Nikolai Kryukov
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Russia |
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| Artistic Gymnastics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Team competition | |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team competition | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1999 Tianjin | All Around | |
| Silver | 1997 Lausanne | Vault | |
| Silver | 1999 Tianjin | Team | |
| Silver | 2006 Aarhus | Team | |
| Bronze | 1997 Lausanne | Team | |
| Bronze | 1999 Tianjin | Pommel Horse | |
| Bronze | 2003 Anaheim | Pommel Horse | |
| European Championships | |||
| Silver | 2002 Patras | Team | |
| Silver | 2007 Amsterdam | Parallel Bars | |
| Bronze | 2005 Debrecen | Pommel Horse | |
Nikolai Vyacheslavovich Kryukov (Russian: Николай Вячеславович Крюков; born November 11, 1978 in Voronezh) is a Russian artistic gymnast. A two-time Olympian, he was also the World Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Champion at the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, China.
Nick name Pavlovitch
Date of birth 11-Nov-1978
Height 164.0cm / 5.4ft
Weight 56.0kg / 114.6lb
Place of birth MOSCOW
Hometown MOSCOW (RUS)
Start discipline 1984
First int. event 1993
Club Dinamo
Best apparatus/cat. Pommel Horse, Parallel Bars
[edit] Biography
He started gymnastics at the age of 5, when he was chosen in a kindergarten in his home town of Voronej. His father was really happy and said "that's great - they will make a man out of him".
His mother was upset, for she had dreams for her son to be a scholar. As a young boy, Nikolai used to read poetry, but now he has no time.
He was a member of the Olympic champion Russian team in Atlanta, and at the 1997 World Championships he won a silver medal on vault. His favourite apparatus is pommel horse, and he most admires the work of Valentin Mogilny on this event. (GymStars)
1996 - European Junior Championships- Champion Team and Pommels; Silver AA and P.Bars - Russian All-around Champion - Olympic Champion as a member of the Russian Team in Atlanta
1998 - Nikolay trained in France, together with his personal coach Alexander Genkin, who signed a contract and works in France (Orleans). - European Championships, St.Peterburg- Silver/Team; Bronze- Pommel Horse
1999 - Surprising World All-around Champion in China! - Universiade, Palma de Mallorca- 2Gold (P.Bars and High Bar) and High Bar and 3 Silver medals (Team, AA, Vault)
2000 - Sydney Olympic Games- Bronze medal/Team Russia
2002 Russian Cup- Winner in the All-around and on Pommels European Championships, Patras- 6th place on Pommels
Known as Mr. Nice Guy in the international gymnastics community, Nikolay is very much respected for his loyalty, modesty and gentleman like behavior during and out of competition.
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