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Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a retired Belarusian 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, [1] and was the inaugural inductee to the International ...
Korbut made three errors on the uneven bars, the judges gave her a score of 7.5 and she wept with disappointment as she dropped to seventh place. Yet she recovered to claim gold in the floor ...
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Feb 28, 2017 · Olga Korbut, the former Soviet gymnast who first backflipped into history at the 1972 Munich games, has sold off her Olympic medals.
May 17, 2024 · Olga Korbut (born May 16, 1955, Grodno, Belorussia, U.S.S.R. [now Hrodna, Belarus]) is a Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. At age 11, Korbut entered a Soviet sports school led by Renald Knysh, her future coach.
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Dec 19, 2011 · Olga Korbut performs her uneven bars routine in the event finals of the 1972 Olympic Games. She scores a 9.800, which tied for the second highest bars score in the event finals. She ties Erika...
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Mar 17, 2023 · Experience the breathtaking moment when Olga Korbut stunned the world with her groundbreaking "Dead Loop" move at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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Feb 10, 2002 · Olga Korbut, gymnast who at age 17 won adoration of world after winning three Olympic gold medals in 1972, has had troubled, melancholy life since then; Korbut, now 46, was accused of...
