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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|artistic gymnastics]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Rings]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Rings]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Vault]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Parallel bars]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Floor Exercise]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Ft. Worth]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Ft. Worth]]|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Ft. Worth]]|Vault}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Ft. Worth]]|Still rings}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]]|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]]|Still rings}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Still rings}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|All-around}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Floor exercise}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Ft. Worth]]|Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1979 Essen|Pommel horse}}
{{MedalGold|1979 Essen|Still rings}}
{{MedalSilver|1975 Bern|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalSilver|1979 Essen|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalBronze|1975 Bern|All-around}}
{{MedalBronze|1975 Bern|Still rings}}
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'''Alexander Nikolaievich Dityatin''' ({{lang-ru|Александр Николаевич Дитятин}}, born [[August 7]], [[1957]] in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] gymnast, three-time [[Olympic Champion]], ''Honoured Master of Sports of the [[USSR]]''. Winning eight medals at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] he set the Olympic record for the most medals at one Games. [[As of 2007]] he still holds this record, now along with [[Michael Phelps]], who tied it at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.kiat.net/olympics/facts.html Facts & figures]</ref> Dityatin competed for the [[Leningrad]] [[Dynamo (sports society)|Dinamo sports society]].
Dityatin's first Olympic success was at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], where he won two silver medals - on the rings and in the team competition. At the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] he won the all-around title and seven more medals, including two gold ones. As of [[2006]] he is the only athlete who won a medal in each of the eight gymnastics events at one Olympics. Shortly after this Olympics Dityatin, while training, was seriously injured and finished his career.
Dityatin graduated from ''Leningrad Lesgaft Institute of Physical Education''. He was awarded [[Order of the Badge of Honor]] (1976), and [[Order of Lenin]] (1980, for guarding the State Border of the [[USSR]]). Between 1980 and 1995 Dityatin was the head coach of a sports team from Leningrad (Leningrad OKPP). Since 1995 he works as the chief inspector of the [[Pulkovo Airport]] [[border checkpoint|checkpoint]] (Pulkovo-2 OKPP). He is a [[Podpolkovnik|Lieutenant Colonel]] of the Russian Border Service.
In 2004 Dityatin was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]]. <ref>{{cite web | title = ALEXANDER DITYATIN | work = [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]] | url = http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_dityatin.html | accessdate = March 31 | accessyear = 2007}}</ref>
==Achievements (non-Olympic)==
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! width=25px|Team
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! width=25px|[[Uneven bars (gymnastics)|PH]]
! width=25px|[[Rings (gymnastics)|RG]]
! width=25px|[[Vault (gymnastics)|VT]]
! width=25px|[[Parallel bars (gymnastics)|PB]]
! width=25px|[[Horizontal bar|HB]]
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|rowspan="4"|'''1975'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||
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|align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||||||||||
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|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd
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|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="2"|'''1976'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||
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|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="3"|'''1977'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||
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|align=left|[[1977 Summer Universiade|University Games]]||||||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||
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|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="3"|'''1978'''||align=left|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||
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|align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd
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|align=left|USSR Championships||||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd
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|rowspan="4"|'''1979'''||align=left|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd
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|align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd
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|align=left|European Championships||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||
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|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd
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|rowspan="1"|'''1980'''||align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="1"|'''1981'''||align=left|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st||
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/events/athletes/bio.jsp?ID=686 International Federation of Gymnastics' Profile on Alexander Dityatin]
*[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/men/ditiatin.html List of competitive results]
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[[Category:1957 births]]
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[[Category:Dynamo sports society athletes]]
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[[Category:Artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Russian gymnasts]]
[[Category:World champion gymnasts]]
[[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]]
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[[Category:People from Saint Petersburg]]
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