Nikolai Andrianov

Nikolai Andrianov
Andrianov c. 1974
Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	14 October 1952 Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	21 March 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 58) Vladimir, Russian Federation
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Nikolai Tolkachev
Medal record Olympic Games 1972 Munich Floor exercise 1972 Munich Team competition 1972 Munich Vault 1976 Montreal All-around 1976 Montreal Floor exercise 1976 Montreal Rings 1976 Montreal Vault 1976 Montreal Team competition 1976 Montreal Parallel bars 1976 Montreal Pommel horse 1980 Moscow Team competition 1980 Moscow Vault 1980 Moscow All-around 1980 Moscow Floor exercise 1980 Moscow Horizontal bar World Championships 1974 Varna Still rings 1974 Varna Team competition 1974 Varna All-around 1974 Varna Pommel horse 1974 Varna Horizontal bar 1974 Varna Parallel bars 1978 Strasbourg Still rings 1978 Strasbourg All-around 1978 Strasbourg Team competition 1978 Strasbourg Vault 1978 Strasbourg Parallel bars 1979 Ft. Worth Team competition European Championships 1971 Madrid Pommel horse 1971 Madrid Vault 1971 Madrid Still rings 1971 Madrid Parallel bars 1971 Madrid All-around 1971 Madrid Floor exercise 1973 Grenoble Floor exercise 1973 Grenoble Vault 1973 Grenoble All-around 1973 Grenoble Still rings 1973 Grenoble Parallel bars 1975 Bern All-around 1975 Bern Floor exercise 1975 Bern Still rings 1975 Bern Vault 1975 Bern Parallel bars 1975 Bern Horizontal bar 1975 Bern Pommel horse

Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov (Russian: Николай Ефимович Андрианов, 14 October 1952 – 21 March 2011) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals) until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Andrianov is the third athlete (male or female) in cumulative Olympic medals after Phelps's 28 and Larisa Latynina, who earned 18. Andrianov won the most medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics with 6 individual medals and one team medal. Within the sport of Men's Artistic Gymnastics, he also holds the men's record for most individual Olympic medals (12) and shares the male record for most individual Olympic gold medals in gymnastics (6), tied with Boris Shakhlin and Dmitry Bilozerchev (the latter of which only if you count the 1984 Alternate Olympics). In many other rankings among all-time medal winners at the Olympic, World, and European levels, he ranks very high, (for example, he is second only to Vitaly Scherbo in total individual medal counts at either the gold level or any level at the combined Olympic and World levels as well as at the combined Olympic, World, and European levels) – easily making him one of the most decorated gymnasts of all time.

Andrianov entered the Children and Youth Sports School of the Burevestnik sports society in Vladimir at age 11. His first international success came in 1971 at the European Championships in Madrid, where he won two gold medals. Between 1971 and 1980 he won many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, world championships and European championships.