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3 days ago · Tokyo 1964: With a total of 18 Olympic medals across three Games, Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Her record held until American swimmer Michael Phelps surpassed her at the 2012 London Games. However, ahead of Paris 2024, Larisa still holds the record for the most Olympic medals for a woman.
1 day ago · Nellie Vladimirovna Kim ( Russian: Нелли Владимировна Ким; born 29 July 1957) is a retired Soviet and Belarusian gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the second ...
3 days ago · To become the most successful gymnast at the Olympic Games, Biles would have to win 12 more medals to beat Russian Larisa Latynina (18).
5 days ago · With the latter win, Phelps captured an unprecedented 19th career Olympic medal, surpassing the record set by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. He also claimed gold in the 200-metre IM, becoming the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three consecutive Olympics; he later won the 100-metre butterfly for the third ...
1 day ago · Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina and Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi are among a group of athletes tied for second with nine gold medals each. US duo Mark Spitz, ...
4 days ago · Earning five medals in all, Biles joined only three other gymnasts who have won four gold medals in a single Olympic Games: Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union in 1956, Vera Caslavska of ...
4 days ago · For perspective, the previous record holder for the most career medals was former Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina, who won 18 medals (9 gold) from 1956 to 1964.
3 days ago · Soviet gymnasts Boris Shakhlin and Larisa Latynina ended their Olympic careers with gold medal performances. Soviet wrestler Aleksandr Medved won the first of his three career gold medals. Anton Geesink of the Netherlands was the surprise champion of the open division of the judo competition.
2 days ago · Nadia Comaneci, una actuación perfecta. La gimnasta soviética Larissa Latynina maravilló en los años 1950 y 1960, pero fue la llegada de esta rumana menuda, de 1,53 m y 41 kilos, la que ...
5 days ago · 1) Larisa Latynina (Unione Sovietica) Specialità: ginnastica artistica, corpo libero. Medaglie: 18 (9 oro, 5 argento, 4 bronzo) Partecipazioni: Melbourne 1956, Roma 1960, Tokyo 1964
