Yevgeny Korolkov

Yevgeni Korolkov
— Gymnast —
Korolkov at the 1954 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1930-09-09)9 September 1930 Moscow, Russia
Died	24 December 2014(2014-12-24) (aged 84)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team competition 1952 Helsinki Men's Pommel Horse World Championships 1954 Rome Team 1954 Rome Rings

Yevgeny Viktorovich Korolkov (Russian: Евгений Викторович Корольков, 9 September 1930 – 24 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.^[1][2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yevgeny Korolkov.

Olympic champions in artistic gymnastics - men's team all-around
1904:  United States (USA) 1908:  Sweden (SWE) 1912:  Italy (ITA) 1920:  Italy (ITA) 1924:  Italy (ITA) 1928:  Switzerland (SUI) 1932:  Italy (ITA) 1936:  Germany (GER) 1948:  Finland (FIN) 1952:  Soviet Union (URS) 1956:  Soviet Union (URS) 1960:  Japan (JPN) 1964:  Japan (JPN) 1968:  Japan (JPN) 1972:  Japan (JPN) 1976:  Japan (JPN) 1980:  Soviet Union (URS) 1984:  United States (USA) 1988:  Soviet Union (URS) 1992:  Unified Team (EUN) 1996:  Russia (RUS) 2000:  China (CHN) 2004:  Japan (JPN) 2008:  China (CHN) 2012:  China (CHN) 2016:  Japan (JPN)
1952  Soviet Union (URS):  · Vladimir Belyakov · Iosif Berdiev · Viktor Chukarin · Yevgeny Korolkov · Dmytro Leonkin · Valentin Muratov · Mikhail Perlman · Grant Shaginyan