Rustam Sharipov

{{Short description|Ukrainian gymnast (born 1971)}}

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Rustam Sharipov

| image = Rustam Sharipov.jpg

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| caption =

| full_name = Rustam Khalimdzhanovych Sharipov

| native_name = Рустам Халімджанович Шаріпов

| altname = {{ubl|Rustam Khalimdzhanovich Sharipov|Рустам Халимджанович Шарипов}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|06|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union

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| height = 1.63 m

| discipline = MAG

| country = Ukraine

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| club = Dynamo Kharkiv

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{EUN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1992 Barcelona|Team}}

{{MedalCountry|{{UKR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Atlanta|Parallel bars}}

{{MedalBronze|1996 Atlanta|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1996 San Juan|Parallel bars}}

{{MedalSilver|1994 Brisbane|Parallel bars}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Dortmund|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1992 Budapest|Horizontal bar}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Prague|Parallel bars}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Copenhagen|Parallel bars}}

{{MedalSilver|1992 Budapest|Parallel bars}}

{{MedalSilver|1996 Copenhagen|Team}}

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Rustam Khalimdzhanovych Sharipov (born 2 June 1971) is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, representing Ukraine,[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=GYM "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Gymnastics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818191154/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=GYM |date=2008-08-18 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 17, 2008) and also a gold medal for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=GYM "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Gymnastics"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818185829/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=GYM |date=2008-08-18 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 17, 2008)

Rustam was born in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR. He became an assistant coach for the Men's Gymnastics team at the University of Oklahoma. In May 2011 he accepted the head coach position at The Ohio State University.

He was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024 alongside Carly Patterson, Julianne McNamara, and Josef Stalder.{{Cite web |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/main/four-gymnastics-legends-inducted-into-the-international-gymnastics-hall-of-fame/ |title=Four gymnastics legends inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |last=Ivanov |first=Christian |date=May 19, 2024 |website=intlgymnast.com |access-date=May 20, 2024}}