OLGA KORBUT, the Mother of Gymnastics. 0:44. At the 1972 games, Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut amazed everyone with her own unique spin on the uneven bars. 1:13. The first photo of the portrait that hangs in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, and the second photo if from my Gold Medal floor routine in Munich, 1972. Olga Korbut 1976 Floor Routine by 211UKRjump. Olga Korbut became the star of the 1972 Munich Games with a series of dramatic performances. 4x Gold Medalist, 2x Silver Medalist Olga Korbut Master Class in Hong Kong - 2008. And by spin, I mean she was spinning in the air like gravity meant nothing to her. by bbhouk1. Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 1955), also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team. 1:38. She became one of the first persons ever to do a backward somersault on the balance beam in competition. Korbut won the gold medal. (Getty Images/Getty Images) - Tokyvideo.com ... Olga Korbut Floor routine in Montreal 1976. artgymfan 315 05:53. Fans, you asked for it, so I am going to offer personally autographed 40th Anniversary photos in two different choices. The Russian gymnast Olga Korbut in her first important date with the sport that makes her an icon: Munich 1972 Olympic Games. 2012, marked the 40th Anniversary of Olga Korbut’s gold medal performances in the 1972, Munich Olympic games. 2:28. O lga Korbut’s troubled post-competition life reached a poignant low this week as she was forced to sell off her medals from the 1972 Olympics. See more ideas about Gymnastics, Nadia comaneci, Olympic gymnastics. ... Olga Korbut Beam 1972 Munich Games Event Finals by 211UKRjump. The time when gymnastics was revolutionized to the sport it is today. She captured the public imagination with her charismatic and daring performances in the team competition at the 1972 Munich Games, aged just 17 year old. View later. Olga Korbut of Team USSR was a spectacular gymnast that performed an unbelievable routine in the 1972 Olympics. After her spectacular routine on the uneven parallel bars, Korbut later recalled, "It was amazing. Olga Korbut, of the Soviet Union, in action during the floor exercise at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.

Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a former 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 Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988.

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