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Ewa Kłobukowska-- world/European championships and records; discriminated and victimized by the world sport establishment, and especially by the Soviet Union and East Germany. Zhanna Pintusevich-Block - sprint runner, world 100-m & 200-m champion; Tamara Press - 6 world records (shot put & discus throw); 3x Olympic champion (2x shot put & discus)
6.37 m Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland: 6.27 m Hildrun Claus United Team of Germany: 6.21 m 1964 Tokyo details: Mary Rand Great Britain: 6.76 m Irena Kirszenstein Poland: 6.60 m Tatyana Shchelkanova Soviet Union: 6.42 m 1968 Mexico City details: Viorica Viscopoleanu Romania: 6.82 m Sheila Sherwood Great Britain: 6.68 m Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union
Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine. Romania (6), United States (6), Hungary (4), East Germany (2), Russia (2), Brazil (1), and Czechoslovakia (1) are also represented. [2]
She has won 27 gold medals at the Olympics and World Championships and is widely considered the greatest gymnast of all-time. Texas connection: From Spring ESPN Top 100 ranking: No. 7
In all, Bjørgen has 15 Olympic medals, making her the most accomplished winter Olympian to date. Boris Shakhlin won 13 Olympic medals as an artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union. Boris Shakhlin.
This section lists the female Artistic Gymnasts who have won at least one medal in every event (team final, all-around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise) at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The years listed refer to the World Championships at which the gymnast won her first medal in the event; the dates of any ...
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals. dq1 The United States team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 41.71 seconds, but were disqualified after Jones and White were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
The list of the most famous athletes in the world is dominated by footballers, and no athlete is more famous than Cristiano Ronaldo. In the most recent issue of ESPN the Magazine, Ben Alamar, ESPN ...