Sergey Kharkov
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| Alternative name(s) | Sergej Charkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Dillingen, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Russia Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TG Saar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sergei Kharkov AKA Sergej Charkov (born 17 November 1970) is a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He competed for the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation before immigrated to Germany where he won the national championship 8 times. Since retiring from competition he coaches the TG Saar gymnastics team in Saarbrücken and performs in sport shows. Kharkov is married with 2 children and lives in Dillingen, Germany.
Olympics
[edit]Kharkov competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received gold medals in floor exercises and in team all-around.[1]
He competed for Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.[2]
World championships
[edit]Kharkov won a gold medal in horizontal bar and a silver medal in individual all-around at the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham.
Competitive record
[edit]- 1988 Olympic Games: 1st fx, 1st Team
- 1990 European Championships: 2nd all around, 2nd fx, 3rd pommel horse
- 1992 European Championships: 1st team
- 1993 World Championships: 2nd all around, 1st high bar
- 1995 German Championships: 3rd all around, 1st fx, 1st vault, 1st parallel bars
- 1996 Olympic Games: 1st team
- 1997 German Championships: 1st all around, 2nd parallel bars, 3rd rings
- 1998 German Championships: 1st fx, 1st vault, 3rd high bar
- 1999 German Championships: 1st fx, 1st vault, 3rd high bar
- 2001 German Championships: 1st parallel bars, 2nd high bar, 3rd rings
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20110719074729/http://www.rentasportstar.de/steckbriefe_sergej_charkov.htm
- Sergei Kharkov at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Sergei Kharkov at Olympedia
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