Viktor Lisitsky

Viktor Nikitovich Lisitsky (Russian: Ви́ктор Ники́тович Лиси́цкий; 18 October 1939 – 13 June 2023) was a Russian gymnast. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and won five silver medals, three individual in 1964 and two with the Soviet team, in 1964 and 1968.

Viktor Lisitsky
Lisitsky at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1939-10-13)13 October 1939 Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	13 June 2023(2023-06-13) (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	Army Club, Moscow
Medal record Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team 1964 Tokyo All-around 1964 Tokyo Floor 1964 Tokyo Vault 1968 Mexico City Team World Championships 1962 Prague Team 1970 Ljubljana Team European Championships 1965 Antwerp Rings 1965 Antwerp Vault 1965 Antwerp Pommel horse 1967 Tampere Rings 1967 Tampere Vault 1967 Tampere Horizontal bar 1969 Warsaw Horizontal bar 1965 Antwerp All-around 1965 Antwerp Floor 1965 Antwerp Horizontal bar 1967 Tampere All-around 1969 Warsaw Floor

At the European championships Lisitsky won three titles in 1965 (rings, vault and pommel horse), three in 1967 (rings, vault and horizontal bar), and one in 1969 (horizontal bar), and finished second five times. At the World championships, he only won two team silver medals, in 1962 and 1970. Domestically, he won 15 Soviet titles (1964 and 1966 in individual all-around; 1964–65, 1967, 1969-70 in floor exercise, 1965 and 1968 on rings, 1964-66 on vault and 1966–67, 1969 on horizontal bar). After retiring from competitions, he coached gymnastics at his Army Sports club in Moscow. He then was appointed professor and head of the physical education department of Mendeleyev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. Lisitsky was an avid painter and was a member of the Union of Russian Artists.

Lisitsky died on 13 June 2023, at the age of 83.