Gymnasts from 25 countries to participate in Mikhail Voronin International Tournament

PanARMENIAN.Net - 4 Armenian gymnasts will participate in Mikhail Voronin International Tournament to be held in Moscow from December 15 to 19. The Armenian team includes Vahag Stepanyan, Davit Avetisyan, Vahan Vardanyan ad Arthur Davtyan under the supervision of chief coach Arthur Iskandaryan, President of the Gymnastics Federation of Armenia Elfik Hovhannesyan told Pan.ARMENIAN.Net.



Mikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin (26 March 1945 in Moscow - 22 May 2004) was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.



Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He became 1966 World Champion in the all-around and at rings. Participating in European Championships in 1967, 1969 and 1971, he became a champion in the all-around (1967, 1969), at rings (1967, 1969, 1971), on parallel bars (1967, 1969) and on pommel horse in 1967. At the national level Voronin won the USSR Championships in the all-around (1968-69, 1970-71), at rings (1966-67, 1969-72), on pommel horse (1967, 1969-70), on parallel bars (1967, 1969), on high bar (1971) and in free exercise (1966). He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in 1969, worked as the vice-chairman of a department of the Central Council of Dynamo sports society and as the vice-chairman of the USSR Gymnastics Federation.