Viktor Leontyev Explained

Birth Date:1940 4, df=y
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)
Weight:63kg (139lb)
Sport:Artistic gymnastics
Club:CSKA Moscow
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Viktor Anatolyevich Leontyev (Russian: Виктор Анатольевич Леонтьев; born 27 April 1940) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team all-round competition. Individually he finished in fourth place on the floor and rings.

He won three silver medals at the 1961 European championships, on the floor, pommel horse and parallel bars. The next year he won a silver medal in the team all-round competition at the world championships.

During his career he won four national titles: on the vault (1961) and rings (1963–1965).