Viktor Klimenko (gymnast)

Viktor Klimenko
Personal information
Born (1949-02-25) 25 February 1949
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Soviet Union
ClubDynamo Moscow
Soviet Army Moscow
Medal record
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Pommel horse
1968 Mexico City Team
1972 Munich Vault
1972 Munich Team
1968 Mexico City Parallel bars
World Championships
1970 Ljubljana Vault
1970 Ljubljana Team
1974 Varna Team
1970 Ljubljana Pommel horse

Viktor Yakovlevich Klimenko (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Клименко, born 25 February 1949) is a retired Russian gymnast. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a team silver medal on each occasion. Individually he earned a bronze medal in parallel bars in 1968, as well as a gold medal in pommel horse and a silver medal in vault in 1972. At the world championships Klimenko collected four medals in 1970–1974. His wife Larisa Petrik is also a former Olympic gymnast.[1]

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