Miroslav Cerar (YUG)

2-Time Olympic PH Champion (1964 and 1968)
3-Time World PH Champion (1962, 1966, 1970)
2-Time European AA Champion (1961 and 1963)

Medal Total

Olympic Games:   2 Gold, 1 Bronze
World Championships:  4 Gold, 2 Bronze
European Championships:   10 Gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze

Miroslav was born on October 25, 1939 in Ljubljana.  He got a late start in gymnastics (age 12), but by age 17 he competed in --and won --his first international competition (a dual meet with Czechoslovakia). He was one of the most successful gymnasts of the 1960s.  He's now a lawyer, as is his daughter Alenka, and is a member of the Slovenian Olympic Committee.

Competition Results

1958
World Championships:  6th Team, 13th AA, 3rd PH
YUG-GDR Dual Meet:  1st Team, 1st AA

1960
Olympic Games:  9th Team, 8th AA, 5th HB

1961
European Championships:  1st AA, 1st PH, 1st R, 1st PB, 3rd V, 4th HB

1962
World Championships:  10th Team, 5th AA, 1st PH, 1st PB, 6th R, 6th HB

1963
European Championships:  1st AA, 1st PH, 1st R, 1st HB, 2nd V, 3rd FX
Mediterranean Games: 1st AA

1964
Olympic Games:  11th Team, 7th AA, 1st PH, 3rd HB, 6th PB

1965
European Championships:  4th AA, 1st PB, 2nd FX, 2nd PH, 3rd R
University Games:  2nd AA, 1st HB, 3rd FX

1966
CSSR-YUG-GBR Meet:  1st AA, 1st FX, 1st PH, 1st R, 1st PB, 1st HB, 2nd V
World Championships:  7th Team, 4th AA, 1st PH, 3rd PB, 4th HB
YUG-Ukranian SSR Dual Meet:  1st AA

1967
European Championships:  4th AA, 2nd PH, 3rd HB, 4th R, 5th PB
Pre-Olympics:  4th aA

1968
Olympic Games:  6th Team, 9th AA, 1st PH

1969
European Championships:  4th AA, 1st PH, 2nd PB, 3rd HB, 4th FX
World Cup:  3rd AA

1970
Blume Memorial:  2nd AA
World Championships:  4th Team, 9th AA, 1st PH

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