My sport idol Olga Korbut

Plan
Sport biography
Personal life
"The loop Korbut“
Achievements

Sport biography
Olga Korbut came to the gym in the second grade at the school in a circle gymnastics Yaroslav Ivanovich King in 1963. In 10 years, in 1965, I came to the group to Knyshov. The first big success came in 1970 - she became the champion of the USSR in the vault and entered the USSR national team. The first gymnast who was able to perform a somersault on the balance beam

Olga Korbut came to the gym in the second grade at the school in a circle gymnastics Yaroslav Ivanovich King in 1963. In 10 years, in 1965, I came to the group to Knyshov. The first big success came in 1970 - she became the champion of the USSR in the vault and entered the USSR national team. The first gymnast who was able to perform a somersault on the balance beam

In the history of gymnastics was included opposition Turishcheva Ludmilla and Olga Korbut. Turishcheva embodied the old academic gymnastic school, while Korbut performed the risky elements. At the Olympics in Munich in 1972 Korbut demonstrated new gymnastic elements and has become a favorite of the audience sympathy. However, in a tough fight for the absolute superiority she lost Turishcheva.
In 1976, Olga became part of the USSR team at the Olympic Games in Montreal, winning the team gold and won a silver medal on the balance beam.
Since 1991 he has been living in the US

Personal life
Olga graduated from his career after the Olympics in Montreal
. In 1978 he married a well-known singer, soloist of "Pesnyary" Leonid Bortkiewicz and lived with him 22 years old, is the son of Richard. In 2000, they parted

"The loop Korbut“
Olga Korbut performed the first element of a unique “loop Korbut”. Gymnast stands on the highest part of the uneven bars and makes flick, clutching his hands over the top crossbar bars. The element was executed during her exercises on the uneven bars at the Olympic Games in Munich. Currently, "Korbut Loop" is not performed at official competitions, as prohibited by the rules

Achievements
4-time Olympic champion:
1972 - team championship, the beam and floor exercise,
1976 - team championship
Two-time Olympic champion (1972 - beams, 1976 - log)
World Champion 1974 in the vault,
World champion in 1970 and 1974, in the team competition,
The winner of the Games of the Soviet peoples and the absolute champion of the USSR in 1975, a multiple champion of the USSR,
The winner of the silver medal of the European Championship 1973 in the absolute