Ludmilla Tourischeva
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Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast, Ukrainian gymnast coach, all around Olympic champion and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.
Tourischeva at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olga Korbut
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Olga Valentinovna Korbut is a Belarusian retired gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk," she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Gam
Ludmilla Tourischeva
…the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Tourischeva won the all-around gold medal but was overshadowed by the sudden popularity of her younger compatriot Olga Korbut. She qualified for all four event finals, and won a silver and a bronze. Tourischeva was one of the first female gymnasts to use two separate pieces…
Korbut c. 1972
Olga Korbut at the 1972 Olympics on an Azerbaijani stamp
A wax figure of Korbut at Madame Tussauds in London