Viktor Chukarin (USSR)

1952 and 1956 Olympic AA Champion
1954 World AA Champion

Medal Total

Olympic Games:  6 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
World Championships:  3 Gold, 1 Bronze

Chukarin was born in 1921 in Lvov (Ukrainian SSR) and was affiliated with the "Burevestnik" club.  During World War II, he was a German prisoner of war at the Sandbostel concentration camp.  He died in 1984.

Competition Results

1947
USSR Championships:  5th AA

1948
Trade Unions Championships: 3rd AA, 1st HB
USSR Championships:  5th AA, 1st PB

1949
HUN-USSR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 2nd AA, 2nd RG, 2nd PB, 2nd HB
USSR Championships:  1st AA, 1st PB
USSR Cup:  2nd PH, 2nd R, 3rd HB

1950
HUN-USSR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 1st AA, 1st PB, 2nd FX, 2nd R, 4th HB, 5th V
Spartakiad of Physical Culture Institutes: 2nd PH, 2nd HB
Trade Unions Championships: 1st AA, 1st PH
USSR Championships:  1st AA, 1st PH, 1st PB
USSR Cup:  2nd R, 2nd HB

1951
USSR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st PB
USSR Cup:  3rd R

1952
Olympic Games:  1st Team, 1st AA, 1st V, 2nd R, 2nd PB, 5th HB
USSR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st PH
USSR Cup:  2nd  FX, 2nd R, 2nd V 

1953
FRA-USSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA
Trade Unions Championships: 8th AA
USSR Championships:  1st AA, 1st PH, 1st PB, 1st HB
USSR Cup:  3rd FX, 3rd R
Youth World Festival: 1st AA

1954
Ukrainian Championships: 1st AA
USSR Championships:  6th AA, 1st PB, 1st HB
USSR Cup:  2nd FX, 3rd PH
World Championships:  1st Team, 1st AA, 1st PB, 3rd PH, 4th FX, 4th R, 5th HB

1955
Czechoslovak Spartakiad: 2nd AA
Oslo International: 2nd AA
Trade Unions Spartakiad: 1st AA
USSR Championships:  1st AA, 1st PB, 2nd, FX, 3rd PH, 3rd V, 3rd HB
USSR Cup:  4th AA, 2nd FX, 3rd PH, 3rd V, 3rd HB

1956
Olympic Games:  1st Team, 1st AA, 1st PB, 2nd FX, 3rd PH, 4th HB
USSR Championships:  2nd AA, 1st PB, 2nd R, 3rd FX
USSR Cup:  2nd AA, 1st V, 1st PB, 1st HB, 2nd R, 3rd FX

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