Korbut, Olga (Valentinovna)
- Korbut, Olga (Valentinovna)
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Soviet gymnast.
Korbut first competed in the U.S.S.R. championships in 1969. Appealingly diminutive, with a captivating smile, she was the first person ever to do a backward aerial somersault on the balance beam and the first to perform a backward release move on the uneven parallel bars. In the 1972 Olympic Games she won three gold medals (
balance beam, floor exercises, and as a member of the winning U.S.S.R. team) and a silver medal (
uneven parallel bars). In the 1976 Olympics she won a team gold medal and a silver for the balance beam.
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2010.
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Korbut, Olga Valentinovna — ▪ Soviet gymnast born May 16, 1955, Grodno, Belorussia, U.S.S.R. [now Hrodna, Belarus] Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany. At age 11, Korbut entered a Soviet sports school led by… … Universalium
Korbut, Olga (Valentinovna) — (n. 16 may. 1956, Grodno, Belarús, URSS). Gimnasta soviética. Debutó en los campeonatos internacionales de 1969, a los 13 años. Menuda, atractiva, con una sonrisa cautivante, fue la primera persona en realizar un salto mortal invertido en la viga … Enciclopedia Universal
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Olga — /ol geuh, ohl /; Russ. /awl geuh/, n. 1. Saint, died A.D. 968?, regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. 2. a female given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning holy. * * * (as used in expressions) Korbut Olga Valentinovna … Universalium
Olga — (as used in expressions) Korbut, Olga (Valentinovna) Olga, santa Preobrazhénskaia, Olga Yosifovna Schwarzkopf, Dame (Olga Maria) Elisabeth (Fredericke) … Enciclopedia Universal
Olga Korbut — Country represented Soviet Union Born May 16, 1955 (1955 05 16) (age 56) Hrodna, then in Byelorussian SSR … Wikipedia
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gymnastics — /jim nas tiks/, n. 1. (used with a pl. v.) gymnastic exercises. 2. (used with a sing. v.) the practice art, or competitive sport of gymnastic exercises. 3. (used with a pl. v.) mental feats or other exercises of skill: Verbal gymnastics. [1645… … Universalium
Olympic Games — 1. Also called Olympian Games. the greatest of the games or festivals of ancient Greece, held every four years in the plain of Olympia in Elis, in honor of Zeus. 2. a modern international sports competition, held once every four years. [1600 10]… … Universalium
