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Dityatin is the first athlete in Olympic history to win eight medals in one Olympic Games. He was also the first male gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of ten in an Olympic competition, a feat he accomplished in the long horse vault.
Dityatin is the first athlete in Olympic history to win eight medals in one Olympic Games. He was also the first male gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of ten in an Olympic competition, a feat he accomplished in the long horse vault.
Aleksandr Dityatin set an Olympic record in the gymnastics competition at Moscow by 1980, by winning a medal in all eight gymnastics events. The record is also the most medals won by any athlete at a single Olympics, since equaled by Michael Phelps in swimming in 2004.
Alexander Dityatin finally emerged from the shadow of fellow Russian gymnast Nikolai Andrianov in spectacular fashion at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. 2 min.
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Dityatin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Дитятин, born 7 August 1957) is a retired Soviet/Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games.
Dityatin began gymnastics at age 9 and trained at Dynamo Leningrad with coach Anatoly Yarmovsky. His first big victory was his first-place finish at the 1973 Jr. USSR Championships in the Candidate for Master of Sport category.
Alexander Dityatin is a gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games for the Soviet Union. Dityatin won two silvers in 1976 but in 1980 won a medal in each event contested in men's artistic gymnastics.
Jul 3, 2021 · Alexander Dityatin, gymnastics - 6 (URS, 1976-1980) The former Soviet Union star, Dityatin registered 10 Olympic medals from two appearances with a bundle of silvers and a deluge of records.
Jan 9, 1986 · SAN FRANCISCO -- Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin, the winner of a record eight medals and the first perfect 10 for men at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, should have one of the best known names in...
Handsome Aleksandr Dityatin first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1976, winning a silver medal in the gymnastics team event. He also placed fourth in the individual all-around event, missing a medal by only five hundredths of a point.
