Alexander Moskalenko

Alexander Moskalenko
Personal information
Born	(1969-11-04) November 4, 1969 Bryukhovetsky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Trampoline gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Retired	yes
Medal record Men's trampoline gymnastics Representing Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Individual 2004 Athens Individual World Championships 1992 Auckland Individual 1992 Auckland Team 1992 Auckland Synchro 1994 Porto Individual 1994 Porto Synchro 1998 Sydney Team 1999 Sun city Individual 1999 Sun city Team 1999 Sun city Synchro 2001 Odense Individual 2001 Odense Team 2001 Odense Synchro 1994 Porto Team 2003 Hannover Individual 2003 Hannover Team World Games 2001 Akita Synchro Representing Soviet Union World Championships 1990 Essen Individual 1990 Essen Team 1990 Essen Synchro

Alexander Moskalenko (born November 4, 1969) is a Russian former competitive trampoline gymnast. He is the 2000 Olympic champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist in men's individual trampoline.

Career

In the first half of the 1990s, Moskalenko won three world titles in individual trampoline (1990, 1992, 1994) and two in synchro (1992, 1994).

Moskalenko came out of retirement in 1998, when he learned that individual trampoline would become an Olympic discipline in 2000. It became a FIG discipline on 1 January 1999. Moskalenko decided to submit himself to a rigorous training programme to reestablish himself at the top of the ranking list and qualify for the Olympics. At the 1999 World Championships, he won gold in individual and synchro.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Moskalenko became the first Olympic champion in men's trampoline, finishing ahead of Australia's Ji Wallace. The following year, he won gold in individual and synchro at the 2001 World Championships. He was awarded the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships behind Germany's Henrik Stehlik.

Moskalenko suffered from back pain during the whole of 2004. He won the silver medal behind Ukraine's Yuri Nikitin at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He retired on July 30 at the Dobrovolski World Cup in Krasnodar and was presented with a race horse. Almost thirty champions of different sports were present at the ceremony.

External links

• Alexander Moskalenko at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Alexander Moskalenko at Olympics.com
• Aleksandr Moskalenko at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)