Sergey Kharkov
Sergei Kharkov AKA Sergej Charkov (born 17 November 1970) is a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He competed for the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation before immigrated to Germany where he won the national championship 8 times. Since retiring from competition he coaches the TG Saar gymnastics team in Saarbrücken and performs in sport shows. Kharkov is married with 2 children and lives in Dillingen, Germany. Olympics. Kharkov competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received gold medals in "floor exercises" and in "team all-around". He competed  for Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he received a gold medal in "team combined exercises". World championships. Kharkov won a gold medal in "horizontal bar" and a silver medal in "individual all-around" at the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham.