Viktor Nikitovich Lisitsky (Russian: Ви́ктор Ники́тович Лиси́цкий; 18 October 1939 – 13 June 2023) was a Russian gymnast. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and won five silver medals, three individual in 1964 and two with the Soviet team, in 1964 and 1968.[1][2][3]

Viktor Lisitsky
Lisitsky at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Born(1939-10-13)13 October 1939
Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died13 June 2023(2023-06-13) (aged 83)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubArmy Club, Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo All-around
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Floor
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Vault
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1962 Prague Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Ljubljana Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Antwerp Rings
Gold medal – first place 1965 Antwerp Vault
Gold medal – first place 1965 Antwerp Pommel horse
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tampere Rings
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tampere Vault
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tampere Horizontal bar
Gold medal – first place 1969 Warsaw Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1965 Antwerp All-around
Silver medal – second place 1965 Antwerp Floor
Silver medal – second place 1965 Antwerp Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1967 Tampere All-around
Silver medal – second place 1969 Warsaw Floor

At the European championships Lisitsky won three titles in 1965 (rings, vault and pommel horse), three in 1967 (rings, vault and horizontal bar), and one in 1969 (horizontal bar), and finished second five times. At the World championships, he only won two team silver medals, in 1962 and 1970. Domestically, he won 15 Soviet titles (1964 and 1966 in individual all-around; 1964–65, 1967, 1969-70 in floor exercise, 1965 and 1968 on rings, 1964-66 on vault and 1966–67, 1969 on horizontal bar). After retiring from competitions, he coached gymnastics at his Army Sports club in Moscow. He then was appointed professor and head of the physical education department of Mendeleyev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. Lisitsky was an avid painter and was a member of the Union of Russian Artists.[1]

Lisitsky died on 13 June 2023, at the age of 83.[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktor Lisitsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Viktor Lisitsky Medals". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Viktor Lisitsky". databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Памяти почетного члена РАХ Виктора Никитовича Лисицкого (1939-2023)". www.rah.ru. Retrieved 13 June 2023.