Contents • • • • • • Biography [ ] Chukarin was born in Krasnoarmeyskoye village in (modern-day of the ) to a father Ivan Evlampievich Chukarin and a mother Hristina Klimentievna Lamizova. In 1924 his family moved to where he started training in gymnastics. Later Chukarin studied at the Institute of Physical Education in Kiev.

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In 1941 with the start of the he volunteered for the. He fought under the general. Chukarin was wounded in action, taken prisoner of war near () and sent to a prisoner camp in. He then went through a chain of 17 prisoner camps and by the time when he was freed in 1945 weighed only 40 kg. He was not accepted back to the sports institute in Kiev, and studied in a in Lvov. In 1946 he already competed in gymnastics at the Soviet national championships; next year he finished fifth, and in 1948 won a national title. He became the all-around Soviet champion in 1949 and repeated this achievement in 1950, 1951, 1953 and 1955.

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Soviet Union joined the Olympic Games in 1952 when Chukarin was 30. By then Chukarin gained much weight and was considered bulky for a gymnast. As a result he had low scores on the floor, yet he won six medals, including the individual all-around by a margin of 0.7 points. He won five more Olympic medals at the, including a silver on the floor. He led the Soviet team to the victory at the, winning gold in the team all around and the individual all around. In 1957 along with, Chukarin was awarded the first ever given to an athlete.

He recounted his sport career in the 1955 book entitled The Road to the Peaks (Put K Vershinam). In 1961, he coached gymnastics team, and in 1963 became an assistant professor at the. He died in 1984 and was buried at the. One of the streets in Lviv was named after him. See also [ ].

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