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Valentin Ivanovich Muratov (Russian: Валентин Иванович Муратов, born July 30, 1928) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who compted for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.[1]
He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received gold medals in floor exercises, long horse vault and team combined exercises, as well as a silver medal in rings.[2]
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Muratov won a gold medal in horizontal bar at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rome, and also received silver medals in floor exercise and all-around, and a bronze medal in rings.
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