Mikhail Perlman Explained

Mikhail Perlman
Fullname:	Mikhail Romanovich Perlman
Also Known As:	Михаил Романович Перльман
Country:	USSR
Birth Date:	23 March 1923
Birth Place:	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Club:	CSKA Moskva
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Mikhail Romanovich Perlman (also Perelman; Russian: Михаил Романович Перльман; 21 March 1923 - 8 August 2002) was a former Soviet gymnast.^{[1] [2]}

Perlman was born in Moscow, Russia and was Jewish.^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

Olympics

Perlman won a gold medal in the men's team in gymnastics at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki for the USSR.^{[1] [5] [6]} He also took fourth place in the men's pommel horse.^[7]

See also

• List of select Jewish gymnasts

Notes and References

1. Book: The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 978-1-56171-907-5. SP Books . 2007 . Peter S. Horvitz . July 5, 2011.
2. Web site: Mikhail Perlman Biography and Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/mikhail-perlman-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . Sports-reference.com . July 5, 2011.
3. Book: Encyclopaedia Judaica . Macmillan . 2007. 9780028659435 . July 5, 2011.
4. Book: The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews. registration . Mikhail Perelman. . Schocken Books . Martin Harry Greenberg . 1979 . 9780805237115 . July 5, 2011.
5. News: Jewish medal winners highlighted in Jews and the Olympic Games . The Canadian Jewish News . August 3, 2004 . Sheldon Kirshner . July 5, 2011.
6. Book: The complete book of the summer Olympics: Athens 2004 edition . Sportclassic Books . 2004. David Wallechinsky . 9781894963329 . July 5, 2011.
7. Web site: Gymnastics - Mikhail Perelman (U.S.S.R.): season totals . The-sports.org . July 21, 1952 . July 5, 2011.