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boris shakhlin in 1966 30 may 2008 kyiv , ukraine burevestnik ishim , russian sfsr , soviet union 71 kg lb on 220px senior international 1.71 m ftin on mag 27 january 1932 boris shakhlin 1966.jpg boris shakhlin
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boris shakhlin

boris anfiyanovich shakhlin -lrb- russian : Борис Анфиянович Шахлин -rrb- -lrb- 27 january 1932 -- 30 may 2008 -rrb- was a soviet gymnast who was the 1960 olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around world champion .
he won 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 most olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast nikolai andrianov won his 14th and 15th medal at the 1980 summer olympics .
he also won a 14 medals at the world championships .
