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Viktor Chukarin
The Olympic Games or Olympics are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C., the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin was one of the finest athletes who set an appreciated position for himself in the Olympic history. He was the first of the great Soviet gymnasts who was born on November 9, 1921 in Krasnoarmiys'ke, Crimea. He passed away on August 25, 1984 in Lviv.
Chukarin became the USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ gymnastic individual all-around champion in 1949, and repeated the same feat in the 1950, 1951, 1953 and 1955 seasons. At the age of 19 years, he was awarded the title Master of Sport, but put off training with the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War.
Earlier, at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Chukarin won six medals that included the individual all-around by a margin of 0.7 points. He also compiled five medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He also led the USSR to the victory at the 1954 World Championships and compiled a victory to win a gold medal in the team all around. Chukarin was also awarded the first ever Order of Lenin given to an athlete.
After retirement, Chukarin began coaching Armenian gymnastics team in 1961. In 1963, he became an assistant professor at the Lviv Institute of Physical Culture. With all his perseverance and superior approach towards the sport both as a player and a coach, Chukarin accomplished many aspirations in his overall athletic career.
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