6 times Olympic champion. Olympic champions of Russia - the best athletes of the country

Age athletes took and take part in the Olympics in different types sports. There are champions who are among the oldest participants in the games. The record of the oldest Olympic champion in the world has not been broken.

What sports do older athletes win?

Age athletes are in no hurry to last years leave the sport, they continue to strive for new sporting achievements, participate in the Olympics and quite often become Olympic champions.

A lot of old Olympic champions among hockey players. This sport allows even after forty to successfully participate in world competitions. So, Peter Nedved is the owner of the Olympic medal, continuing to play hockey. In 2014, at the age of forty-two, he entered the ice as part of the Czech national team.

Often age biathletes become champions. One can give an example of the two-time Olympic champion Russian Sergey Chepikov. In 2006, he won a medal at the age of thirty-nine.

Famous skeletonist Duff Gibson won an Olympic medal in 2006 in Turin. She was thirty nine years old. Age athletes have repeatedly won victories in such Olympic disciplines as shot throwing, boxing, wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, etc.

The oldest Olympic champions at the games in Sochi

As soon as the Sochi Olympics started, a lot of information about the participating athletes appeared. Fans were interested in all the details about them, this also applies to age. You can name the Olympic champions who took part in the Sochi Olympiad, while being among the oldest. One of them is Albert Demchenko. This Winter Olympics was his seventh. Albert is the record holder for participation in winter games. The athlete won the Olympic "silver" in 2006 and in 2014. Some Russian specialists believe that luge has survived in the country largely thanks to Demchenko. At the time of winning the medal, he was forty-two years old.

The famous speed skater from Germany competed at the Sochi Olympics at the age of forty-one - this is Claudia Pechstein. She first participated in the games at the age of nineteen and became a bronze medalist. After this victory, Claudia proved for the next five Olympics that she remains the best.

Forty-year-old Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is one of the oldest Olympic champions in Sochi and the most old champion in individual sports. He is the owner of eight gold medals.

Among the oldest Olympic champions in Sochi is Alexander Zubkov from the Russian team. He became the champion in 2014, having won a medal in bobsleigh.

Norwegian Marit Bjorgen won gold in the skiathlon at the Sochi Olympics, becoming the oldest skier who managed to achieve an individual victory. Her age is thirty-three years. It is known that she is not going to leave the sport.

Athlete Armin Zoggeler is already over forty. He won a bronze medal in the sleigh. This Olympics was the sixth for him, and at all six of his Olympics, Armin did not remain without medals.

The oldest Olympic champion in history

Oscar Swan is the oldest Olympic champion in history. For many years this title remains with him. Surprisingly, in his first games, the athlete took part in shooting competitions at the age of sixty. This happened at the London Olympics in 1908. Swan was awarded a gold medal, but did not become the oldest champion of those games. In 1908, the Irish athlete Joshua Millner was awarded the Olympic gold medal. He was a few months older than Swann.

Four years later, at his second Olympics in his life at the age of sixty-four, the athlete was again able to win the gold award for shooting single shots at the “running deer” from a hundred meters. After the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, Swan gained the title of the oldest medalist. Since then, this age limit has not been overcome by any of the athletes around the world.

AT Olympic Games held in Antwerp in 1920, Oscar Swan took part again. He won the silver at the age of seventy-two. Since then, the age of this champion has become the largest in the history of games.

The athlete planned to take part in the 1924 Olympics, but could not do this due to poor health. Swann had some oddities. He was extremely superstitious, always shooting in the same clothes, namely, in a black hat and a black coat. The athlete wore a long beard and long hair. For him, there were no awards other than gold. "Bronze" and "silver" he could throw away or give to the first comer. Swann died in 1927. His son is the successor of the dynasty. He also participated in the Olympics with his father, taking part in shooting competitions. He was able to win several gold, silver and bronze medals. Son and father for two won fifteen Olympic medals.

But even the oldest Olympic champion is far from the Caucasian centenarians. .
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The first Olympic champion of Russia

Russian figure skater Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin has a special achievement in the history of sports: in 1908 he became the first Russian to win an Olympic gold medal. The next time it happened only after 44 years.

Rome was originally chosen as the venue for the Games of the IV Olympiad in 1908. But when only a little over a year remained before they began, the authorities the eternal city announced that they did not have time to prepare all the necessary objects by the deadline. Like all of Italy, Rome had to give a lot of money to eliminate the consequences of the strong eruption of Vesuvius in 1906.

The Olympic Movement was rescued by Great Britain. In a matter of months, the grandiose White City Olympic Stadium for 70 thousand spectators, as well as a 100-meter swimming pool, a wrestling arena, and other sports facilities were built in London. And since even then in London there was a skating rink with artificial ice, in the program of the Olympic Games, held in the warm season, for the first time they decided to include competitions in figure skating.

The fact is that by the beginning of the 20th century this beautiful view sport has already gained great popularity and is very popular with the audience. The first European Figure Skating Championship was held in Hamburg in 1891. True, so far only men participated in it.

In 1896, the first world championship was held, and not just anywhere, but in St. Petersburg. Again, only men were represented on it, and the German figure skater G. Fuchs won the competition. In 1903, the 200th anniversary of the Russian capital was celebrated, and therefore the next World Championship, already the 8th in a row, was again held in St. Petersburg. This time, the Swede Ulrich Salkhov became the champion, and Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin from St. Petersburg, who was then 31 years old, won silver medals.

It should be noted that Ulrich Salkhov achieved fantastic results in 10 years of performances in 1901-1911. He was ten times world champion and nine times European champion...

The world championship for women was first played in the Swiss city of Davos in 1906. Two years later, for the first time, the title of world champion was contested in pair skating. And it happened again in St. Petersburg. One can, perhaps, consider that at the dawn of the 20th century, Russia was one of the world centers of figure skating.

At the Games of the IV Olympiad in London, figure skaters competed in men's, women's and pair skating. The Swede U. Salkhov was true to himself at the Olympic Games, winning a gold medal in free skating for men. In the women's competition, the Englishwoman M. Sayers won. German figure skaters A. Hubler and H. Burger became champions in pair skating.

And here, in London, the Russian figure skater became the Olympic champion for the first time. It was a Petersburger Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin, who excelled in the separate competition of figure skaters then held - performing special figures. It was he who was preferred by the judges, despite the fact that the audience vigorously supported his two rivals, who were the British A. Cumming and D. Hall-Say.

The English press wrote about the victory of the Russian as follows: “Panin was far ahead of his rivals both in the difficulty of his pieces, and in the beauty and ease of their execution. He cut into the ice a series of the most perfect drawings with almost mathematical precision.

In a word, the performance of Russian athletes in London could be considered quite successful - especially since they made their debut at these Olympic Games and there were only 6 people in the team. In addition to Panin's Olympic gold medal, two more silver medals were won - this was done by wrestlers N. Orlov and O. Petrov.

However, seeing off the Russian athletes to London, in the depths of their souls, few doubted that Panin would certainly be among the winners. At home, they knew well how strong this skater was. After all, at the 1903 World Championship in St. Petersburg, according to the general opinion, he lost to the Swede U. Salkhov only because of judicial bias. Not without reason, after the competition, some Swedish athletes even apologized to the Russian.

Panin became the champion of Russia every year, invariably captivating the audience with his perfect technique. And in general, he was a great athlete: he performed brilliantly not only on the ice, but also played tennis superbly, was a very strong athlete, rower and yachtsman, and a multiple Russian champion in pistol and combat revolver shooting.

And, of course, a brightly gifted personality, wonderful an educated person. In 1897 he graduated with a gold medal from the natural sciences Physics and Mathematics Faculty of St. Petersburg University. I could definitely do scientific activity, but family circumstances forced him to go to work in the financial department.

There, sports were not looked at very approvingly. Therefore, an outstanding athlete had to compete, especially at first, under the pseudonym Panin, hiding his real name- Kolomenkin.

Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin

I couldn’t leave the sport in any way, because I fell in love with skates from childhood. Even in his native village of Khrenovo, Voronezh province, he began skating on the ice of ponds on home-made wooden skates with an iron skid. When he was 13 years old, he moved to St. Petersburg. He studied here, and in the evenings he studied in a circle of figure skating enthusiasts on one of the ponds in the Yusupov Garden.

In 1893 he entered the university. And in 1897, just when he finished it, he achieved his first serious success, taking third place in the inter-city competitions of figure skaters. Since then, it has gone on - in the financial service, he was Kolomenkin, and in competitions - Panin. But he entered the history of sports under the double surname Panin-Kolomenkin. Fortunately, the service left him enough time for training and for performances in various competitions.

He could afford to travel abroad. In 1904, for example, 4 years before the Games of the IV Olympiad in London, he competed at the European Figure Skating Championships in Switzerland, where he took third place.

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin discovered early in himself a penchant for coaching. And not only as a practitioner, but also a theoretician. Back in 1902, his great work, The Theory of Figure Skating, began to be published in the journal Sport with the continuation. Its purpose, as he himself wrote, was to help skaters "bring their achievements into a system and achieve greater purity of performance." The work examined in detail the various figures performed by athletes on ice.

In the same year, Panin-Kolomenkin began practical work in the St. Petersburg "Society of Skating Fans", teaching those who wish the art of figure skating. And after winning the London Olympics, he left big sport and devoted himself entirely to coaching. But he did not leave work on the theory of figure skating.

True, he still continued to perform at shooting competitions. In total, from 1906 to 1917, he was ... a twenty-three-time Russian champion in pistol and combat revolver shooting. Later, already in 1928, in Soviet times, became the winner of the All-Union Olympics in pistol shooting. Then he was already 56 years old.

Back in 1910, Panin-Kolomenkin's big book "Figure Skating" was published, the first theoretical work in Russia dedicated to this sport. The author was awarded two gold medals "For an outstanding scientific essay in the field of sports on figure skating."

And after almost 30 years, Nikolai Alexandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin prepared an extensive monograph "The Art of Skating", where he systematized the vast material he had collected on the history, theory, methodology and technique of figure skating. At that time he worked at the Institute physical education named after P.F. Lesgaft, under which a school of figure skating masters was organized.

In 1939 for scientific achievements and pedagogical activity Panin-Kolomenkin was awarded the title of associate professor and academic degree candidate pedagogical sciences. He is rightly called the founder of the theory and methodology of modern figure skating. Many Russian champions in this sport they considered themselves students of Panin-Kolomenkin.

A great athlete, a wonderful coach and teacher lived long life- died in 1956. Except scientific papers, he left a book of memoirs "Pages from the Past". Some of these pages are devoted to the games of the 4th Olympiad in London. And today's reader can imagine those happy moments of the first Olympic victory won by an athlete of our country almost a century ago.

But the next Olympic gold medal had to wait for many decades later. Four years later, at the Stockholm Olympics, Russia was content with only two silver and two bronze medals. And after the First World War, Russia, where the Bolsheviks came to power, no longer took part in Olympic Movement. The debut of the USSR national team took place only at the XV Olympiad in 1952 in Helsinki, where the discus thrower Nina Ponomareva won the first gold medal for our country.

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And the Russian athletes did not take part in the next two Olympics. Russian surnames appeared only in the protocol of the IV London Olympiad in 1908. And the Olympic history of Russia begins in 1911.

The London Olympics were held on a grand scale - 2008 athletes (more than in the previous three Olympics) from 22 countries competed for places on the Olympic podium. Five Russian athletes came to the games: Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin, Nikolai Orlov, Andrey Petrov, Evgeny Zamotin and Grigory Demin. The Olympic debut was extremely successful.

Of the five people, three returned home with medals. Lightweight Nikolai Orlov and heavyweight Andrey Petrov won silver medals in classical wrestling competitions, competed in typical winter look sports - figure skating, included for the first time in the program of the Summer Olympics.

The main struggle unfolded between Panin-Kolomenkin and the seven-time world champion, the famous Swede Ulrich Salkov. On the eve of the Olympics, Panin-Kolomenkina at the international tournament managed to beat the famous Swede. Wounded by the recent defeat, Salkov behaved, to put it mildly, incorrectly towards the Russian athlete. For example, he shouted out during Panin's impeccable execution of the eight on one leg: “Is this a figure eight? She's totally crooked!" Panin protested to the panel of judges. But even in the judiciary, he did not meet justice. Three out of five judges gave Panin a clearly underestimated score. Objecting to judicial arbitrariness, Panin then refused to perform in free skating. And the Swede became the champion in the first section of the program. True, after the end of the competition, a group of Swedes - participants and judges - first verbally and then in official written form apologized to the Russian athlete. When, on the second day of the competition, Salkov saw the drawings of Panin's special figures submitted to the panel of judges, he, feeling doomed to defeat, refused to go on the ice. On the second day, Panin-Kolomenkin skated superbly. The judges were forced to unanimously award him first place.

The official report on the IV Olympic Games said: “Panin (Russia) was far away ahead of his rivals both in the difficulty of his pieces and in the beauty and ease of their execution. He carved on the ice a series of the most perfect drawings with almost mathematical precision. Panin-Kolomenkin left an indelible mark on the history of figure skating. He won the title of champion of Russia five times, always impressing the audience with his honed skills. Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin was a comprehensively developed athlete: he played tennis and football very well, was a first-class rower and yachtsman. Along with figure skating he achieved outstanding marksmanship. Twelve times he became the champion of Russia in pistol shooting and eleven times in combat revolver shooting.

The first Russian Olympic champion continued to compete after the Great October revolution. In 1928, the fifty-six-year-old athlete won pistol shooting competitions at the All-Union Spartakiad. This victory was the crowning glory sports career outstanding athlete, the first Russian Olympic champion. Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin devoted his enormous talent, experience as an athlete and teacher entirely to the cause of serving the young Soviet sport. From the first days of the organization State Institute physical culture in Leningrad, he taught there. Peru, the first Russian Olympic champion, owns more than twenty scientific and popular works on various sports disciplines...

To take part in the Olympic Games is an honor for any athlete. The victory in these competitions forever brings the name of the table of history. But among these legendary personalities there are those who managed more than once to the top of the Olympic podium.

Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz, USA, swimming, 9 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals. He became the first who was able to win 7 gold medals in just one Olympics (in Munich in 1972). For this achievement, he was surpassed only by Michael Phelps. It is noteworthy that Spitz not only won the competition, but also set 7 world records (33 in his entire career). Three times - in 1969, 1971 and 1972 - he was recognized as the best swimmer in the world.

Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis, USA Athletics(sprint and long jump), 9 gold and 1 silver medal. He is one of the few who was able to win "gold" at four Olympics in a row in the same discipline - in the long jump (in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996). It is interesting that he got one of the highest awards by accident: in 1988 in Seoul in the 100 m race to the finish line, he came second, but the winner was subsequently disqualified. Lewis was recognized as the best athlete in the world three times (in 1982, 1983 and 1984).

Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps, USA, swimming, 23 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Holds 7 world records (50m pool/long water: 100m and 200m butterfly, 400m medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay, 4x100m medley relay; 25m pool/short water: 4x100m medley relay). In total, during his career he set 39 world records. He has been performing at the Olympic Games since 2000 (Sydney), then he did not win a single medal. But already at the Olympics in Athens in 2004, he won 6 gold and 2 bronze medals. In 2008 in Beijing he won all 8 heats in which he participated.

Larisa Latynina

Larisa Latynina, USSR, artistic gymnastics, 9 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals. Absolute Olympic champion in 1956 and 1960, still remains the owner of the most big collection Olympic medals for women. In 1964, she won gold medals in the team championship and in floor exercises, but in the absolute championship she still lost first place to Vera Chaslavskaya from Czechoslovakia. After those significant victories, she coached the USSR Olympic team in gymnastics (in 1968, 1972, 1976).

Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi, Finland, athletics (medium and long distance running), 9 gold and 3 silver medals. This is one of the most prominent athletes of the early 20th century. Already at his first Olympics in 1920 in Antwerp, he received three top awards, at the second - in Paris - he added five more gold medals to his collection. And in the interval between them, he broke world records several times at distances from 1500 to 20000 m. In 1923-1924 he was the best in the world at distances of 1 mile, 1500, 5000 and 10000 m. During his career, he set 22 official and 13 unofficial world records.

Birgit Fischer

Birgit Fischer, East Germany/Germany, rowing and canoeing, 8 gold and 4 silver medals. She is the only female and male athlete to have won 12 Olympic medals in rowing. Taking part and winning at the Olympics for 24 years, she became the youngest (18 years old in 1980) and the oldest (42 years old in 2004) Olympic champion in rowing and canoeing.

Jenny Thompson

Jenny Thompson, USA, swimming, 8 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals. She received almost all her awards in relay races, only silver in 1992 in Barcelona and bronze in 2000 in Sydney at a distance of 100 m freestyle became “personal” for her. She is also an 18-time world champion. She is currently retired and works as an anesthesiologist.

Sawao Kato

Sawao Kato, Japan, artistic gymnastics, 8 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals. The most decorated male gymnast and the most decorated Asian athlete in Olympic history, made his Olympic debut in 1968 in Mexico City and immediately won 3 gold medals. At the Games in Munich, he repeated the success. The third Olympiad brought him "only" two "golds". In 10970 and 1974 he became the world champion in the team championship.

Matt Biondi

Matt Biondi, USA, swimming, 8 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals. Twice the best swimmer in the world (in 1986 and 1988), he performed at distances of 50 and 100 m. The pinnacle of his career was the 1988 Games in Seoul, where he won five gold medals, a silver and a bronze. He received most of his awards through participation in relay races, as a member of the relay team he became a world record holder.

Ray Urey

Ray Urey, USA, track and field (long jump and high jump), 8 gold medals. As a child, this athlete fell ill with polio and for some time had to travel to wheelchair. The course of treatment included exercises for the legs, including jumping. This fascinated him so much that he managed to become a 15-time US champion from 1898 to 1910 in standing jumps, until they were canceled. Yuri has competed in four Summer Olympics.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Norway, biathlon, 8 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals. From childhood he was fond of sports, played handball, threw a spear, went in for cycling and only then came to biathlon, to which he achieved incredible results. Since 1994, he has taken part in six Olympics, winning 8 gold medals (and if at the first in Lillehammer he could not show decent results, then in 2002 in Salt Lake City he already became the absolute Olympic champion in biathlon - the only one in the world ). In addition, he won 21 world championships, including once in the summer biathlon.

Bjorn Delhi

Bjorn Delhi, Norway, skiing, 8 gold, 4 silver medals. His success is evenly distributed between the three Olympics in 1992, 1994 and 1998. At the same time, he is one of two athletes who managed to win the most prestigious 50 km race at the Olympic Games twice (in 1992 and 1998). Previously, only the Swede Sixten Jernberg managed to do this at the 1956 and 1964 Games. The 9-time world champion ended his career in 2001 due to an earlier back injury.

The Olympics is such an event for which they prepare for a long time. it unique opportunity demonstrate sports achivments around the world and make yourself known. Olympic champions are the most top athletes who represent their country in various types sports. There are five of the most titled of them, including three Russian participants.

Bjorn Daly

The most titled Olympic champion is Daly. This is a skier from Norway who became a nine-time world champion. He is the only athlete with 8 Winter Olympic gold medals in his collection. In 1992, he was able to win the first gold in Albertville. It was a real success for Bjorn. There he received 4 gold medals in the relay, 15 and 50 km races. In Lillehammer, the Norwegian again came first in the pursuit. In 1998, in Nagano, he won three gold medals. Unfortunately, the famous skier was forced to end his career because he received a serious back injury. An official statement about this was made in early 2001. Today, Daly produces sportswear.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

This is another Norwegian most decorated Olympic champion in biathlon. He managed to collect a collection of eight gold medals (for a total of thirteen awards). He had his first success in Nagano, where he came first in the 10 km sprint. It should be noted that Bjoerndalen managed to win only from the second run. However, he triumphed in Salt Lake City. There Ole Einar became the absolute champion in his sport and received all four awards. It should be noted that the Norwegian has not always won gold. In Turin, Ole Einar received two silver and one bronze medals. And in 2010 in Vancouver in the relay, the biathlete won his last gold medal. He was able to demonstrate a brilliant style of performance, thanks to which he became the winner.

Lyubov Egorova

The most titled Olympic champion of Russia has six gold medals in his collection. The skier Yegorova had her first success in Cavalese. Then she came first in the 30 km race (relay). She then led the 15 km race at Albertville. But this was not the only reward. She was able to win the 10 km race and the relay. And at once three gold medals went to the Russian skier in Lillehammer. She came first in the relay, won the 10 and 5 km races. It is worth noting that Egorova is not the only record holder in Russia.
Lydia Skoblikova managed to receive the same number of awards. But it was Lyubov Egorova who in 1994 became the best athlete in Russia. The President issued a decree according to which she became a Hero of Russia. However, not everything was so smooth in the career of a famous skier. In 1997, she won the five-kilometer race in Trondheim but was disqualified for using bromantane. Thereby gold medal was selected. Today, Lyubov Egorova is the vice-rector for sports work at the University of Physical Education. Lesgaft in St. Petersburg.

Lydia Skoblikova

The most titled Olympic champion in speed skating is Lydia Skoblikova. She was able to become the absolute winner in 1964. Her collection is famous for six gold medals. In 1960, at the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, she managed to win two triumphant victories. In 1964, in Innsbruck, she won four races, three of which received gold. Lidia Skoblikova won the championship in speed running, which took place in Sweden. There she again obeyed all four distances. Such success cannot be surpassed. In 1960, Lydia Skoblikova received the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and in 1999 - "For Services to the Fatherland", III degree. Among other things, she owns the Order of the Badge of Honor. President of the International Olympic Committee, in 1983 he awarded our athlete with the Olympic Order "For contribution to the popularization of ideals and outstanding achievements in sports." Such an award deserves respect.

Larisa Lazutina

Another most titled Olympic champion in Russia is a skier. She managed to win the competition five times. At Albertville, she led the relay in the ski team. After in Lillehammer, the athlete was able to win the relay. Our champion got a big success waiting for Larisa in Nagano. There, three medals appeared in her collection at once, each of which had the highest standard. For such a triumph, the famous skier received the title of Hero Russian Federation. But the chagrin was not long in coming: in Salt Lake City, doping was found in the blood of a Russian woman, which was followed by a disqualification. For this, she was deprived of two silver medals. In 2002, Lazutina initiated the opening of Odintsovo near Moscow. Now the people call it that - "Lazutinskaya".

It is worth noting that these are far from all the most titled winter Olympic champions. Not to mention Claudia Pechstein, Claes Thunberg, Thomas Ahlsgaard, Bonnie Blair and Eric Hayden.