Viktor Klimenko | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Soviet Union |
Born |
Moscow, Russia |
25 February 1949
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Club | Dynamo Moscow Soviet Army Moscow |
Medal record
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Viktor Yakovlevich Klimenko (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Клименко, born 25 February 1949) is a retired Russian gymnast. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a team silver medal on each occasion. Individually he earned a bronze medal in parallel bars in 1968, as well as a gold medal in pommel horse and a silver medal in vault in 1972. At the world championships Klimenko collected four medals in 1970–1974. His wife Larisa Petrik is also a former Olympic gymnast.