Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov was a Soviet artistic gymnast who won 15 Olympic medals, including seven golds, at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Summer Olympics.
1972 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. Andrianov won his first Olympic medals in Munich, including gold on floor exercise.
Vitaly Scherbo: A Belarusian artistic gymnast who won six gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Scherbo later surpassed Andrianov's single-Games gold record with six golds in 1992.
Artistic gymnastics: A gymnastics discipline in which athletes perform judged routines on apparatus such as the floor, rings, and parallel bars. Andrianov's Olympic career spanned the apparatus and all-around events of this discipline.
List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics: A record of athletes who have won medals in Olympic gymnastics competitions. Andrianov's 15 medals place him among the most decorated Olympic gymnasts.
1976 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada, from 17 July to 1 August 1976. Andrianov won seven medals in Montreal, including four golds and the men's all-around title.
Sawao Kato: A Japanese artistic gymnast who won eight Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1976. Kato's all-around and team success made him Andrianov's leading Japanese-era counterpart.
Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics: The Olympic competition in gymnastics, featuring artistic events for men and women. The Olympic program supplied the stages on which Andrianov accumulated his medals.
Vladimir Artemov: A Soviet artistic gymnast who won four gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Artemov belonged to the Soviet generation that followed Andrianov's landmark success.
1980 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, from 19 July to 3 August 1980. He added five medals at the Moscow Games, competing in front of a home crowd.
Boris Shakhlin: A Soviet artistic gymnast who won 13 Olympic medals, including seven golds, from 1956 to 1964. Shakhlin established an earlier Soviet benchmark that Andrianov matched in golds and exceeded in total medals.