Mikhail Romanovich Perlman (also ''Perelman''; ; 21 March 1923 - 8 August 2002) was a former Soviet

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. Perlman was born in

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and was Jewish.

Olympics

Perlman won a

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in the men's team in gymnastics at the

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for the USSR. He also took fourth place in the men's

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Olympics

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