Larisa Latynina is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union between 1956 and 1964. She won eighteen Olympic medals in total, fourteen of them individual and four as part of a team, including nine gold medals, the most Olympic golds ever won by a female gymnast. Her total of eighteen Olympic medals stood as the record for any athlete in any sport for nearly five decades, and her mark of fourteen individual Olympic medals stood for more than fifty years.
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Career HighlightHolds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a female gymnast, with nine. 1 Classification
Competition Category FAQs
Did Larisa Latynina win a medal in every Olympic event she entered?
No. Her only miss was the 1956 balance beam, where she tied for fourth.
Almost. Olympedia says she failed to medal only in the 1956 balance beam, in which she finished tied for fourth. In every other event she entered at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games she won a medal.
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WikipediaIntroduction
Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a Soviet former artistic gymnast.
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Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals for the Soviet Union.
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She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a female gymnast, with nine.
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Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a Soviet former artistic gymnast.
Competed In: 1964 Summer Olympics, Article text
Still the defending World Champion at the 1964 Summer Olympics, she was beaten by Čáslavská in the all-around competition.
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