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Poland Leszek Blanik

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  • Birthdate: March 01, 1977
  • Weight: 141 lbs (64 kg)
  • Height: 5’4” (1.63 m)
  • Age: 36 years
  • Gender: Male

Athlete Medal Count

  • Gold 1
  • Silver 0
  • Bronze 0
  • Total 1
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Athlete Profile

  • Poland
  • Men's Artistic
  • Born March 1, 1977.
  • Blanik is a specialist in the vault, an event in which he is regarded as one of the most powerful athletes in the world. He is the reigning world champion, having captured the gold with a score of 16.512 in 2007 at Stuttgart, Germany. He competed in five other events at Stuttgart, although he didn't crack the top 100 in any of them, and failed to reach the finals in the men's all-around competition, placing 66th.
  • Blanik won Olympic bronze in the vault at the 2000 Sydney Games with a score of 9.475.
  • He has also won two World Championship silver medals for the vault, at Melbourne, Australia in 2005, and at Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Has not reached the finals in a World Championships or an Olympics in any event other than the vault.
  • Blanik is a 15-year veteran who entered his first international competition in 1994. He works as a schoolteacher.
  • Gymnastics

Overall Medal Count

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Overall Medal Count
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of United States 36 38 36 110
2 Flag of China 51 21 28 100
3 Flag of Russia 23 21 28 72
4 Flag of Britain 19 13 15 47
5 Flag of Australia 14 15 17 46
6 Flag of Germany 16 10 15 41
7 Flag of France 7 16 17 40
8 Flag of South Korea 13 10 8 31
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