Alexander Shatilov

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Alexander "Alex" Shatilov ( _he. אלכסנדר "אלכס" שטילוב , born March 22, 1987 in Uzbekistan) is an Israeli artistic gymnast. He began gymnastics at age five and immigrated to Israel in 2002. He is a floor exercise specialist and placed fifth in that event at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and seventh at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was the first Israeli to reach an apparatus final at the World Championships.

He represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the qualifying stage, he placed 8th on the floor apparatus and qualified to the final. He also placed 29th overall, and just missed the cut for the all-around final.In the floor final he failed to improve his ranking and placed last of the 8 finalists, which was still the best ever achievement in artistic gymnastics for an Israeli gymnast.

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