| Pavel Stolbov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 2011 (aged 81) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pavel Stolbov (30 August 1929 – 16 June 2011) was a gymnast and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.
Stolbov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises with the Soviet team (Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azaryan and Yuri Titov). [1]
Stolbov received an individual silver medal in pommel horse and bronze medal in parallel bars at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, and a silver medal in horizontal bar at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Prague.
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