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Igors Vihrovs
Vihrovs in 2011
Personal information
Born (1978-06-06) 6 June 1978 (age 46)
Riga, Latvia[1]
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Latvia
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Floor exercise
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Ghent Floor exercise
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Floor exercise

Igors Vihrovs (born 6 June 1978) is a Latvian former artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Olympic gold medalist for independent Latvia. He is the 2001 World Championships floor exercise bronze medalist.

Gymnastics career

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Vihrovs competed at the 1997 World Championships and finished 23rd in the all-around final.[2] He won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 1999 Stuttgart World Cup, behind Russia's Alexei Nemov.[3] He then won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2000 Ljubljana World Cup.[4]

Vihrovs represented Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and qualified for the floor exercise final in fourth place with a score of 9.662. In the final, he won the gold medal with a score of 9.812 to defeat the favored Nemov by 0.012 points.[5] This marked the first time Latvia won an Olympic gold medal as an independent country.[6] After the Olympic Games, he competed at the 2000 Stuttgart World Cup and won another floor exercise gold medal.[7]

At the 2001 Summer Universiade, Vihrovs won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind China's Liang Fuliang.[8] He then placed sixth in the floor exercise final at the 2001 Goodwill Games.[9] He went on to win the bronze medal in the floor exercise final at the 2001 World Championships, behind Marian Drăgulescu and Yordan Yovchev. He also qualified for the vault final and finished eighth.[10] After the World Championships, he competed at the Stuttgart World Cup and won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind teammate Jevgēņijs Saproņenko.[11] He then won the gold medal over Saproņenko at the Glasgow World Cup.[12]

Vihrovs won a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2003 Paris World Cup.[13] He finished sixth in the floor exercise final at the 2003 World Championships.[14] Then at the 2003 Glasgow World Cup, he won a floor exercise silver medal behind Canada's Kyle Shewfelt.[15]

Vihrovs won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2004 Cottbus World Cup.[16] At the 2004 European Championships, he finished ninth in the all-around final and seventh in the floor exercise final.[17] He then represented Latvia at the 2004 Summer Olympics and advanced to the all-around final, finishing in 18th place.[18]

Vihrovs only competed on the horizontal bar at the 2005 World Championships and did not advance to the final.[19] He then competed on the still rings, vault, and horizontal bar at the 2006 World Championships and did not advance into any finals.[20]

Personal life

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Vihrovs coached his daughter, Elīna Vihrova, who went on to compete for Pennsylvania State University's gymnastics team.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igors Vihrovs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  2. ^ "33rd World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Lausanne (SUI) Aug 31 - Sep 7 1997" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. ^ "17th DTB-Pokal Stuttgart 1999 Results Men". Gym Media. Archived from the original on 15 December 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ^ "World Cup Ljubljana 2000 Results Final". Gym Media. Archived from the original on 9 March 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  5. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Team Latvia - Profile". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ "18th DTB POKAL 2000 (World Ranking List competition) Stuttgart, Germany, November 24 - 26 Finals, Men". Gym Media. Archived from the original on 9 February 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. ^ "2001 University Games Men's Results". Gymn Forum. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  9. ^ "2001 Goodwill Games Men's EF". Gymn Forum. 17 November 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  10. ^ "2001 World Championships - Ghent, Belgium October 27-November 5, 2001 Men's Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  11. ^ "19th DTB POKAL 2001 (World Ranking List competition) Stuttgart, Germany, November 23 - 25". Gym Media. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Glasgow Grand Prix 2001 World Cup Series Results, Men". Gym Media. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  13. ^ "World Cup Paris: Dutch Surprise on Still Rings!". Gym Media. 16 March 2003. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  14. ^ "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim, California USA August 16-24, 2003 Results Men's Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 August 2003. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  15. ^ "2003 Glasgow Grand Prix Men's EF". Gymn Forum. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Cottbus Superscore 2004 Men". Gym Media. Archived from the original on 30 May 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  17. ^ "26th Men's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  18. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  19. ^ "38th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Melbourne, Australia - November 22nd - 27th 2005 Results Men's Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 22 November 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  20. ^ "39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Aarhus (DEN) October 13th - 21st 2006 Results Men's Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  21. ^ Crumlish, John (23 November 2020). "Latvia's Vihrova Ready To Take Flight In U.S. University Life". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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