Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Yevgeny Viktorovich•Korolkov |
Used name | Yevgeny•Korolkov |
Original name | Евгений Викторович•Корольков |
Born | 9 September 1930 in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS) |
Died | 23 December 2014 in Sergiyev Posad, Moskva Oblast (RUS) |
Affiliations | Dynamo Moskva, Moskva (RUS) |
NOC | Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian Federation |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 2 |
Yevgeny Korolkov competed at two major tournaments during his career, the 1952 Olympics and the 1954 World Championships. At the Olympics, Korolkov won a team gold and pommelled horse silver, while finishing sixth in individual all-around and at the World Championships he won team gold and rings silver, while finishing seventh in individual all-around. Korolkov never won a Soviet title, winning three silvers (1954 individual all-around, 1954-55 rings) and two bronzes (1955 individual all-around, 1956 pommelled horse) at the Soviet championships. He also won the parallel bars and rings bronzes at the 1957 Soviet Cup. After finishing his sporting career, Korolkov worked as a gymnastics coach in Moskva, with his most famous pupils being Mikhail Voronin and Sergey Diomidov.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1952 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | URS | RUS | Yevgeny Korolkov | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | =6 | ||||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | Soviet Union | 1 | Gold | ||||
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) | =35 | ||||||
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) | =44 | ||||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | =5 | ||||||
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) | =23 | ||||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | =7 | ||||||
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) | =2 | Silver |