Miroslav Cerar (gymnast)

Miroslav Cerar
Cerar in 2013
Personal information
Born (1939-10-28) 28 October 1939
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Yugoslavia
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Pommel horse
1968 Mexico City Pommel horse
1964 Tokyo Horizontal bar
World Championships
1962 Prague Pommel horse
1962 Prague Parallel bars
1966 Dortmund Pommel horse
1970 Ljubljana Pommel horse
1958 Moscow Pommel horse
1966 Dortmund Parallel bars
European Championships
1961 Luxembourg All-around
1961 Luxembourg Pommel horse
1961 Luxembourg Still rings
1961 Luxembourg Parallel bars
1963 Belgrade All-around
1963 Belgrade Pommel horse
1963 Belgrade Still rings
1963 Belgrade Parallel bars
1965 Anvers Parallel bars
1969 Warsaw Pommel horse
1963 Belgrade Vault
1965 Anvers Floor exercise
1965 Anvers Pommel horse
1967 Tampere Pommel horse
1969 Warsaw Parallel bars
1961 Luxembourg Vault
1963 Belgrade Floor exercise
1965 Anvers Still rings
1967 Tampere Horizontal bar
1969 Warsaw Horizontal 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.