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	Larisa Latynina
		Larissa Semyonovna Latynina (born December 27, 1934 in Kharson[?]) is a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) gymnast.
		Latynina furthermore won gold medals on the floor (shared with Keleti) and the horse vault, a silver medal in the uneven bars, and a bronze medals in the now discontinued team event with portable apparatus.
		Latynina retired after the 1966 World Championships, finishing second with the Soviet team, and became a gymnastics trainer.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Larisa_Latynina.html (328 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Larissa Latynina
		Larisa Siemjonovna Latynina (Russian: Лариса Семёновна Латынина; born December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds.
		Latynina did however add two more gold medals to her tally, winning the team event and the floor event both for the third time in a row.
		Latynina retired after the 1966 World Championships and became a coach for the Soviet national gymnastics team, a position she would hold until 1977.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Larissa_Latynina (546 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		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.
		She also led the Soviet Union to victory in the team event and was a member of the Soviet team that placed third in the since discontinued portable apparatus event.
		Latynina completed her competitive career by winning six medals in each of the three Olympics in which she took part.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=11260 (212 words)

	Legends: Larisa Latynina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Latynina won a medal on every event at the '60 Olympics: gold in the all-around, on floor and with her team; silver on uneven bars and balance beam; and bronze on vault.
		Latynina earned her second world all-around and floor titles in '62, where she also collected silvers on vault and balance beam.
		There, Latynina won a gold on floor and with her team, silver on vault, and bronzes on uneven bars and balance beam.
	www.intlgymnast.com /legends/latynina_2.html (145 words)

	Serbia Info News / HEROES OF THE GAMES
		Larisa Latynina, Soviet gymnast, was the first woman athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals, the most by any athlete in one Olympic Games to nowadays.
		At the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Latynina won the women's competition in the combined exercises, the vault, and the floor exercise (in which she tied for first place).
		Latynina also won gold medals as a member of the Soviet Union's six-member women's gymnastics team in 1956, 1960, and 1964.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/2000-07/26/20017.html (940 words)

	Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Larisa Latynina (born December 27, 1934 in Kherson / UKR) owns several important Olympic records and is the only athlete, in all sports, who has won eighteen Olympic medals during her career.
		For years later, Latynina came back for what she knew would be her last Olympics, and had a serious competitor in Vera Caslavska, then the rising star of the Czech team.
		Latynina nevertheless had the satisfaction of winning, for the third consecutive time, the Olympic titles of the team competition and the floor individual final.
	www.ueg-gymnastics.com /news/detail.php?id=1555 (489 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Olympic countdown: 18 days
		Latynina begun her amazing haul at the age of 21 in Melbourne when she won four gold medals, a silver and bronze.
		Latynina is one of four athletes to win nine golds, among three women to win a summer event three times and the only one with 14 individual event medals.
		Latynina's other treble of golds was in the team event which the Soviet Union won for eight Olympics running between 1952 and 1980.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/olympics_2004/3922559.stm (282 words)

	Legends: Larisa Latynina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		During her international career that spanned three Olympiads and 12 years, Larisa Latynina won a record 18 medals in Olympic competition.
		After her marriage, she competed in the '56 Olympics, where she won golds in the all-around, on vault and floor (tie) and with her team, a silver on bars, and a bronze in the team drill event.
		In '57, Latynina swept every event at the European championships; a year later, at the world championships, she nearly duplicated this feat with golds on every event except vault (silver).
	www.intlgymnast.com /legends/latynina.html (152 words)

	Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This gymnast, Larisa Latynina, celebrates today her 70th birthday, and the UEG wishes her all the best at this occasion.
		Larisa Latynina was born December 27, 1934 in Kherson (UKR).
		Indeed, only 19 months after the birth of her daughter (she even competed in the Worlds of 1957 being pregnant!), Latynina took the all-around and floor gold, additionally to the team title.
	www.ueg-gymnastics.com /news/detail.php?id=1791 (179 words)

	Latynina - the greatest gymnast ever - Sify.com
		It says a lot about her natural talent and determination to succeed that, after giving birth at the age of sixteen when her name was Dirii, she returned to the sport she loved and won a total of 50 medals, including 25 golds won in Olympic Games, World and European championships.
		The Rome Games in 1960 also witnessed Latynina at her best, winning three golds, two silver and one bronze in the majestic arena near the Spas of Caracalla.
		With a degree in physical education, Latynina was named coach to the Soviet women's gymnastics team, going on to become the international technical adviser to the sport's governing body.
	sify.com /sports/olympics/fullstory.php?id=13498845 (459 words)

	Larisa Latynina, Famous Gymnasts, Larisa Latynina
		With her achievements in the Olympics, Latynina became the only athlete in the Olympic history who has won fourteen medals in individual events.
		Performance at the Olympics: Larisa Latynina participated in the first Olympics of her career at an age of 21.
		Latynina also won gold medal in the floor exercise event, which was her second Olympic gold in the event.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympics/great-olympians/gymnastics/larisa-latynina.html (696 words)

	Olympic Gymnastics Trivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union won nine Olympic gymnastics gold medals between 1956 and 1964.
		Larisa Latynina holds the all-time Olympic record for medals won in any sport with 18, won in a twelve year three Olympic Games (1956, 1960, and 1964) gymnastics career for the Soviet team.
		Nikolai Andrianov won 15 medals competing at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics for the Soviet Union.
	gymnasticszone.com /OlympicTrivia.htm (590 words)

	Slovenský olympijský výbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		LAUSANNE April 27 (IOC) - Larisa Latynina is undeniably the most decorated of Olympic athletes.
		From 1967 to 1977, Larisa Latynina coached the Soviet team.
		During her Olympic Museum visit, she was accompanied by Juan Antonio Samaranch; Shamil Tarpischev, IOC member; Dr Roman Murashkovsky, Director General of the Forum - World Sport against Terrorism; Renée Lekach, rector of the University of Moscow; and Alberto Quintana, a long-time acquaintance of the IOC Honorary President for Life.
	www.olympic.sk /pages_en/shownews.asp?id=5739 (231 words)

	TIME.com: Gym Dandy -- Jan. 20, 1961 -- Page 1
		Such technique, which won her two gold medals in Rome, is not perfected easily.
		Larisa practices two hours at a stretch in a Kiev gym four or five times a week throughout the year, still has time to swim, paint and keep house with the help of her mother and engineer husband.
		One of the few Russian gymnasts to wear cosmetics, Larisa speaks with animation, shakes her sandy-brown curly head with enthusiasm.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,871977,00.html (486 words)

	Gymn Forum: 1975 Moscow News Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		But regardless of results, the girls showed us a host of breathtaking and intriguing exercises.
		Larisa Latynina and Lidiya Ivanova, trainers of the Soviet women's and girls' teams, were kept very busy taking notes.
		One of the merits of the tournament is that it offers a chance, in the atmosphere of a high-caliber unofficial international competition, to try out ideas and to see how you relate to others.
	www.gymn-forum.com /Articles/MN-Comp75.html (919 words)

	Larissa Latynina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She won a medal in every event in which she competed.
		Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique profile for Larissa Latynina
		Larissa Latynina • 1964: Věra Čáslavská • 1968: Věra Čáslavská • 1972: Ludmilla Tourischeva • 1976: Nadia Comăneci • 1980: Yelena Davydova • 1984: Mary Lou Retton • 1988: Yelena Shushunova • 1992: Tatiana Gutsu • 1996: Lilia Podkopayeva • 2000: Simona Amânar • 2004: Carly Patterson
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larisa_Latynina (664 words)

	Images of the Soviet Union: Social Services
		The magnificent Larisa Latynina displays her beautiful athletic poise.
		Larisa won 9 gold medals in the Olympics.
		Please note that high quality photos (600 dpi tiffs) are available on request for each picture.
	www.marxists.org /history/ussr/art/photography/social-services (314 words)

	Is Putin a pro West Lone Ranger?
		She further submitted that the country was being punished “for its wealth and hubris.”
		Certainly, not all liberals were as callous as Latynina.
		As they watched the horrendous pictures on television, many of them felt pain and empathy for the victims and their families.
	www.msu.edu /~shlapent/putinwest.htm (3592 words)

	OnePlanet - Sports in Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		She won 5 golden medal on the next games and is considered the owner of the largest number of Olympic medals.
		X VII Olympic Games (Rome, 1960) Our country was represented by such famous sportsmen as Larisa Latynina, B. Shachlin, V. Kapitonov, P. Bolotnykov.
		It was the first time for Russia to take part in Olympic Games.
	gvctemp20.virtualclassroom.org /sports/sportrussia1.html (152 words)

	kiat.net: Olympics - Facts & Figures
		Most all-time gold medals won - 9 by Paavo Nurmi (FIN), Larisa Latynina (URS), Mark Spitz (USA), Carl Lewis (USA).
		Most all-time medals won - 18 (9-5-4) by gymnast Larisa Latynina (URS) over a span of three Olympics (1956-1964)
		Most medals won in a single Games by a female American - 5 by swimmers Natalie Coughlin (2004), Shirley Babashoff, and Dara Torres; gymnasts Mary Lou Retton (1984) and Shannon Miller (1992); and track star Marion Jones (2000).
	www.kiat.net /olympics/facts.html (897 words)

	Johnson, Perec Make History; Door Opens for Lewis on Relay
		Those on Lewis' side argue that he should get a chance to make history as the most decorated athlete at the Winter or Summer Games.
		He needs one more gold to surpass the great Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi; Larisa Latynina, a gymnast from the former Soviet Union; and the American swimmer Mark Spitz.
		Those with the opposite view note that Lewis finished last in the 100 meters at the Olympic trials and did not attend a recent training camp for relay members in North Carolina, and therefore has not earned a spot on the team.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/olympics/0802/oly-run-rdp.html (1105 words)

	Fischer paddling for a record ninth gold and 24 years' domination - Canoe/Kayak -
		That's understandable because Barclay wasn't born at the time.
		Tagged "die Grande Dame des Paddelsports" by German newspaper the Berliner Morgenpost, Fischer entered these games seeking to equal American swimmer Mark Spitz; Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina; and runners Paavo Nurmi (Finland) and Carl Lewis (US) with nine Olympic gold medals.
		The 42-year-old's Olympic odyssey began with K1 500 gold at the 1980 Moscow games.
	www.theage.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/27/1093518095562.html (441 words)

	The Timeshare Beat: Jerry Sikes; With Regard to Excellence, Part 4
		Excellence is expecting more than others think is possible
		“Nobody is perfect," said Russian coach Larisa Latynina.
		On the sidelines she was restless, pacing while her competitors sat and waited.
	www.thetimesharebeat.com /global/sikes274.htm (912 words)

	Amazon.com: "Ecaterina Szabo": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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		four gymnasts: Agnes Keleti of Hungary (1956), Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union (1956), Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia (1964), and Ecaterina Szabo of Romania (1984).
		Keleti and Latynina both won four golds at the 1956 Melbourne Games.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Ecaterina-Szabo (515 words)

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