Vladimir Portnoy

{{Short description|Soviet gymnast (1931–1984)}}

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Vladimir Portnoy (June 9, 1931 – February 19, 1984){{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2=Jeroen Heijmans |author3=Bill Mallon |author4=Hilary Evans |title = Vladimir Portnoy Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = January 2014|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/vladimir-portnoy-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/vladimir-portnoy-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|access-date = 2014-02-19}} was a Soviet gymnast.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&pg=PA248 |title=Day by day in Jewish sports history |publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |year=2008 |author= Bob Wechsler| isbn=978-1-60280-013-7|access-date=July 5, 2011}} He is Jewish, and was born in Odessa.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD0OAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22 |title=Encyclopaedia Judaica |publisher=Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House |year=2007 |author=Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum|isbn=978-0-02-865943-5 |access-date=July 5, 2011}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcfef_d2es4C&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22&pg=PA191 |title=The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars |publisher=SP Books |year=2007 |author=Peter S. Horvitz | isbn=978-1-56171-907-5 |access-date=July 5, 2011}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jewishlistsphysi00gree |url-access=registration |quote=Vladimir Portnoi. |title=The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews|publisher=Schocken Books |year=1979 |author=Martin Harry Greenberg |isbn=9780805237115 |access-date=July 5, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.roma1960.it/en/olympic-games/athletes/athlete-detail/atleti.html?atleta=5719 |title=Celebrazioni Olimpiadi Roma 1960 - Athlete's detail - Vladimir Portnoi |publisher=Roma1960.it |access-date=July 5, 2011}}

Portnoy won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics in Rome in team combined gymnastics.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAeFplR52WUC&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22 |title=The IOC official Olympic companion: the complete guide to the games|isbn=1-85753-128-0 |publisher=Brassey's |year=1996 |author=International Olympic Committee |access-date=July 5, 2011}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6UaAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Vladimir+Portnoi%22 |title=United States ... Olympic book: quadrennial report of the United States Olympic Committee|publisher=United States Olympic Association |year=1960|author= United States Olympic Committee, United States Olympic Association|access-date=July 5, 2011}} He won a bronze medal in the long horse at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and Boris Shakhlin (silver).{{cite web|url=http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1960/ete/gym_r.php |title=Les resultats par sports des Jeux Olympiques de Rome 1960: gymnastique |publisher=Marcolympics.org |access-date=July 5, 2011}}