Alexander Shatilov
Israeli artistic gymnast
Alexander "Alex" Shatilov (Hebrew: אלכסנדר "אלכס" שטילוב, Russian: Александр Шатилов; born March 22, 1987) is a USSR-born Israeli artistic gymnast. He specializes in the floor exercise, in which he won several medals at World and European Championships, reached the finals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, and competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2013, Shatilov won a gold medal at the European Championship in gymnastics in Moscow, Russia. He represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Alexander Shatilov was born in Tashkent, Soviet Uzbekistan, in a family of Russian-Jewish descent. He began his gymnastics training in Uzbekistan at the age of 5. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 2002.
He is unusually tall for a gymnast, at 183 cm or 6 ft.
Athletic career
Shatilov placed seventh at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and became the first Israeli gymnast in a world apparatus final. He placed fifth on floor exercise at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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