Alexander Nikolayevich Ditjatin

Alexander Nikolayevich Ditjatin, 2018

Alexander Nikolajewitsch Ditjatin ( Russian Александр Николаевич Дитятин ; born August 7, 1957 in Leningrad ) is a former Soviet or Russian artistic gymnast . At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , he won eight medals.

successes

Alexander Ditjatin made his first Olympic appearance at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal . There he won silver in the team all-around competition. He also qualified for two device fights, won a silver medal on the rings and came sixth on the pommel horse .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , Ditjatin led the Soviet team to the team all-round title. He also qualified for all six device fights. On July 25, 1980, Ditjatin won six medals in one day: gold on the rings , silver on the horizontal bar , parallel bars , pommel horse and jump as well as a bronze medal on the floor . Ditjatin, along with Michael Phelps, is the only athlete in Olympic history to win eight medals at the Olympic Games in one year. He was also the first male athlete to be rated 10 in an Olympic competition, namely in the jump. In 2004 Alexander Ditjatin was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame .

• Montreal 1976, apparatus gymnastics: silver on the rings
• Montréal 1976, apparatus gymnastics: silver in the team all-around competition

• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: gold on the rings
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: gold in the individual all-around
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: gold in the team all-around competition
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: silver on the horizontal bar
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: silver on bars
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: silver on pommel horse
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: silver in the jump
• Moscow 1980, apparatus gymnastics: bronze on the floor

Medal table

Olympic games:

• Gold: 3
• Silver: 6
• Bronze: 1

World Championships:

• Gold: 6 (79, 81)
• Silver: 3 (78, 81)
• Bronze: 2 (78, 79)

literature

• Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .

Web links

• Alexander Ditjatin in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (English)
• Alexander Ditjatin in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Alexander Ditjatin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )