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	Olga Korbut: Tutte le informazioni su Olga Korbut su Encyclopedia.it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olga Korbut: Tutte le informazioni su Olga Korbut su Encyclopedia.it
		Olga Valentinovna Korbut (Ольга Валентиновна Корбут) è una ginnasta sovietica che vinse tre medaglie d'oro e una d'argento alle Olimpiadi del 1972, di Monaco di Baviera.
		Nel 1979, ormai ritiratasi dalla carriera atletica, dà alla luce suo figlio Richard; dopo il crollo del Muro di Berlino, nel 1991 si trasferisce con tutta la sua famiglia negli Stati Uniti, e attualmente vive a Scottsdale, in Arizona, dove dirige l'accademia di ginnastica da lei fondata.
	www.encyclopedia.it /o/ol/olga_korbut.html (313 words)

	Olga Korbut Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olga was the smallest in her class but she could run faster and jump higher than any of the other girls and many of the boys.
		Olga now had two goals to achieve in her life - to finish secondary school; Olga was always a good student (in comparison, she would be graduating a year early for an American student).
		Olga reveled in the superstar attention, saying, "I expected a warm welcome, but not this warm" the first time she was greeted by her fan club in Los Angeles.
	www.olgakorbut.com /biogr.htm (1347 words)

	RED FILES: Soviet Sports Wars - Olga Korbut Interview
		Olga Korbut: Yes, but I cried not because I've fell from the equipment, (laughing) I crying because I did everything where I could but I think people was not, people public is how to say in English, I did everything for public and I felt you know, not because I get scores not so high.
		Olga Korbut: I was lucky I was born in Bellows, this is different from Russia.
		Olga Korbut: The public was crazy about hockey and Russian football, and mini soccer, and I think this is well Russian hockey was on high level and I'm very good friends of all players.
	www.pbs.org /redfiles/sports/deep/interv/s_int_olga_korbut.htm (4250 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Olgas
		Olga, Saint (890?–969?), wife of Igor, prince of Russian city of Kiev.
		Korbut, Olga, born in 1956, Soviet gymnast, winner of three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
		Rubtsova, Olga, born in 1909, Soviet chess player, who was the women’s world champion from 1956 to 1958.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Olgas.html (91 words)

	Olga Korbut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the Olympics, Korbut was one of the favourites for the all-around after her dynamic performance in the team competition.
		But Olga was injured and no longer in love with the sport, and her performances were under-par.
		Korbut was of course a highly decorated athlete, with four Olympic golds to her credit.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Olga_Korbut.htm (596 words)

	Gymn Forum: Soviet Life - Olga Korbut
		Olga Korbut was born in the Byelorussian city of Grodno.
		Olga was not yet 15 and the minimum age for the meet was 16, but an exception was made in her case.
		And it was during these difficult months, when Olga was separated from sports, from the exciting atmosphere of competitions, from her teammates, that she began to understand that friendship is not to be taken lightly.
	www.gymn-forum.com /Articles/SL-Korbut.html (1132 words)

	Trainer groomed me for sex, says Olympic gymnast Olga Korbut
		OLGA KORBUT, the former Soviet gymnast and darling of the 1972 Olympics, has claimed that she was groomed as a teenage concubine by her trainer.
		Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian gymnast who at 14 overshadowed Korbut in the 1976 Olympics, was reported to have had an affair with Nicu Ceausescu, son of the Romanian dictator, who ordered the extraction of one of her fingernails for refusing to comply with a debauched demand.
		Korbut's training for the 1972 Olympics consisted of a two-hour run in the mornings, followed by school at eight, followed by lengthy work in the gym, until as late as 11.30pm in the build-up to the Olympics.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/06/24/wolga24.html (728 words)

	The Observer \| International \| Shoplifting charges floor Olympics darling Olga
		Olga Korbut, the self-styled Most Famous Gymnast Ever, winner of four Olympic Golds, who at 17 and 4'11" captivated hundreds of millions of people as they watched her backflip her way into history, was yesterday charged with shoplifting $19 (£13) worth of groceries.
		Korbut, who says Knysh made her practise smiling in front of the mirror until she cried, went around with a weight attached to the limb to straighten it.
		Korbut, who now favours blonde hair dye, tinted glasses with wrap around gold frames and a satin jacket with her name printed on the back, currently lives in Atlanta in a house filled with mementos and tinted portraits.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,644065,00.html (1079 words)

	rediff.com sports: Olga Korbut faces shoplift charge
		The paper said Korbut, 46, was arrested late on Thursday on a misdemeanor charge that she took cheese, chocolate syrup, figs, tea and seasoning mix from a public store in Norcross.
		Korbut's attorney, Thomas C. Nagel, was quoted as saying the four-time gold medallist denies the allegations.
		Korbut was released from the Gwinnett County Detention Center in Lawrenceville late on Thursday, the paper said.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/feb/02korbut.htm (256 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Local News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olga Korbut signed autographs for young gymnasts at the Tradewinds Academy of Gymnastics yesterday during a visit to the Khei, Maui, facility.
		Olga Korbut signed autographs for young gymnasts at the Tradewinds Academy of Gymnastics yesterday during a visit to the Kihei, Maui, facility.
		Korbut was 17 when she helped the Soviets win a team gold in women’s gymnastics and then earned gold for herself in the balance beam and floor exercises, plus a silver in uneven bars.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/Sep/27/927localnews26.html (513 words)

	Genders OnLine Journal - Presenting innovative theories in art, literature, history, music, TV and film.
		Olga Korbut claimed Latynina "was not just another coach; she was the highest officer of the National Team.
		Korbut gained instant fame at the Munich Olympics in 1972, which were far more widely televised than any previous Olympic Games and this subjected her to the new forms of spectatorship (Guttman, 139).
		While Korbut was working hard for her government, one of the ways in which its discomfort with her was being expressed was by paying little attention to her in the national media.
	www.genders.org /g39/g39_varney.html (8478 words)

	Olga Korbut
		Olga Korbut was a champion Olympic athlete for the Soviet Union when there was still a cold war.
		The means for Olga's exodus from Russia was laid by her physical education teacher who saw gymnastics potential in her energetic running and jumping.
		In 1990 as fear of thyroid cancer among children grew, Olga sent her 11 year old son, Richard, to live with friends in New Brunswick, N.J. During the same period, the Soviet Union was disintegrating and athletic stipends were dissipating.
	doney.net /aroundaz/celebrity/korbut_olga.htm (916 words)

	CNNSI.com - SI Online - This Week's Issue of Sports Illustrated - SI Flashback: Hello to a Russian pixie - Tuesday June ...
		Olga Korbut, the girl of tears and triumph at the Olympics, is off on a tour of the U.S., star attraction of the Soviet women's gymnanstics team
		We want Olga!" The chant came down from the vast spaces of the Astrodome, from a mostly teenage crowd in Houston shouting for an elfin Russian girl.
		Olga's flips were brilliant, but elsewhere her timing seemed hurried.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/cover/flashback/olga_korbut (1614 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Twenty hours later, Korbut regained her form in time for the individual apparatus finals.
		Back home in Grodno, Belarus, Korbut received so much fan mail - 20,000 letters in one year - that the post office had to assign a special clerk to sort her mail.
		In 1976, Korbut won a gold medal in the team competition and a silver on the balance beam.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=29280 (183 words)

	The New York Times: This Day In Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MUNICH, West Germany (UPI)- Everything about Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union is tiny except her talent as a gymnast, and that was big enough to win her two gold medals and one silver in individual competition at the 20th Olympics tonight.
		Miss Korbut, 17 years old, 4-feet 11-inches tall and weighing only 84 pounds, was adopted by the fans from her first appearance in the preliminary exercises earlier this week.
		Olga Korbut's performance at the Munich Games, caught by ABC's television cameras and transmitted around the world, turned her into an international celebrity virtually overnight and made gymnastics a premier attraction of the Olympics.
	www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/08.31.html (533 words)

	Olga Korbut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Korbut, Olga (1956-), Soviet gymnast, winner of three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
		Although she was overshadowed by the rising young Romanian star Nadia Comaneci, Korbut won a gold medal as a member of the winning team and a silver medal for her performance on the balance beam.
		Korbut was active in relief efforts in the wake of the Chernobyl' nuclear reactor accident in 1986, which took place near her home in Minsk, in what is now Belarus.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/korbut.html (253 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1972, Olga Korbut captured the heart of the World with her performance at the Munich Olympics.
		In the summer of 1998 Olga Korbut was the guest of Birmingham City Council and hosted as resident coach to the City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club.
		During her coaching visit to Birmingham olga oversaw a battery of testing days for aspiring gymnasts and coaching clinics that saw coaches from all over the country congregate to not only hear her philosophies on coaching but also to meet a true legend of gymnastics history.
	www.birminghamgymclub.org.uk /olga1.htm (241 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Olga Korbut's son sentenced in counterfeit scam
		ATLANTA -- The son of Olympic gymnastics star Olga Korbut was sentenced Monday to almost 3½ years in federal custody for making $20,000 in counterfeit money.
		Korbut was not in court, but she sent a letter supporting her son.
		Korbut, a native of the former Soviet republic of Belarus, won four gold medals in 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/1118/1462863.html (203 words)

	Gymn Forum: Olga Korbut, Whiz Kid
		Olga had surpassed both European champions there -- Tamara Lazakovich, voted the most graceful gymnast of the Olympics, and Ludmila Turishcheva with whom floor exercises were the favorite event.
		For after two days of competition Olga was in the lead, and everybody was sure she would win the all-round event.
		Some time in May this year Olga and her teammates are scheduled to take part in the European championship, and next year in the championship of the world.
	www.gymn-forum.com /Articles/Misc-Korbut.html (1412 words)

	Ex-employer sues Korbut to keep champ out of gym (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		That Korbut had to fight to be able to teach fitness classes for three hours a week illustrates how far the Olympic legend has tumbled.
		Korbut's attorney, Leon Silver, said that Cooper chose not to renegotiate her contract and barred her from working at the gym.
		Silver, Korbut's attorney, questioned why Cooper waited nearly three months to file for the workplace injunction, the day before she took another job, if she was such a threat.
	www.azcentral.com /12news/news/articles/1022olgakorbut22-CP.html (609 words)

	Legends: Olga Korbut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Korbut's final international competition was to be the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
		(Kynsh denied the charges.) Korbut also remains respected; she has been active in charitable work, most notably on behalf of victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant contamination.
		Even though her medal tally and skill level alone are timelessly impressive, Korbut is perhaps most revered for her originality and charisma that caused a worldwide surge in the sport's popularity.
	www.intlgymnast.com /legends/korbut_2.html (253 words)

	Legends: Olga Korbut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When Korbut reached the national level in the Soviet Union, some of her tricks were considered too dangerous; on the international level, bans were considered to stop them.
		Korbut ended the all-around in seventh place, but came back to charm the crowd in the individual event finals, where she won gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise.
		In 1973, she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press; Sportswoman of the Year by the British Broadcasting Corporation; and Athlete of the Year by the American Broadcasting Company.
	www.intlgymnast.com /legends/korbut.html (309 words)

	Olga Korbut Honors
		2001: Olga was in the Sport llustrated July issue for their special edition on sport figures who made a difference in sports and where they are now.
		Olga Korbut captured the heart of the World with her performance at the Munich Olympics.
		Following the Olympics, Olga extensively toured this country with her fellow teammates, mesmerizing all that were fortunate enough to see her in person.
	www.olgakorbut.com /honors.htm (302 words)

	RED FILES Press Conference 1999
		Olga Korbut is in Soviet Sports Wars, and that details four tragic stories of Russian athletes; and secondly Dr. Khrushchev in The Secret Soviet Moon Mission, which chronicles the amazing race for the moon by the Russians.
		Olga Korbut: You know, first of all, I was born in gymnastics, and everybody asked me how I'd come to gymnastics.
		Korbut: Uh, I am worried about my family because I still have a father and three sisters and brothers-in-law and my nieces over there where I was born.
	www.pbs.org /redfiles/brief_ren_press_tour.htm (4968 words)

	BBC SPORT \| GYMNASTICS \| Where are they now?
		Korbut and her coach Renald Knysh broke new ground by gaining permission for Korbut to compete at senior level at just 14 (the required age at the time was 16).
		Moves like the Korbut Salto (a backward aerial somersault on the beam), the Korbut Flip (a backward flip release move on the bars) and the Korbut Flic-flac (on the beam) are still among the most difficult moves in the sport.
		Korbut retired in 1977 and the following year married the Russian musician Leonid Borkevich, whom she'd met on a plane journey in the United States.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/low/english/olympics2000/gymnastics/newsid_866000/866313.stm (1356 words)

	ABC Sports - Wide World of Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union won five medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
		The 17-year-old Korbut won three gold and two silver medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
		In addition to her team gold, Korbut was the Olympic champion in beam and floor exercise.
	espn.go.com /abcsports/wwos/olgakorbut.html (188 words)

	Olga Korbut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Olga won the hearts of millions of viewers as she took part in competitions and exhibitions throughout the world.
		Her appearances were packed to capacity and brought thousands of little girls into the sport.
		In 1988, Olga became the first inductee into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
	www.ighof.com /honorees_olga_korbut.html (100 words)

	CNN.com - Goalie eludes charges in stick-throwing incident - April 17, 2002
		Korbut, originally from Belarus of the former Soviet Republic, was arrested January 31 for stealing cheese, chocolate syrup, figs, a box of tea and seasoning mix from a Publix Supermarket.
		Korbut won four gold medals in gymnastics in the 1970s.
		During the Munich Games in 1972, she won three gold medals in balance beam, floor exercise and team all-around and was named Athlete of the Year by ABC's "Wide World of Sports." She won her fourth Olympic medal with the Soviet Union's all-around team in Montreal in 1976.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2002/LAW/04/17/ctv.penalty.box (848 words)

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