymnastics at the age of 12. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, he "set a career record of 10 individual titles in the world championships and also won gold medals at three successive Olympic Games. His tally of seven gold, four silver, and two bronze Olympic medals placed him among the most-decorated at the Games".[1]
Shakhlin retired from competition at the age of 35 after suffering a heart attack. He joined the FIG Men's Technical Committee in 1968 and continued to work on the Committee until 1992. In the 1990s and 2000s, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kiev.[2]
Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics All-around men women Team men women Floor men women Rings men Vault men women Parallel bars men Horizontal bar men Uneven bars women Balance beam women At the 1964 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo from October 18 through October 23. The scoring in all the events was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. Each of the women's events was judged by five judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of three remaining ones constituted the score. Each of the men's events were judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining ones constituted the score.
@floyd9753 Because it's 1964 and gymnastics technicalities have since evolved WAAAY beyond what you see...
PeanutButterGtr 8 months ago
This guys form is god awful. How did he make it to the Olympics?
floyd9753 9 months ago