Igors Vihrovs
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Igors Vihrovs is a Latvian gymnast
, who won the Golden Medal in floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics
, and the Bronze Medals in floor exercise in 2000 European Championships and 2001 World Championships. He was the first Olympic gold medalist for Latvia ever
.
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
, who won the Golden Medal in floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, and the Bronze Medals in floor exercise in 2000 European Championships and 2001 World Championships. He was the first Olympic gold medalist for Latvia ever
Latvia at the Olympics
Latvia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union at the Olympics between 1952 and 1988...
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