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  Lyudmila Turishcheva
Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva (born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a Chechnyan (Russian, former Soviet) gymnast.
In 1977, she married sprinter Valeri Borzov, a two-time Olympic champion in 1972.
Turishcheva is currently still involved in gymnastics, working for the Ukrainian federation.
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 Gymn Forum:  Soviet Life - Turischeva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When Lyudmila Turishcheva won her first national gymnastics championship in 1968, a newspaper headline described her as the Formidable Girl from Formidable City -- a pun based on the name of her home town, Grozny.
People who new her as a shy little girl with white ribbons in her hair were amused: Lyudmila seemed to find it easier to talk about the combinations that won her 9.9 points than to tell the newspaper reporters about herself.
Turishcheva's skill is combined with a rare consistency.
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  Lyudmila Turishcheva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva (born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a Chechnyan (Russian, former Soviet) gymnast.
Having just turned 16, Turishcheva competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, three years after she had started with gymnastics.
Turishcheva is currently still involved in gymnastics, working for the Ukrainian federation.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/lyudmila_turishcheva   (287 words)

  
 Lyudmila Turishcheva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva (born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a Ukrainian, former Soviet, gymnast, four times Olympic Champion.
Just after she turned 16, Turishcheva competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, three years after she had started with gymnastics.
Turishcheva is currently still involved in gymnastics, working for the Ukrainian federation, known as Dynamo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lyudmila_Turishcheva   (267 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Людмила Георгиевна Карачкина) is a Russian or Ukrainian astronomer.
Lyudmila Kondratyeva (born April 11, 1958 in Shakhty) is a Russian (formely Soviet) athlete, the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion.
Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva (Людмила Васильевна Журавлёва) is a Russian or Ukrainian astronomer.
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 Valeri Borzov Biography
In the 4 x 100 m he won his fifth another bronze.
A persisting injury meant Borzov had to abandon his hopes of a third Olympics and he ended his career in 1979 after he had married four-fold Olympic gymnastics champion Lyudmila Turishcheva.
From 1991 to 1998 Borzov was president of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1994 and is Ukrainian minister of Youth and Sport.
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 Lyudmila Turishcheva -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Having just turned 16, Turishcheva competed at the (Click link for more info and facts about 1968 Summer Olympics) 1968 Summer Olympics, three years after she had started with gymnastics.
There she was faced with the sudden popularity of her compatriot (Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)) Olga Korbut.
Turishcheva is currently still involved in gymnastics, working for the (The Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine) Ukrainian federation, known as Dynamo.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Ly/Lyudmila_Turishcheva.htm   (256 words)

  
 GYMWORLD - History - Lyudmlia Turishcheva discusses life after gymnastics
Vivacious and relaxed, today's Turishcheva is a far cry from the unsmiling competitor as she settles down on a bench with Gymworld in Kiev's Radyanski Park, a stone's throw away from the Ukrainian parliament.
Lyudmila admits that she is not up to date about his whereabouts after severing all ties with him.
Turishcheva's focus has now shifted to more personal aims with her family taking precedence, husband Valeri Borzov took golds in the 100 and 200 metres in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
www.gymworld.de /news/article/index0053.html   (2103 words)

  
 A Star is Born
There was Comaneci on the victory platform, accepting the gracious kisses of Soviet veteran Lyudmila Turishcheva, the bronze medalist.
Korbut, Turishcheva, the brilliant 18-year-old Nelli Kim and 66 -pound Maria Filatova won the gold medal as a team.
Turishcheva, stately, charming and deserving of more acclaim than she has received, won the bronze.
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 Turishcheva, Lyudmila Ivanovna --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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His opera Ruslan and Lyudmila provided models of lyrical melody and colorful orchestration on...
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 Lyudmila Turishcheva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva (born July 10, 1952 in Grozny) is a Ukrainian, gymnast, who competed for the former Soviet Union.
She finished 24th in the all-around competition, but won the team gold medal with the Soviets.
After Korbut fell from the balance beam, Turishcheva easily won both the individual and team all-around titles.
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 Lyudmila Turishcheva Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Her first international competition was in 1972 in a pre-Olympic junior meet for the Communist-bloc countries in which she won three gold medals, and in 1973 and 1974 she was all-around junior champion.
In her first international competition as a senior in 1975, she bested the Russian Lyudmila Turishcheva, the five-time European champion, winning four gold medals and one silver.
She won the American Cup in New York City in 1976, becoming the first woman to perform a backward double salto as a dismount from the uneven parallel bars.
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 Encyclopedia: Lyudmila Turishcheva   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining.
She finished 24th in the all-around competition, but won the team gold medal with the Soviet team.
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 OKSANA POUSHKINA’S FEMALE VIEW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Oksana Poushkina tells the story of Lyudmila Turishcheva, three times Olympic champion, multiple times world and European champion in gymnastics.
Lyudmila, her husband, famous sprinter Valery Borzov, and their daughter share the story of her ups and downs, friends and enemies and family relationships.
Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov, Olympic figure skating champions, were the elite of the Soviet sports.
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 Protopopov, Oleg; and Belousova, Lyudmila --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Oleg Protopopov in full Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov; Lyudmila Belousova in full Lyudmila Yevgeniyevna Belousova Russian-born figure skaters who twice won gold medals in pairs at the Olympic Winter Games (1964, in Innsbruck, Austria, and 1968, in Grenoble, France).
Protopopov and Belousova began skating at age 15 and 16, respectively, rather late for serious skaters.
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 Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online
The two-time Olympic champion became the absolute world champion for the third time.
Not even the legendary Larisa Latynina and Lyudmila Turishcheva have so many top-ranking titles
We chose the year’s ten best athletes as follows.
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Soviet gymnastics stars, by Vladimir Golubev (1979) (translated) Lyudmila Turishcheva, by Vladimir Golubev (1979) (translated) Perfect balance: the story of an elite gymnast, by Lynn Haney (1979).
Follows the career of a young American gymnast as she prepares for the 1980 Olympics to be held in Moscow.
Except for the books on Turishcheva, Li Ning, and the Bulgarians, I have seen all of these books at various libraries, and I would suggest going that route to obtain them instead of trying the local bookstore, since most are probably out of print.
ftp.cac.psu.edu /pub/gymn/Digests/Vol4/95.08.14   (856 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Olympics / Basketball players could use a lecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Offered another vault after it was determined the horse was set too low, she refused, still upset by her bars blunder.
If disaster strikes her again, expect someone like Patterson or Sofronie to continue the lineage of teenage champions that began with 19-year-old Lyudmila Turishcheva in 1972 and also includes Nadia Comaneci in '76 and Mary Lou Retton in '84.
The U.S. men's basketball team had an even longer run of dominance.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2004/08/18/basketball_players_could_use_a_lecture   (798 words)

  
 gymnasts8k   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
After the young Soviet gymnast had enchanted audiences with her skill and innovative moves as part of the gold-medal winning Soviet team, she performed badly on the uneven bars, ending her bid for top honours in the women's all-around competition.
The scenes of Korbut weeping were played and replayed on television, but, in disaster, she gained more affection throughout the world than teammate Lyudmila Turishcheva, who won the all-around gold medal.
With her smile and subsequent tears, Korbut became a rare Soviet athlete showing emotion in public.
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 GYMmedia.com
The Ukrainian gymnastics community is devastated by the loss of Alexander Beresh Dinamo head coach and former federation president Lyudmila Turishcheva told GYMmedia on Monday.
The 2000 European champion was killed instantly, his team mate Sergei Vyaltsev was taken to hospital with serious injuries to his head as well his internal organs.
"We have been having some very bad weather with rain and sleet, which means visibility was seriously impaired," Turishcheva continued, "and the other car was driving at very high speed.
www.gymmedia.com /prioNOlang_en.asp?id=967&sp=1&rt=AG   (404 words)

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