The Most Decorated Non-Olympian in Gymnastics?
Korolev is, quite arguably, the most decorated non-Olympian (male or female) gymnast of all time.
- With a total of 34 individual medals at World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships competitions, Korolev has more such medals than any other non-Olympian with Bogdan Makuts (18), and Valentin Mogilny (17) being the next highest in this sort of medal count. Even stretching this medal count to include individual Olympic (Official or ‘Alternate’) medals, Korolev’s medal haul is tied with Alexander Dityatin for 3rd all-time for men behind Vitaly Scherbo (51) and Nikolai Andrianov (48). The non-Olympian woman gymnasts with the highest such medal hauls are the deceased 1978 World All-Around Champion Elena Mukhina, with 13, and her Soviet compatriate, 1985 World All-Around Co-Champion Oksana Omelianchik, with 11.
- His World Championship and World Cup individual medals tally of 21 is also far higher than any other non-Olympian with Kurt Thomas having 11.
- Even going strictly by individual World Championship individual medals alone, Korolev has more (9) than any other non-Olympian, with Thomas being the runner-up again with 6.
- Korolev’s 8 European / World Championship / World Cup / Olympic All-Around medals is the 3rd highest ever among men, behind Scherbo and Andrianov who each have 9. Korolev’s 8 such All-Around medals also makes him the most prolific All-Around Medalist of the 1980s.
- Korolev’s 21 individual World Championship and World Cup medals is the 2nd highest all-time among all male or female gymnasts, surpassed only by Scherbo’s 26. Among these, 11 were gold and that, again, is surpassed, among all male or female non-Olympian gymnasts, only by Scherbo’s 13.
- On WorldGymRank’s list of the “50 Greatest Gymnasts of Our Time”, Yuri Korolev is 8th all-time among the men in this weighted, sophisticated, deeply detailed, gymnast ranking system, a higher ranking in that system than any other male or female non-Olympian gymnast.
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