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{{short description|Russian gymnast}}
{{Infobox gymnast
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| caption = Titov at the 1966 World Cup in Dortmund
| full_name = Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov
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| country = [[Soviet Union]]
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| birth_place = [[Omsk]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| height = 1.70 m
| discipline = MAG
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| club = Burevestnik Kiev<ref name=sr>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090605/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/yury-titov-1.html | archive-date=17 April 2020 | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/yury-titov-1.html | title=Yury Titov | last= | first= | website=Sports Reference | date=1 March 2020 | accessdate=11 October 2021 }}</ref>
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Floor exercises]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Vault]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]| [[Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]| Vault}}
{{MedalGold|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]| Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]| Rings}}
{{MedalGold|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]| All-around}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1962 Prague]]| Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]| Floor exercise}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]| Rings}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]| Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1958 Moscow]]| All-around}}
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'''Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov''' ({{langx|ru|Юрий Евлампиевич Титов}}; born 27 November 1935) is a former [[Russian SFSR|Russian]] [[gymnastics|gymnast]], Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=ru-people-titov>{{cite web | url=https://www.peoples.ru/sport/gymnastics/titov/ | title=Юрий Титов / Yuriy Titov | last= | first= | website= Peoples | date=29 April 2008 | accessdate=11 October 2021 }}</ref> He won a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games (1956, 1960 and 1964).<ref name=sr/><ref name=db-ol-yurititov>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322050204/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TITOVYUR01 | archive-date=22 March 2016 | url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TITOVYUR01 | title=Yuri Titov | last= | first= | website=Database Olympics | date= | accessdate=11 October 2021 }}</ref>

==Olympics==
[[File:Yuri Titov 1964.jpg|thumb|left|Titov at the 1964 Olympics]]
Titov competed at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] in [[Melbourne]] where he won a gold medal in ''team combined exercises'' with the Soviet team (with [[Viktor Chukarin]], [[Valentin Muratov]], [[Boris Shakhlin]], [[Albert Azaryan]] and [[Pavel Stolbov]]).<ref name=db-ol-GYM1956/> He also won an individual silver medal in ''horizontal bar'', and bronze medals in ''all-around'' and ''vault''.<ref name=db-ol-GYM1956>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501131711/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=GYM | archive-date=1 May 2016 | url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=GYM | title=1956 Summer Olympics Melbourne, Australia | last= | first= | website=Database Olympics | date= | accessdate=11 October 2021 }}</ref> He won silver and bronze medals at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]],<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930025350/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=GYM | archive-date=30 September 2007 | url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=15&sp=GYM | title=1960 Summer Olympics | last= | first= | website=Database Olympics | date= | accessdate=11 May 2022 }}</ref> and two silver medals at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904063801/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=GYM | archive-date=4 September 2007 | url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=16&sp=GYM | title=1964 Summer Olympics | last= | first= | website=Database Olympics | date= | accessdate=11 May 2022 }}</ref>

==World championships==
Titov won gold medals in ''vault'' and ''team'' at the [[1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]] in [[Moscow]], and bronze medals in ''all-around'', ''floor exercise'', ''rings'' and ''horizontal bar''.

He won gold medals in ''all-around'' and ''rings'' at the [[1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]] in [[Prague]], as well as a team silver medal.

==European championships==
Titov won 14 medals at the [[European Gymnastics Championships]].<ref name=ighof-titov>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708121742/http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_titov.html | archive-date=8 July 2007 | url=http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_titov.html | title=Honored Inductees | website=International Gymnastics Hall of Fame | accessdate=23 May 2022 }}</ref>

==Later career==
Titov was president of the [[International Gymnastics Federation]] (FIG) for 20 years, from 1977 to 1996.<ref name=ru-people-titov/><ref name=ighof-titov/> As the FIG President, he was also a member of [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1995–1996. He was president of the [[Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia|Russian Artistics Gymnastics Federation]] from 2004<ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818231618/http://www.ueg-gymnastics.com/commstore/commstore2.pl/deb6db14a93bc224/en/news_detail.html?P6=1784&k=1&block_id=content,head,navlinks&P1=1&P2=0&P3=news&P4=1&P7=&P8=alt&P10=&P9=1760 | archive-date=18 August 2011 | url=http://www.ueg-gymnastics.com/commstore/commstore2.pl/deb6db14a93bc224/en/news_detail.html?P6=1784&k=1&block_id=content,head,navlinks&P1=1&P2=0&P3=news&P4=1&P7=&P8=alt&P10=&P9=1760 | title=Yuri Titov new President, Svetlana Khorkina Vice-President | last=Duchoud | first=Danielle | website=European Gymnastics | date=22 December 2004 | accessdate=23 May 2022 }}</ref> until 2006 and then first vice president.<ref name=sr/>

==Writing==
He has written and published four books, among others, one about [[rhythmic gymnastics]] (with Nadejda Jastriembskaja).<ref name=book-rsg>{{cite book|author=Nadejda Jastrjembskaia, Yuri Titov|publisher=Human Kinetics|year= 1999|isbn=0-88011-710-9 |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics}}</ref>

==Awards==
Titov received the [[Olympic Order]] from the [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1992.<ref name=ighof-titov/> He was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref name=ighof-titov/>

He received the [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] in 1960, and again in 1980.<ref name=ru-people-titov/> He received the [[Order of Friendship of Peoples]] in 1976, and the [[Order of the Badge of Honor]] in 1957.<ref name=ru-people-titov/>

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Olympic medalists]]

==References==
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==External links==
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