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Born | Moscow, Russia | 27 April 1940|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Viktor Anatolyevich Leontyev ( Russian: Виктор Анатольевич Леонтьев; born 27 April 1940) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team all-round competition. Individually he finished in fourth place on the floor and rings. [1]
He won three silver medals at the 1961 European championships, on the floor, pommel horse and parallel bars. The next year he won a silver medal in the team all-round competition at the world championships. [2]
During his career he won four national titles: on the vault (1961) and rings (1963–1965). [2]