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Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals.
Larisa Latynina, Soviet gymnast who was the first woman athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals and was one of the most decorated competitors in the history of the Games. Her record of 18 career Olympic medals stood until 2012, when it was surpassed by American swimmer Michael Phelps.
Aged just 21, Latynina made her Olympic debut at the 1956 Melbourne Games. She fought off fierce competition to win gold in the all-around event. In the apparatus finals she finished first in the vault, second on the uneven bars and in the floor exercise, and fourth on the balance beam.
Larisa Latynina, the 18-time Olympic medal winner, remains adamant, at 84 years old, that the remarkable success she enjoyed throughout her record-breaking career was primarily down to the example set by her tireless mother.
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Legendary Olympic gymnast Larissa Latynina dominated her sport, collecting a record-breaking 18 medal hau...
Sep 8, 2015 · In the 1950s and 1960s, Latynina, a Ukrainian who competed under the flag of the Soviet Union, was the undisputed queen of gymnastics, on a women’s team with a proud tradition of Olympic glory. At the Tokyo Games in 1964, Latynina won six more medals, including two golds, bringing her Olympic total of medals to eighteen.
For 48 years, LARISSA LATYNINA held the record for winning more Olympic medals than anyone in history, male or female, in any sport. Her record of eighteen Olympic medals stood from 1964 until the London 2012 Games.
Aug 1, 2012 · LONDON — Larisa Latynina won 18 Olympic medals in gymnastics for the Soviet Union, but she attended swimming Tuesday night. Michael Phelps was racing. He was trying to beat everyone...
The Soviet gymnast, Larisa Latynina, holds the distinction of having won the most medals of any female athlete in Olympic history. Between 1956 and 1964 she won medals in 18 gymnastics events, as follows: Gold (9) – 1956 all-around, 1956 floor exercises, 1956 horse vault, 1956 team, 1960 all-around, 1960 floor exercises, 1960 team, 1964 floor ...
In Tokyo in 1964, Larisa Latynina won her third Olympic team gold medal and a silver medal in the all-around event.
