Vladimir Portnoy (June 9, 1931 – February 19, 1984) was a Soviet

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. He is Jewish, and was born in Odessa. Portnoy won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the

1960 Olympics The 1960 Olympics may refer to: *The 1960 Winter Olympics, which were held in Squaw Valley, United States *The 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olymp ...

in Rome in team combined gymnastics. He won a bronze medal in the

long horse The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviat ...

at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and

Boris Shakhlin Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 ...

(silver).

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1931 births 1984 deaths Ukrainian male artistic gymnasts Soviet male artistic gymnasts Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Jewish gymnasts Sportspeople from Odesa Soviet Jews Ukrainian Jews Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub

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