Miroslav Cerar (gymnast)

Miroslav Cerar
Cerar in 2013
Personal information
Born (1939-10-28) 28 October 1939
Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Yugoslavia
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoPommel horse
1968 Mexico CityPommel horse
1964 TokyoHorizontal bar
World Championships
1962 PraguePommel horse
1962 PragueParallel bars
1966 DortmundPommel horse
1970 LjubljanaPommel horse
1958 MoscowPommel horse
1966 DortmundParallel bars
European Championships
1961 LuxembourgAll-around
1961 LuxembourgPommel horse
1961 LuxembourgStill rings
1961 LuxembourgParallel bars
1963 BelgradeAll-around
1963 BelgradePommel horse
1963 BelgradeStill rings
1963 BelgradeParallel bars
1965 AnversParallel bars
1969 WarsawPommel horse
1963 BelgradeVault
1965 AnversFloor exercise
1965 AnversPommel horse
1967 TamperePommel horse
1969 WarsawParallel bars
1961 LuxembourgVault
1963 BelgradeFloor exercise
1965 AnversStill rings
1967 TampereHorizontal bar
1969 WarsawHorizontal bar

Miroslav Cerar (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈmíːrɔslaw ˈtsɛ̀ːrar]; born 28 October 1939) is a Yugoslav former gymnast and lawyer of Slovene ethnicity who won the pommel horse event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He is also a four-time World champion and a ten-time European champion.

Domestically, Cerar won 13 national all-around titles and was chosen eight times as Yugoslavia's Athlete of the Year. He was awarded the Silver Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee. He is a co-founder of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia and a member of the executive committee of the European Fair Play Movement.