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Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 7 January 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Equestrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olga Klimko (born 7 January 1960) is a Ukrainian equestrian. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]
Olga Valentinovna Korbut is a former gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988.
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, took place in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August through 11 September 1972. A total of 7,134 athletes from 121 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 195 events from 23 sports.
Romania competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 82 men and 16 women, took part in 65 events in 13 sports.
Olga Olegovna Stulneva is a Russian athlete and bobsledder. She's married with bobsledder Alexey Stulnev.
Nicaragua competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Eight competitors, seven men and one woman, took part in nine events in six sports.
Olga Petrovna Bondarenko is a retired Russian female track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Volgograd and represented the Soviet Union internationally.
Olga Fikotová is a Czechoslovak and later American discus thrower. She is best known for winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and for her romance across Cold War barriers with American hammer gold medalist Hal Connolly.
Jan Kilmko was a Czechoslovakian nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1980s. He finished sixth in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Olga Appell Avalos is an American long-distance runner from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She ran at the 1992 Summer Olympics the following year, but failed to finish the race. She competed for Mexico until February 25, 1994, at which point she switched allegiance to the United States. She represented her adopted country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the women's 10,000 metres event.
Olga Ivanovna Kurban is a female heptathlete from Russia, who competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She also competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships.
Kyrgyzstan sent a delegation to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. The Kyrgyzstani delegation consisted of two athletes, alpine skier Dmitry Trelevski and cross-country skier Olga Reshetkova. The best performance in any event by the delegation was Reshetkova's 54th place in the women's sprint.
Olga Tratsevskaya is a Belarusian rower. She finished 4th in the women's eight at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Olga Velichko is a Russian foil fencer. She competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and for Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Olga Fyodorovna Barysheva-Korostelyova is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Olga Tass was a Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 Summer Olympics. She was born in Pécs.
Olga Dovgun is a Kazakhstani sports shooter. She competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
The Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse. They lead the medal tally for women's artistic gymnastics with 88 medals including 33 gold. Larisa Latynina is also the most decorated female athlete at the Olympic games with a total of 18 medals. Soviet dominance was unprecedented in scale and longevity and was likely the result of the country's heavy investment in mass and elite sports to fulfill its political agenda.
Olga Kolomiyets was a Ukrainian female volleyball player.
Olga Lucía de Angulo Irragorri was a Colombian swimmer. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. She finished third in the 1971 Pan American Games 200 metres freestyle. De Angulo had lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1998.
Olga Nasedkina is a retired Kazakhstani volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was also part of the team that won bronze in the women's volleyball tournament at the 2010 Asian Games.