Viktor Klimenko (gymnast)
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| Country represented |  Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1949 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow Soviet Army Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Klimenko on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain
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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