Larisa Latynina
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Larisa Semyonovna Latynina is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals for the Soviet Union. She holds the record for the mo
Latynina in the Kremlin in 2010
Latynina during the vault award ceremony at the 1964 Olympics
Olympic medal
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An Olympic medal is an honorary medal that is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, sec
Larisa Latynina
…artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals for the Soviet Union. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a female gymnast, with nine. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years. She held the record for individual event medals for over 52…
A silver medal awarded to the winner of an event at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
A silver medal from the 1900 Summer Olympics, designed by Frédérique Vernon
A collection of medals won by Polish athletes, at the Museum of Sport and Tourism in Warsaw
The bronze medal from the 1980 Summer Olympics showing Cassioli's obverse design portraying Nike, the Greek goddess of victory