Vladimir Portnoy (June 9, 1931 – February 19, 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He is Jewish, and was born in Odessa. Portnoy won a silver medal for the Soviet Union at the 1960 Olympics in Rome in team combined gymnastics. He won a bronze medal in the long horse at the same Olympics, behind Takashi Ono (gold) and Boris Shakhlin (silver). See also List of select Jewish gymnasts References 1931 births 1984 deaths Ukrainian male artistic gymnasts Soviet male artistic gymnasts Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Jewish gymnasts Sportspeople from Odesa Soviet Jews Ukrainian Jews Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics