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{{short description|Soviet gymnast}}
{{family name hatnote|Anfiyanovich|Shakhlin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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| name = Boris Shakhlin
| image = De Russische Boris Chaklin in aktie aan de ringen, Bestanddeelnr 919-5889.jpg
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| caption = Boris Shakhlin in 1966
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| country = {{URS}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ishim, Tyumen Oblast|Ishim]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|5|30|1932|1|27|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]
| height = 1.71 m
| discipline = MAG
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| retired = 1966
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{{MedalSport| Men's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Artistic Gymnastics]]}}
Representing {{URS}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Vault]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Parallel bars]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Rings]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Rings]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Pommel Horse}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]|Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1954 Rome]]|Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Still rings}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Pommel Horse}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 Dortmund]]|Team competition}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|All-around}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]|Vault}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|1955 Frankfurt|All-around}}
{{MedalGold|1955 Frankfurt|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalGold|1955 Frankfurt|Pommel horse}}
{{MedalGold|1955 Frankfurt|Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalGold|1963 Belgrade|Still rings}}
{{MedalGold|1963 Belgrade|Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalSilver|1955 Frankfurt|Still rings}}
{{MedalSilver|1963 Belgrade|All-around}}
{{MedalSilver|1963 Belgrade|Parallel bars}}
{{MedalBronze|1963 Belgrade|Pommel horse}}
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'''Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Анфиянович Шахлин}}; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 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. He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for [[List of multiple Olympic medalists|most Olympic medals]] by a male athlete record until gymnast [[Nikolai Andrianov]] won his 14th and 15th medals at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships.<ref name=r1/>

==Career==
Shakhlin was born in [[Ishim, Tyumen Oblast|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 Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin – Britannica Online Encyclopedia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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 (decade), he worked as a lecturer at the [[University of Kyiv]].<ref name=ig>[http://www.intlgymnast.com/Online-Features/News/360.html "Boris Shakhlin, 1932-2008"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603012538/http://www.intlgymnast.com/Online-Features/News/360.html |date=2008-06-03 }} Amanda Turner ''International Gymnast,'' May 30, 2008</ref>

He was awarded the [[Red Banner of Labor]] in 1956 and the [[Order of Lenin]] in 1960. He was named an honorary citizen both in his birth town Ishim and in Kyiv where lived for many years.<ref name=r1/> In 2002, he was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=ig /><ref>[http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_shakhlin.html International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]</ref>

He died on 30 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Boris Shakhlin |date=2008-06-10 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714122302/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jun/11/gymnastics.russia |archive-date=2022-07-14 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jun/11/gymnastics.russia}}</ref>

== Philatelia ==
The Mongol Post issued a postage stamp - Boris Shakhlin (No.525, 1969).

==See also==

*[[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
*[[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games]]
*[[List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists]]
*[[List of Olympic medal leaders in men's gymnastics]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/borys-shakhlin-1.html |title=Borys Shakhlin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/borys-shakhlin-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>}}

==External links==
* {{FIG|bio=23557|lic=685|name=Boris Chakline}}
* {{IGHOF|2002_Boris_Shakhlin}}
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/men/shakhlin.html Boris Shakhlin] at Gymn Forum
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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