| Oleksandr Vorobiov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Vorobiov (right) at the 2009 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 5, 1984 Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oleksandr Vorobiov (born October 5, 1984, in Dniprodzerzhynsk) [1] is a Ukrainian gymnast. He won a bronze medal on rings at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [2]
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