Yevgeny Korolkov

Yevgeny Korolkov
Korolkov at the 1954 World Championships
Personal information
Born(1930-09-09)9 September 1930[1]
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died23 December 2014(2014-12-23) (aged 84)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Soviet Union
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki Team
1952 Helsinki Pommel horse
World Championships
1954 Rome Team
1954 Rome Rings

Yevgeny Viktorovich Korolkov (Russian: Евгений Викторович Корольков; 9 September 1930 – 23 December 2014) was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the team competitions and a silver in the pommel horse. Similarly, at the 1954 World Championships he won a team gold and a silver on the rings. After retiring from competitions he worked as a gymnastics coach in Moscow. His trainees included Mikhail Voronin and Sergey Diomidov.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Yevgeny Korolkov's grave (in Russian)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yevgeny Korolkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. ^ Скончался Евгений Викторович Корольков Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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