Nikolai Ost Yefimovich Andrianov (Template:Lang-ru) (b.October 14, 1952 in Vladimir, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 3 bronze medals) until Michael Phelps surpassed him in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Andrianov is the third athlete by this count after Phelps and Larissa Latynina, who earned 18 Olympic medals, Latynina holds the record for women. He took the Olympic Oath for athletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Andrianov entered the Children and Youth Sports School of the Burevestnik sports society in Vladimir at age 11. His trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSRNikolai Tolkachev. Andrianov's first international success was in 1971 at the European Championships in Madrid, where he won two gold medals. Between 1971 and 1980 he was the first on many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships.
Andrianov married another famous Soviet gymnast, two times Olympic Champion Lyubov Burda. In 2001 Andrianov was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1] Since 2002 Andrianov is the director of gymnastics Specialized Children and Youth sports school in Vladimir.
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