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Boris Shakhlin

1932 - 2008

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Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (Russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Shakhlin has received more than 75,861 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Shakhlin is the 14th most popular gymnast (down from 13th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Russia (down from 796th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Boris Shakhlin ranks 14 out of 183Before him are Hermann Weingärtner, Leon Štukelj, Nikolai Andrianov, Sawao Kato, Alina Kabaeva, and Takashi Ono. After him are Louis Zutter, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Nellie Kim, Alfred Schwarzmann, Yukio Endo, and Akinori Nakayama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Boris Shakhlin ranks 172Before him are Richard Lester, Mustafa Tlass, Bronisław Geremek, Predrag Matvejević, Miloslav Vlk, and Karen Demirchyan. After him are Mancur Olson, Ervin László, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tony Brooks, Mamo Wolde, and Carlos Borges. Among people deceased in 2008, Boris Shakhlin ranks 112Before him are Eva Dahlbeck, Baba Amte, Bronisław Geremek, Albert Cossery, Anthony Mamo, and Joseph Weizenbaum. After him are Šaban Bajramović, Lazare Ponticelli, Tommy Lapid, Rubens de Falco, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, and Sofiko Chiaureli.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Shakhlin ranks 940 out of 3,262Before him are Mikhail Katukov (1900), Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Irina Shayk (1986), Nikolai Luzin (1883), Emil Wiechert (1861), and Pavel Pestel (1793). After him are Boris Volynov (1934), Nikolai Korotkov (1874), Lazar Berman (1930), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Olga Baclanova (1893), and Alexander Kotov (1913).

Among GYMNASTS In Russia

Among gymnasts born in Russia, Boris Shakhlin ranks 2Before him are Nikolai Andrianov (1952). After him are Yuri Titov (1935), Valentin Muratov (1928), Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Yelena Shushunova (1969), Mikhail Voronin (1945), Svetlana Khorkina (1979), Viktor Klimenko (1949), Larisa Petrik (1949), Aleksanteri Saarvala (1913), and Dmitry Bilozerchev (1966).