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{{MedalSport| Men's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Artistic Gymnastics]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Team competition}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|Team competition}}
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{{MedalGold|1963 Belgrade|Still rings}}
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'''Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]:Борис Анфиянович Шахлин) ([[January 27]] [[1932]] - [[May 30]] [[2008]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Artistic gymnastics|gymnast]] who was the [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympic]] all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion.
Shakhlin was born in [[Ishim, Russia|Ishim]], [[Russian SFSR]]. He began gymnastics at the age of 12. According to the [[Encyclopædia Britannica]], he "set a career record of 10 individual titles in the world championships and also won gold medals at three successive Olympic Games. His tally of seven gold, four silver, and two bronze Olympic medals placed him among the most-decorated at the Games".<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067089]</ref>
Shakhlin retired from competition at the age of 35 after suffering a [[heart attack]]. He joined the FIG Men's Technical Committee in 1968 and continued to work on the Committee until 1992. In the 1990s and 2000s, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kiev.<ref name=ig>[http://www.intlgymnast.com/Online-Features/News/360.html "Boris Shakhlin, 1932-2008"] Amanda Turner ''International Gymnast,'' May 30, 2008</ref>
In 2002 Shakhlin was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_shakhlin.html International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]</ref><ref name=ig />
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/events/athletes/bio.jsp?ID=684 International Federation of Gymnastics' Profile on Boris Shakhlin]
*[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/men/shakhlin.html List of competition results at Gymn Forum]
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